The key responsibilities of this group are to: provide technical support on environmental issues; review environmental programs; evaluate environmental regulations; identify environmental training needs; and provide environmental leadership and stewardship.

• Technical support is provided to the State Environmental Operations Engineer, Division Environmental Officers, Field Operation Engineers and other NCDOT personnel on environmental issues. Environmental issues can range from interpretation of regulatory policy to field implementation practices.
  
  
• Environmental programs are reviewed in order to evaluate environmental initiatives for effectiveness and act as a liaison to regulatory agencies during program development and implementation.
  
  
• Environmental regulations are reviewed in order to evaluate current and proposed regulations and determine their impact on NCDOT operations. This process is an important planning tool and helps NCDOT prepare the necessary funding and manpower to properly address the regulation.
  
  
• Identification of training needs result in the implementation of training programs to help staff acquire environmental expertise.
  
  
• Providing environmental stewardship leadership enables ethical and proactive approaches in addressing environmental issues to be explored and developed.