§170.401. What are BIA's and FHWA's roles in transportation planning?

25 C.F.R. § 170.401

Except as provided in § 170.402, the functions and activities that BIA and/or FHWA must perform for the TTP transportation planning are:

(a)

Reviewing, and approving the TTPTIP as well as providing technical assistance to the Tribes during the development of their TTIP or Priority List:

(b)

Oversight of the NTTFI;

(c)

Performing quality assurance and validation of NTTFI data updates as needed;

(d)

Coordinating with States and their political subdivisions and appropriate planning authorities on regionally significant TTP projects;

(e)

Providing technical assistance to Tribal governments;

(f)

Developing TTP budgets;

(g)

Facilitating public involvement;

(h)

Participating in transportation planning and other transportation-related meetings;

(i)

Performing quality assurance and validation related to performing traffic studies;

(j)

Performing preliminary project planning or project identification studies;

(k)

Conducting special transportation studies;

(l)

Developing short- and long-range transportation plans;

(m)

Mapping;

(n)

Developing and maintaining management systems;

(o)

Performing transportation planning for operational and maintenance facilities; and

(p)

Researching rights-of-way documents for project planning.

Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority: Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9.

Source: 81 FR 78463, Nov. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted.