Legal requirements

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA)
• Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Environmental Justice Executive Order 12898
• Public hearings, 23 U.S.C. 128

FDM references         

FDM Chapter 6 - Public Involvement

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