What is NEPA? | What is the environmental report? | Environmental documents | Contact information
WisDOT works to balance the department’s transportation responsibilities with environmental impacts, avoiding and minimizing such impacts when possible. When avoidance or minimization is not possible, the department works to mitigate environmental impacts where appropriate. Click the following link to learn more about WisDOT’s environmental processes:
wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/eng-consultants/cnslt-rsrces/environment/default.aspx
What is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)?
Signed into law on Jan. 1, 1970, NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions. The range of actions NEPA covers is broad and includes constructing highways and other publicly owned facilities. Agencies use the NEPA process to evaluate the environmental and related social and economic effects of their proposed actions, and they provide opportunities for public review and comment on those evaluations.
What is the environmental report?
An environmental report determines whether a federal action has the potential to cause significant effects on the environment. Generally, an environmental report includes a brief discussion of:
- The purpose and need for the proposed action
- Agency and Tribal coordination
- Public involvement completed
- Alternatives analysis
- The environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives
- Environmental commitments for the proposed action
FHWA is the final reviewer and signatory for the Environmental Report.
Environmental documents
Environmental report
WisDOT is planning to complete the environmental report for the US 53 and US 14/61 Corridor in the summer of 2025.
Contact information
Michelle Howe, P.E.
WisDOT Project Manager
(608) 246-7967
michelle.howe@dot.wi.gov
Michael Bie
WisDOT Southwest Region Communications Manager
(608) 246-7928
michael.bie@dot.wi.gov