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Environmental Mitigation
Objective
This category includes facilities and programs to minimize pollution from storm water runoff, that are in addition to current requirements and procedures for such mitigation. Eligible activities in this category include the development of programs to mitigate highway runoff pollution and the planning, design and construction of the mitigation facilities themselves.
These activities can be either stand-alone projects or part of a larger existing or proposed project under other TE activities, as long as such activities are related to surface transportation.
This category also includes projects for the provision of wildlife connectivity. Examples are projects that would interconnect large areas with identified wildlife losses, especially losses of protected, threatened and/or endangered species on an official State or Federal designation list.
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Monitoring/data collection on habitat fragmentation and vehicle-related wildlife mortality |
Installation of mitigating facilities where there is no wildlife or ecological habitat that has evidence of potential harmful effects of water pollution from highway runoff |
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Creation of wetlands, adding vegetated ditches, detention basins or other permanent filtering systems to filter highway runoff in a sensitive area |
Installation of any facility, such as a detention basin, for which the sponsoring agency has not identified operating funds for required maintenance |
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Installation of drainage facilities to restore/protect original drainage patterns |
Installation of fencing along roadways not known to have critical wildlife crossings |
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Educational activities |
Mitigation required pursuant to NEPA is not eligible for funding in this category |
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Construction/modification of wildlife underpasses, overpasses, wall openings, fencing or culverts in critical locations that facilitate wildlife crossings |
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Bridge extensions to provide or improve wildlife passage/habitat connectivity |
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NC DOT
NC DOH
NC GOV
