Number of Copies Agency Submissions & Comments

Coordination

ESRs are reviewed by OES and coordinated with resource agencies as part of the NEPA review and as required by:

• Clean Water Act• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act• Endangered Species Act• Wild and Scenic River Act• Etc.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) coordination:• projects with potential impacts to federally listed

species, wildlife, stream, and/or wetlands.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) coordination: •projects with potential impacts to State listed species, wildlife, streams, wetlands, State scenic rivers, within the Lake Erie Coastal Management Zone (CZM).

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) coordination:•projects that require a jurisdictional determination on waters of the U.S., an individual 404 permit, and/or Section 10 in the Rivers and Harbors Act.

Agency Coordination:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) coordination:• projects that require a 401 WQC

National Park Service (NPS) coordination:•projects that impact a Nation Wild or Scenic River, a direct tributary to a Nation Wild or Scenic River, or a stream that is listed on the Nationwide Rivers Inventory (NRI).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA): coordination:•projects that require an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement.

Agency Coordination continued:

OES Review and Agency CoordinationLevel One ESRs:Draft ESRs : One complete PDF copy and the text of the Level 1 form as a Word document submitted to the ODOT District Office. Final ESRs : One PDF copy submitted to the ODOT District Office (a hard copy may be request by the District Office) The PDF is then forwarded to OES. Approved documents are coordinated as PDFs with USFWS and ODNR and other agencies as needed.Coordination typically takes 30 days .

OES Review and Agency CoordinationLevel Two and LV Threes ESRs:

Draft ESRs: Consultant submits one complete PDF

copy and the text of the Level 1 form as a Word document to the District for coordination with OES

Necessary revisions are routed back through the District then to the Consultant.

Final ESRs: The final completed PDF is then forwarded to District/OES for coordination with:

- USACE - USFWS- OEPA - ODNR- OES

Possibly NPS, USEPA, USCG, etc.A hard copy may be requested as needed.

Coordination typically takes 30 days .

Agency comments to ESRs must be addressed in:

NEPA Document, Commitments (plan changes), And /or correspondence back to the

agencies may require additional field studies or coordination

Comments may relate: Alternative selection Avoidance, minimization, and/or

mitigation of impacts to ecological resources.

Specialized studies or reports required; BA/BO Mussel relocation

Responses to agency comments are prepared in coordination with the ODOT District office and OES

Conclusions

Under no circumstances should a consultant coordinate any ODOT project ecological document with any regulatory or resource agency.

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