The North Carolina Environmental Policy Act (NCEPA) requires the review of state-funded projects by all state agencies to determine compliance with the Minimum Criteria rules effective July 15, 2002 (19A NCAC 02F.0102), in conformity with the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act (15A NCAC, Sub-Chapter 01C). At that time the Minimum Criteria rules were updated and revised for all state agencies and state funded projects, establishing types and classes of thresholds at and below which environmental documentation under NCEPA is not required. The activities are listed and can be accessed via a link to the North Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC) website.
Documentation in the form of the Minimum Criteria Checklist was developed by NCDOT in order to track environmental compliance on state funded construction, rehabilitation and maintenance projects. In 2003, the NCDOT began tracking three categories or types of Minimum Criteria projects; highway modernization with less than 10 acres of newly disturbed land surface (#8); maintenance and repair of the state highway system (#12); and the construction of new two-lane highway involving less than 25 cumulative acres of ground surface (#15). The quarterly reports and annual summaries for 2004 through 2007 are included on this website and will include ongoing updates. The projects are reported by Division and by category, with cumulative totals of project length and newly disturbed surface area reported.
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