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FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />high priority projects developed in anticipation of funding but that have no funding identified for con- <br />struction in the current STIP. Milestones include planning, environmental and project development. <br />D-STIP Project Completion <br />ODOT and the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DECD) shall work with affected <br />cities and counties to obtain land use approvals needed to select a specific alignment. The level of land <br />use consistency required will depend on the environmental milestone being completed. <br />Projects remain in the D-STIP until work required to meet the National Environmental Policy Act <br />(NEPA) is completed. NEPA classifications: <br />Class 1: Requires draft and final environmental impact statement (EIS). An EIS is required for <br />actions that significantly affect the environment. <br />Class 2: Categorical exclusion (neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental im- <br />pact statement is required). These actions do not individually or cumulative have a significant <br />environmental effect and are excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assess- <br />ment or environmental impact statement. <br />Class 3: Requires environmental assessment (EA) or revised environmental assessment. The en- <br />vironmental impact is not clearly established. All actions that are not Class 1 or 2 fall into this <br />classification. These actions require preparation of an EA to determine the appropriate environ- <br />mental document. If it is determined that the action is likely to have a significant impact on the <br />environment, the preparation of an EIS will be required. <br />All Class 1 and 3 projects should be in the D-STIP until a final Record of Decision (ROD) or Finding of <br />No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been completed. By programming completion of D-STIP milestones <br />that follow a ROD or FONSI, the project delivery activity can continue through right of way acquisition, <br />advance plans, and/or plans specifications and estimates (PS&E). The project could then be ready for <br />inclusion in the C-STIP at the regular 2-year update. Work on right of way, advance plans or PS&E may <br />be conducted in either the D-STIP or the C-STIP. <br />Although the primary purpose of the D-STIP is to develop projects for the C-STIP, inclusion in the D- <br />STIP does not guarantee funding for future D-STIP milestones or that a project will automatically move <br />into the C-STIP. Funding may not be available to construct the final solution or the environmental docu- <br />ment may identify the solution as a "No Build". <br />B. Development STIP <br />B. 1. Development STIP Eligibility Criteria Footnotes <br />1D-STIP milestones <br />D-STIP projects must have funding to complete the identified milestone; partial milestones or those with <br />no funding will not be programmed. D-STIP milestones, while not necessarily sequential, include those <br />listed below. Not all projects are required to complete all the milestones. <br />• Project specific refinement plan completion <br />• Project specific refinement plan adoption <br />• Land use consistency/Statewide Goal Compliance. (Project is included in the acknowledged <br />comprehensive plan or transportation system plan as a planned facility, which is a facility allowed <br />by the plan and that is expected to be constructed within the next 20 years with available financial <br />resources. This may include land use decisions that establish need, mode, function and general <br />location.) <br />Page 343 <br />