Tribal housing and environmental offices

Where is the tribal project?

Sort a tribal housing or community project into its environmental review level under HUD's Part 58 rules: exempt, excluded or EA. Free note.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door

ePlan fills in

  • Flood zone
  • Wetlands
  • Listed species
  • Historic places
  • Land cover

How it works

Review level note, from one answer

  1. Enter the site, the program and the work.
  2. ePlan screens public layers and matches the Part 58 review level.
  3. Read the free note. Ready for the record? Start a HUD environmental review draft.

What you get

Review level note and 3 more documents

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the HUD environmental review door.

The first draft

Review level note (free)

  1. Program and responsible entity
  2. Project description
  3. Exempt, categorical exclusion or EA: the match
  4. Related laws to check: floodplains, wetlands, species, historic
  5. Notices and comment periods
  6. Release of funds steps

Modeled on: 24 CFR 58.34 to 58.36 and 58.45

Next · 2

HUD Part 58 environmental review record

  1. Project and level of review
  2. Related laws checklist
  3. Findings and notices
Next · 3

Section 106 letter

  1. Undertaking and area of effect
  2. Historic properties
  3. Proposed finding
Next · 4

Public notices (FONSI and NOI-RROF)

  1. Project and finding
  2. Comment period
  3. Where to see the record

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

15 days

is the minimum public comment period after a finding of no significant impact under HUD's Part 58 rules, or 18 days when mailed and posted instead of published
Source: 24 CFR 58.45, eCFR

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft your Part 58 environmental review record: level of review, related-law checks, public notices and the RROF, ready to enter in HEROS.

HUD environmental review →

Questions

Review level note: what people ask

Does a tribe have to do its own environmental review?

No, it is an option. If a tribe declines, HUD does the review under 24 CFR part 50. If it assumes the duty, it follows part 58 and commits no funds until the review is done and the release of funds is approved. A tribe or TDHE may also prepare an EA for HUD.

Source: ecfr.gov

How long are the comment periods?

At least 15 days after a FONSI notice and 7 days after a notice of intent to request release of funds, when published in a newspaper or on a government website. When mailed and posted instead, they are 18 and 10 days.

Source: ecfr.gov

Which projects skip an environmental assessment?

Categorical exclusions, such as rehab of buildings and public facilities that stays within set limits on size, units and use. Most still need checks under the related laws in 58.5, like floodplains and historic preservation.

Source: ecfr.gov

The rules this door follows