ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING WEBSITES

ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING WEBSITES

ACCEPTABLE SEPARATION DISTANCE (ASD)

Acceptable Separation Distance (ASD) Assessment Tool Guidebook https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/Acceptable-Separation-Distance-Guidebook.pdf

Acceptable Separation Distance (ASD) Electronic Assessment Tool Users Guide

https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/Acceptable-Separation-Distance-Assessment-Tool-User-Guide.pdf

Acceptable Separation Distance (ASD) Electronic Assessment Tool

https://www.hudexchange.info/environmental-review/asd-calculator/

The Environmental Planning Division (EPD) has developed an electronic-based assessment tool that calculates the Acceptable Separation Distance (ASD) from stationary hazards. The ASD is the distance from above ground stationary containerized hazards of an explosive or fire prone nature, to where a HUD assisted project can be located.

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CLEAN AIR ACT http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/

The Clean Air Act is a United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. It requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from airborne contaminants known to be hazardous to human health.

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COASTAL BARRIERS RESOURCES MAPPER http://www.fws.gov/CBRA/Maps/Mapper.html

In response to Hurricane Sandy, the Service has made an interactive Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) Mapper available to the public. The mapper can be used to help property owners, local, State, and Federal stakeholders, and the public determine whether or not properties or project sites may be affected by CBRA. The Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) boundaries depicted in the mapper are representations of the controlling CBRS boundaries, which are shown on the official CBRS maps.

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CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES ~ SECTION 106 REVIEW PROCESS www.achp.gov/pdfs/consultation-with-indian-tribes-handbook-june-2012.pdf

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) issued this handbook as a reference for federal agency staff responsible for compliance with Section 106. Nevertheless it is a tool for units-of-local-government and consultants to understand the complex but required procedures when dealing with Native American Tribes.

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ENDANGERED SPECIES http://www.fws.gov/endangered/species/index.html

An online search engine is available for you to input “Species in Your State / Species Common and Scientific Name / Species in Your County” to be able to retrieve information relative to / Wildlife and plant species in the U.S. that are threatened or endangered.

ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING WEBSITES

FWS Critical Habitat Mapper Portal http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab/flex/crithabMapper.jsp?

This is USFWS’s online system for information regarding Threatened and Endangered Species. It can breakdown the information by – Vertebrate Animals, Invertebrate Animals, Flowering Plants, Non-Flowering Plants and ‘other’.

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FARMLAND PROTECTION

USDA Service Center Agencies Online Services http://www.sc.egov.usda.gov/

The Service Center Agencies (SCA) includes Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Rural Development. For your convenience they provide several services online.

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FEMA FLOOD MAP SERVICE (MSC) https://msc.fema.gov/portal/

The FEMA Flood Map Service Center (MSC) is the official public source for flood hazard information produced in support of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Use the MSC to input the property address and find the relevant official flood map, access a range of other flood hazard products, and take advantage of tools for better understanding flood risk.

FEMA Flood Map Service “How-To…”

https://msc.fema.gov/portal/howto#msc-findmap/

This page serves as a reference guide for some of the most common uses of the FEMA Flood Map Service Center. New users of the site will find directions here on how to accomplish various common activities associated with understanding flood risk.

NOTE: Most “How-To…” Requested: Finding a Flood Map

To find the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) for your area of interest, you may use either the Map Search or the Search All Products features. The Map Search allows you to search by specific address or location, while the Search All Products enables you to find the different types flood hazard products available for a particular jurisdiction, such as historic and future flood maps. For more information about flood maps, please see the Flood Insurance Rate Map webpage.

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GOOGLE EARTH http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html

Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and geographic information system (GIS) 3D globe. Google Earth displays satellite images of varying resolution of the Earth's surface, allowing users to see things like cities and houses looking perpendicularly down or at an oblique angle (see also bird's eye view). The degree of resolution available is based somewhat on the points of interest and popularity, but most land (except for some islands) is covered in at least 15 meters of resolution. Google Earth allows users to search for addresses for some countries, enter coordinates, or simply use the mouse to browse to a location.

