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| 1 | Practice: | Geographic Information System Screening Tool (GISST) |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 | |
| Contact: | Sharon L. Osowski, Ph.D. | |
| Title: | Ecologist | |
| Email: | Osowski.Sharon@epamail.epa.gov | |
| Phone: | 214-665-7506 | |
| Description: | EPA Region 6 developed the GISST, which is a GIS-driven environmental assessment and data management tool for environmental streamlining that is shared with TxDOT. GISST uses ArcGIS to identify and m ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/E8ED5C383F8F128B852570E00077475A/$File/gisst_rev_panel_charge_11-10_05.pdf | |
| 2 | Practice: | GIS Screening Tool |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Federal Highway Administration TX Division | |
| Contact: | Tom Bruechert | |
| Title: | Environmental Team Leader | |
| Email: | michael.leary@fhwa.dot.gov | |
| Phone: | 512-536-5948 | |
| Description: | The partnership formed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 to apply the GIS Screening Tool (GISST) to the NEPA process on the Inter ...[click for more] | |
| 3 | Practice: | Regional Ecological Assessment Protocol (REAP) |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 | |
| Contact: | Sharon L. Osowski, Ph.D. | |
| Title: | Ecologist | |
| Email: | Osowski.Sharon@epamail.epa.gov | |
| Phone: | 214-665-7506 | |
| Description: | The REAP is a planning and screening-level assessment tool that uses GIS and electronic data to identify ecologically important resources throughout the South Central US. The results of the REAP can b ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://www.epa.gov/nscep | |
| 4 | Practice: | State Planning Map |
| Subject Area: | Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Michael Chamberlain | |
| Title: | GIS Manager | |
| Email: | mchamb1@dot.state.tx.us | |
| Phone: | 512-486-5086 | |
| Description: | The Transportation Planning and Programming Division of TxDOT developed a web-based map similar in function to Google Maps and Microsoft's Virtual Earth to display planning-related data. Users can pan ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://www.txdot.gov/apps/statewide_mapping/StatewidePlanningMap.html | |
| 5 | Practice: | TxDOT's archeological Mapping Process and Historic Sites Atlas |
| Subject Areas: | Asset Management Environment | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Lorie Ledesma-Ramirez | |
| Title: | Environmental Information Resources Branch Lead | |
| Phone: | (512) 416-2541 | |
| Description: | In March 2001, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) finalized its Potential Archeological Liability Map (PALM) GIS database for the Houston area. Begun in 1998, the Houston-PALM is a plannin ...[click for more] | |
| Related Documentation: | https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/ | |
| 6 | Practice: | TxDOT's Environmental GIS Database |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Lorie Ledesma-Ramirez | |
| Title: | Environmental Information Resources Branch Lead | |
| Phone: | (512) 416-2541 | |
| Description: | In February 2001, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Environmental Affairs Division began the project planning process to design and implement a spatial data server that would facilitate t ...[click for more] | |
| 7 | Practice: | TxDOT's Environmental Tracking and Management System |
| Subject Areas: | Environment Planning | |
| State: | Texas | |
| Organization: | Texas Department of Transportation | |
| Contact: | Lorie Ledesma-Ramirez | |
| Title: | Environmental Information Resources Branch Lead | |
| Phone: | (512) 416-2541 | |
| Description: | In August 2001, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) completed its paperless pilot in select TxDOT districts. The pilot tested a new procedure that allows TxDOT districts to electronically submit environmental documents into the TxDOT Environmental Tracking System (ETS) database, which lists commitments contained in project documents. Reviews by technical staff are then done electronically, eliminating hard copies and saving time. The pilot proved so successful that TxDOT is now working to extend the process to all TxDOT districts. Begun in 1997, ETS allows TxDOT to track projects and their environmental commitments electronically in order to ensure compliance and efficiency. In 1999, TxDOT began automating some of the functions of the environmental management system portion of ETS. Scheduled for completion in 2003, the Environmental Permits, Issues, and Commitments (EPICS) Automated-Management System will include a database listing environmental permits, issues, and commitments for each TxDOT project. The new system will provide TxDOT with written policies and procedures it can use to plan, implement, review, and improve actions to meet its environmental objectives. TxDOT Districts use EPICS from design through the development of plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) to obtain information on relevant environmental processes, including NEPA, and to make better environmental decisions. Both ETS and EPICS are part of TxDOT's larger, umbrella Environmental Management System. The Environmental Management System allows TxDOT to incorporate environmental considerations throughout its entire organization and business practices and to communicate better with other agencies. For more information about this successful practice and others, please see the Domestic Scan Report on Environmental Commitment Implementation: Innovative and Successful Approaches. The Report can be found at https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_topics/ecosystems/scanrpt/intro.aspx. | |
| Related Documentation: | https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_topics/ecosystems/scanrpt/intro.aspx | |
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