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Tribal Issues & Project DeliveryCase Studies & Lessons LearnedFederal Highway AdministrationWashington Division
FHWA Environmental Meeting, June 29, 2004Sharon P. Love, P.E.
Environmental Program Manager, FHWA WA Division
Eloise Best, Colville
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Tribal Issues and Project Delivery
• Some Project-Specific Examples:– Traditional Cultural Properties – Upriver
Drive in Spokane County – Delayed 4 years, Mitigation Cost $40,000
– Treaty Rights – Edmonds Crossing – Delayed 3 years Mitigation Cost $5 million +
– Archaeology – Hood Canal Bridge – Delayed 1 year Mitigation cost $4.5 million FHWA $3.4 million WSDOT, Delay claim – as much as $30 million
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Spokane County Upriver Drive Coyote Rocks – TCP
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Spokane County Upriver Drive
Coyote’s Rocks – TCP• Minor project – sidewalks and
shoulder widening.• Documented CE• County lead.• TCP listed on the National Register
of Historic Places missed in early review and on DCE.
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Upriver Drive, Spokane County Coyote’s RocksLessons Learned/Results• Education of Local Agencies –
ensure National Register is checked.• Early involvement with Tribes.• Importance of
Government-to-Government relationship at the Federal level.
• Revisions to checklist used for Documented Categorical Exclusions.
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Edmonds Crossing
Tribal Fishing
Area
New Alternative
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Edmonds Crossing Lessons Learned• Possible impacts on Tribal treaty rights
need to be addressed early.• Tribal input can greatly improve a
project – even more so if it is received early (ideally before the Draft EIS is circulated).
• There is more to tribal coordination in NEPA than Section 106.
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Port Angeles Graving Dock
Hood Canal Bridge
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Hood Canal Bridge
• Late Discovery of Archaeology• Choices:
– Terminate contract, further delaying HCB replacement
– Figure out a way through the Section 106 process
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Hood Canal BridgePort Angeles Graving DockLessons Learned• Importance of FHWA and
WSDOT involvement with the Tribe early in NEPA.
• A good monitoring plan is essential – it worked well in this case.
• Face-to-face meetings.
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What are we doing to improve coordination with Tribes in WA?
• Early notice of projects (during planning)
• Annual Meetings with SHPO and Tribes
• Review of Metropolitan Planning Organizations to ensure Tribal projects and issues are addressed in their plans.
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What are we doing to improve coordination with Tribes in WA?• Programmatic Agreements on
Section 106 Consultation• Government-Government Training
WSDOT’s Tribal Liaison Office presents training for transportation employees on Section 106 and TERO. WSDOT is training 250 of their staff each year.
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For further information:
• Sharon Love [email protected]
• FHWA Washington Division website:www.fhwa.dot.gov/wadiv
• Washington State DOT website:www.wsdot.wa.gov