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ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING WEBSITES

HUD OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY WEBSITE – OEE http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/environment

This is the main page for the HUD Office of Environment and Energy. It provides various resources, environmental review tips, training opportunities and information on the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS).

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NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY MAPPER http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Wetlands-mapper.htm

The Wetlands Mapper integrates digital map data with other resource information to produce timely and relevant management and decision support tools. The system allows you to input an address and then provides to you various versions of the location to provide information if there are any wetlands at or near the subject.

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NEPASSIST http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/nepassit-mapping.html

NEPAssist is a tool that facilitates the environmental review process and project planning in relation to environmental considerations. The web-based application draws environmental data dynamically

from EPA Geographic Information System databases and web services and provides immediate screening of environmental assessment indicators for a user-defined area of interest. These features contribute to a streamlined review process that potentially raises important environmental issues at the earliest stages of project development.

NEPAssist Help

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/nepassit-help-doc.pdf

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NOISE ABATEMENT

NOISE: Day/Night level Assessment Tool: USER GUIDE https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/3822/day-night-noise-level-assessment-tool-user-guide/

NOISE: Site DNL (Day-Night Noise Levels) Calculator

http://www.hudexchange.info/programs/environmental-review/dnl-calculator

The Environmental Planning Division has developed the Day/Night Noise Level Calculator, an electronic assessment tool that calculates the Day/Night Noise Level (DNL) from roadway and railway traffic. This is a web-based application of the existing Noise Assessment Guidelines (NAG). Derivations of the basic noise equation from the noise regulation, 24 CFR Part 51 Subpart B, were

applied to a new application of the NAG.

Noise from aircraft and loud impulse sounds are addressed through this tool as well. Aircraft noise data, available from the neighboring airports, may be input for inclusion in the total site exposure. Loud impulse sounds are similarly accommodated once their presence has been confirmed.

NOISE: Airport – Noise Exposure Maps (NEMS) http://www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/airport_noise/noise_exposure_maps/

The Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108-176) required FAA to "make noise exposure and land use information from noise exposure maps [prepared under 14 CFR part 150] available to the public via the Internet on its website in an appropriate format." To meet this requirement, we have collected the links below, which point to noise exposure and land use information taken from part 150 studies as well as from other sources, such as environmental analyses and/or airport master plans.

ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING WEBSITES

NOISE: Federal Railroad Administration-Office of Safety Analysis http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/PublicSite/Crossing/Crossing.aspx

The purpose of this site is to make railroad safety information including accidents and incidents, inventory and highway-rail crossing data readily available to the public.

NOISE: Traffic Counts

Alabama Department of Transportation http://algis.dot.state.al.us/atd/default.aspx

Florida Department of Transportation –Traffic Online http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/FloridaTrafficOnline/viewer.html

Georgia Department of Transportation – Traffic Counts http://geocounts.com/gdot/

http://www.dot.ga.gov/DS/Data

Kentucky Department of Transportation – Traffic Counts http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/Pages/Count-Maps.aspx

Mississippi Department of Transportation – Traffic Counts http://sp.mdot.ms.gov/Pages/Traffic-Count.aspx

North Carolina Department of Transportation – Traffic Volume http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/statemapping/trafficvolumemaps/

Puerto Rico Department of Transportation – Traffic Counts http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/pr.htm

South Carolina Department of Transportation – Traffic Counts http://www.scdot.org/getting/trafficcounts.aspx

Tennessee Department of Transportation – Traffic History http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/traffichistory/

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REGION IV ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDANCE http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/shared/working/r4/environment

This Environmental Guidance page is designed to provide relevant State resources and tools to assist in completing environmental reviews in Region IV.

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RUNWAY CLEAR ZONES [NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS - for Download] http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_14226.pdf

In accordance with 24 CFR 51.303(a)(3), this Notice must be given to anyone interested in using HUD assistance, subsidy or insurance to buy an existing property which is located in either a runway Clear Zone 1 at a civil airport or a Clear Zone at a military installation. The original signed copy of the Notice to Prospective Buyers must be maintained as part of the project file on this action.

