Environmental Document Templates

• Administrative rules environmental document template 1-19-2023
• Categorical Exclusion Checklist (CEC) 4-28-2023
• Categorical Exclusion Checklist guidance 4-28-2023
• Environmental document availability template guidance (formerly Addendum A)
• Environmental document quality control checklist (MS word document template)
• Environmental Report and Environmental Assessment Templateguidance 3-3-2023

Guidance documents are available in alternative text color upon request.

DNR project Coordination Request Template

• DNR project coordination request template(MS Word document template, supersedes form DTNR0002)

Delegated DNR Design Concurrence Template

• Delegated DNR Design Concurrence Template (MS Word document template)

Risk Based Environmental Scoping Template (RBEST)

• Risk Based Environmental Scoping Template (MS Word document template)

Native American Lands of Interest Scoping Determination

• Native American Lands of Interest Scoping Determination (MS Word document template)

Factor sheets (Use as needed to supplement any of the document templates)

• AestheticsGuidance
• Air QualityGuidance
• AgricultureGuidance 8-10-2023
• Business and EconomicsGuidance
• CommunityGuidance
• Construction Sound QualityGuidance
• Environmental JusticeGuidance
• Erosion ControlGuidance
• FloodplainsGuidance
• Groundwater, Wells and SpringsGuidance
• Hazardous Substances, Contamination and AsbestosGuidance
• Historic PropertiesGuidance
• OtherGuidance
• RelocationsGuidance
• Section 4(f)Guidance
• Section 6(f) or Other Unique PropertiesGuidance
• StormwaterGuidance
• Surface WatersGuidance
• Threatened, Endangered and Protected ResourcesGuidance
• Traffic NoiseGuidance
• WetlandsGuidance

Guidance documents are available in alternative text color upon request.

Emergency Projects

• Emergency Project Environmental Guidance 2-7-2023

Environmental Document Re-Evaluations

• Re-Evaluation and Supplemental Analysis Template
• Re-Evaluation memo template, Northern Long-Eared Bat upl​​isting 7-25-2023

Environmental Document Attachments

• Appropriate Attachments and Appendices for Environmental Documents

Programmatic and Cooperative Agreements

• 2023 DOT-DATCP Memorandum of Agreement
• 2020 DOT-DNR Cooperative Agreement
• Attachment A1 - 1994 Memorandum of Understanding on Erosion Control and Stormwater
• Attachment A2 - 1994 Memorandum of Understanding on Erosion Control and Stormwater WPDES Agreement for DOT Construction Activities
• Attachment A3 - 1998 Memorandum of Understanding on Endangered and Threatened Species
• Attachment A4 - 1999 Memorandum of Understanding Relating to the Authorization of Stormwater Discharges to Waters of the State of Wisconsin
• 1988 Memo - Implementation of DOT DNR Cooperative Agreement Section VII Waterway Crossing and other Floodplain Encroachments
• 2001 Memorandum of Understanding on Compensatory Mitigation for Unavoidable Wetland Losses Resulting from State Transportation Activities
• 2012 Memorandum of Understanding on Compensatory Mitigation for Unavoidable Wetland Losses Resulting from State Transportation Activities
• 2021 Aquatic Connectivity Attachment to the DOT-DNR Cooperative Agreement
• 2022 Delegated DNR Design Concurrence Attachment to the DOT-DNR Cooperative Agreement
• DOT-FHWA Categorical Exclusions Programmatic Agreement

Forms and other business tools used for the research, development and legal compliance of environmental documentation.

• Agricultural Impact Notice Form (link to DATCP site)
• Acronyms - basic example list for use in environmental documents
• Process Initiation Letter Template (on WisDOT letterhead)
• Typical A-Weighted Sound Levels
• Wetlands Impact Tracking Form​ 9-5-2023
  Tips for completing the Wetlands Impact Tracking Form
• WisDOT Facilities Development Manual
• WisDOT’s Pre-screening worksheet for determining the need to conduct a detailed indirect effects analysis

FHWA 4f findings

• Finding of de Minimis Impact on Historic Property
• Finding of de Minimis Impact on Parks, Recreation Areas, and Wildlife and Waterfowl Refuges

Public involvement forms and templates

• Public involvement meeting comment form
• Public involvement meeting handout template
• Public involvement plan template
• Public involvement plan template (local roads only)
• Public involvement meeting sign-in sheet
• Notice of opportunity to request a public hearing template
• Notice of public hearing template
• Standard and special distribution lists for public hearing notices
• Public hearing press release template
• Public involvement meeting and public hearing display ad template
• Public hearing handout packet template
• Public hearing chairperson’s packet template
• Public hearing record certification letter
• Instruction sheet for court reporters
• Public hearing sign in sheet
• Public hearing record table of contents template
• Fact sheet – Ribbon cutting/groundbreaking ceremony

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