§ 771.101 Purpose
§ 771.105 Policy
§ 771.107 Definitions
§ 771.109 Applicability and responsibilities
§ 771.111 Early coordination, public involvement, and project development
§ 771.113 Timing of Administration activities
§ 771.115 Classes of actions
§ 771.116 FRA categorical exclusions
§ 771.117 FHWA categorical exclusions
§ 771.118 FTA categorical exclusions
§ 771.119 Environmental assessments
§ 771.121 Findings of no significant impact
§ 771.123 Draft environmental impact statements
§ 771.124 Final environmental impact statement/record of decision document
§ 771.125 Final environmental impact statements
§ 771.127 Record of decision
§ 771.129 Re-evaluations
§ 771.130 Supplemental environmental impact statements
§ 771.131 Emergency action procedures
§ 771.133 Compliance with other requirements
§ 771.137 International actions
§ 771.139 Limitations on actions

Terms Used In 23 CFR Part 771 - Environmental Impact and Related Procedures

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.