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ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING WEBSITES

SOLE SOURCE AQUIFERS http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/groundwater/r4ssa.html

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a sole source aquifer as an underground water source that supplies at least 50 percent of the drinking water consumed in the area overlying the aquifer. These areas have no alternative drinking water source(s) that could physically, legally, and economically supply all those who depend upon the aquifer for drinking water.

EPA has designated three sole source aquifers that are entirely or partially within Region 4:

Biscayne Aquifer in South Florida http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/groundwater/r4ssa.html#biscayne

Southern Hills Regional Aquifer in eastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/groundwater/r4ssa.html#shills

Volusia-Floridan Aquifer in east-central Florida http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/groundwater/r4ssa.html#volusia

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STRA-CAT - SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASSIFICATION ASSESSMENT TOOL https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/environment/stracat

Sound Transmission Classification Assessment Tool – Users Guide http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=env_userguide_stracat.pdf

The Sound Transmission Classification Assessment Tool (STraCAT) is a web-based application that automates and streamlines the completion of HUD’s Noise Guidebook. That is the form that reports the noise mitigation performance of wall systems. STraCAT calculates a combined Sound Transmission Classification (STC) for a wall and other wall components (windows and doors) at a Noise Assessment Location (NAL). The final result is the effective STC of the composite barrier.

The tool is a searchable list that uses the existing STC data to evaluate wall components (wall material, windows, stud spacing and size, drywall thickness, etc.) to calculate the STC for a proposed construction.

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TRIBAL DIRECTORY ASSESSMENT TOOL – TDAT-2.0 http://egis.hud.gov/tdat/query.aspx?

Tribal Directory Assessment Tool (TDAT) Version 2.0 User Manual http://egis.hud.gov/tdat/Documents/TDATUserManualV2.pdf

The Tribal Directory Assessment Tool (TDAT) Version 2.0 is a web-accessible database that contains information about federally recognized Indian tribes and their geographic areas of current and ancestral interest. TDAT links tribes' areas of interest down to the county level. It lists names and contact information for tribal leaders and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs). Users can query the database by street address, county, state, and tribe. Information generated from TDAT can be exported in spreadsheet format for use in other programs.

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USEPA - ENVIROMAPPER http://www.epa.gov/emefdata/em4ef.home

This U.S. EPA environmental website EnviroMapper provides access to several EPA databases to provide you with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States. With Envirofacts, you can learn more about these environmental activities in your area or you can generate maps of environmental information.

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WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS – (WSR) http://www.rivers.gov/map.php

National Wild and Scenic River is a designation for certain protected areas in the United

States. Selected rivers in the United States are preserved for possessing outstandingly

remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values. Rivers or sections of rivers, so designated are preserved in their free-flowing

condition and are not dammed or otherwise impeded. National wild and scenic designation

essentially vetoes the licensing of new hydropower projects on or directly affecting the river. It also provides very strong protection against bank and channel alterations that adversely

affect river values, protects riverfront public lands from oil, gas and mineral development,

and creates a federal reserved water right to protect flow-dependent values.

Nationwide Rivers Inventory – (NRI) http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/index.html

The Nationwide Rivers Inventory is a listing of more than 3,400 free-flowing river

segments in the United States that are believed to possess one or more "outstandingly remarkable" natural or cultural values judged to be of more than local or regional

significance.

REGION IV SOUTHEAST/CARIBBEAN Alabama: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/al.html

Florida: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/fl.html

Georgia: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/ga.html

Kentucky: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/ky.html

Mississippi: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/ms.html

North Carolina: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/nc.html

Puerto Rico: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/pr.html

South Carolina: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/sc.html

Tennessee: http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/states/tn.html

U.S. Virgin Islands: None Listed

NRI Consultation Instructions http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/consult.html

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