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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
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
Spokane County Upriver Drive Coyote Rocks – TCP
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.
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.
Edmonds Crossing
Tribal Fishing
Area
New Alternative
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.
Port Angeles Graving Dock
Hood Canal Bridge
Hood Canal Bridge
• Late Discovery of Archaeology• Choices:
– Terminate contract, further delaying HCB replacement
– Figure out a way through the Section 106 process
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.
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.
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.
For further information:
• Sharon Love [email protected]
• FHWA Washington Division website:www.fhwa.dot.gov/wadiv
• Washington State DOT website:www.wsdot.wa.gov