State environmental review route memo (free)
- Your project and state
- Which law and form applies
- Who fills which part
- First deadlines
- Map facts for the form
- Federal NEPA overlap
Applicants told they need a state environmental form
Where is the site?
Free finder: which state environmental form your project needs (CEQA, SEPA, SEQR or MEPA), who fills which part, and the first deadlines.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- State and lead agency
- Parcel
- Wetlands
- Flood zone
- Listed species
How it works
State environmental review route memo, from one answer
- Pick the state and enter the site.
- ePlan names the form, who fills it and the first deadlines.
- Read the route memo free. Federal agency involved? Start a NEPA categorical exclusion memo.
What you get
State environmental review route memo and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Categorical exclusion memo (or short EA) in the agency's format door.
NEPA categorical exclusion memo
- Proposed action
- Categorical exclusion relied on
- Extraordinary circumstances
- Determination
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Environmental screening layersEPA NEPAssist
- ParcelRegrid nationwide parcel data (county assessor)
- WetlandsUSFWS National Wetlands Inventory
- Flood zoneFEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
- Listed speciesUSFWS IPaC
20 calendar days
is how long a New York lead agency has to decide significance after receiving the application, EAF and any needed information
Source: 6 NYCRR 617.6(b)
Ready for the paperwork?
Draft a NEPA categorical exclusion memo or short environmental assessment for a federally funded project, in the agency's format. Free to read.
Questions
State Environmental Review Finder: what people ask
Who fills out a SEQR EAF?
In New York the applicant or project sponsor completes Part 1; the lead agency completes Parts 2 and 3.
Who prepares a SEPA checklist?
In Washington the lead agency either prepares the checklist or requires the applicant to prepare it.
What goes in a CEQA initial study?
In brief form: the project and its location, the environmental setting, a checklist of effects with short explanations, ways to mitigate significant effects, a check against zoning and plans, and the names of the preparers.
The rules this door follows
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Answer it and ePlan opens the Categorical exclusion memo (or short EA) in the agency's format door with your answer filled in.