National American Indian Housing Council

Environmental Review

Published: July 6, 2022
Under: Uncategorized

This training provides Indian tribes (“tribes” also includes Native Alaskan villages) and other recipients of HUD’s Office of Native American Program funding–Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) with specific instructions and guidelines for carrying out their responsibilities under the environmental review process according to 24 CFR Part 58: Environmental Review Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD Environmental Responsibilities. The environmental review process is required for all HUD ONAP assisted projects to ensure that the proposed project does not negatively impact the surrounding environment and that the property site itself will not have an adverse environmental or health effect on end users. Not every project is subject to a full environmental review (i.e., every project’s environmental impact must be examined, but the extent of this examination varies), but every project must be in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other related environmental laws.

Training Materials

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Table of Contents Training Manual

Appendix A 24 CFR 58 regulation

Appendix B.1 Certifying Officers for Environmental Review

Appendix B.2 Environmental Review Flowchart

Appendix B.3 Guidance on Options and Conditional Contracts

Appendix B.4 Guidance on Categorizing Maintenance

Appendix B.5 ER Processing following Disasters and Emergencies

Appendix B.6 ER Guidance for COVID

Appendix C.1 HUD Form 7015.15 Expires 2023

Appendix C.2 HUD form 7015.15.instructions, 10.16.14

Appendix C.3 HUD-Form-7015.16-Authority-Use-Grant-Funds

Appendix D.1_ER Terms

Appendix D.2_ONAP Area Offices

Appendix D.3 Internet Resources

Appendix D.4 Summary of Levels of Environmental Review

Appendix D.5_Good _ Bad Examples of Project Descriptions

Appendix D.6_SF Rehab Checklist Cheat-sheet

Appendix E Assessment Techniques

Appendix F.1- NEPA of 1969

Appendix F.2- 40 CFR 1501-1508

Appendix G PIH-2015-01 IHBG Guidance and Procedures for Environmental Reviews under Part 50

Appendix H- 24 CFR 51 (2014)

Appendix I.1- 24 CFR 55 (2014)

Appendix I.2- Environmental Requirements Floodplain

Appendix I.3- Floodplain _ Wetlands Notices Sample

Appendix I.4- Wetlands Directional Boring Memo 11-15-2011

Appendix J.1 36 CFR 800 (2014)

Appendix J.2 Sec 106 Regulations Flowchart

Appendix J.3 106 consultation checklist (7-09)

Appendix J.4 Sample SHPO-THPO Letter

Appendix J.5 Tribal Consultation – sec 106

Appendix J.6 National Register Criteria

Appendix K TE Species Flowchart

Appendix L CPD-11-010 waiver of statutory ER requirements

Appendix M Notice to Prospective Buyers

Appendix N Farmland Conversion Impact Rating (AD-1006)

Appendix O Environmental Review Self-Monitoring

Appendix P Sample Letters

Appendix Q.1 24 CFR Part 35

Appendix Q.2 EPAs RRP HUDs LSHR guidance

Appendix Q.3 Lead Based Paint Rehab IHA Requirements

Appendix Q.4 Lead in your home brochure land

Appendix R.1 Using a Phase I ESA in HUD Environmental Review

Appendix R.2 HUD Site Specific Field Contamination Checklist

Appendix S.1 Airport noise worksheet small airport

Appendix S.2 Instructions for determining noise threshold for small airports

Appendix T.1 Sample Environmental Review Procedures

Appendix T.2 Sample ER Log

Appendix T.3 Sample 58.5 and 58.6 compliance documentation

Exhibit 1 Exempt-CENST format

Exhibit 2 Part 58 CEST Format

Exhibit 3 Environmental Assessment

Exhibit 4 Part 58 Tiered Format

Exhibit 5a Sample NOI-RROF for housing authorities

Exhibit 5b Sample NOI-RROF for tribes

Exhibit 6a Sample combined fonsi and rrof for housing authorities

Exhibit 6b Sample combined fonsi and rrof for tribes

Exhibit 7a Sample Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds for Tiered Reviews TDHEs

Exhibit 7b Sample Notice of Intent to Release of Funds for Tiered Reviews tribes

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