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Environmental issues play a major role in the planning, design, construction, and rehabilitation of highways. Indeed, their prominence has grown as the public has become increasingly informed on environmental issues and associated requirements. This chapter provides an overview to lend guidance in understanding environmental issues, and information to aid in the process of effectively addressing the various requirements in this area. | to get more civil engineering textbooks handbooks guidebooks references journals and much more visit us at http McGraw-Hill HANDBOOKS HIGHWAY ENGINEERING HANDBOOK SECOND EDITION Current maintenance and repair methods New AASHTO design codes Metric units included Newest design and construction methods ROGER L. BROCKENBROUGH KENNETH J. BOEDECKER JR. Source HIGHWAY ENGINEERING HANDBOOK _CHAPTER 1__ ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Darryl Shoemaker . Jack Allen Margaret Ballard Stephen David and George Eliason HDR Engineering Inc. Minneapolis Minnesota Environmental issues play a major role in the planning design construction and rehabilitation of highways. Indeed their prominence has grown as the public has become increasingly informed on environmental issues and associated requirements. This chapter provides an overview to lend guidance in understanding environmental issues and information to aid in the process of effectively addressing the various requirements in this area. It begins with an overall review of the numerous federal laws and regulations that must be considered. A thorough discussion is provided of the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the preparation of environmental impact statements. Information is presented on the important topics of storm water pollution prevention and lead-based paint removal and containment. The chapter concludes with a discussion of resource recovery and the use of waste material including the recycling of hazardous wastes. FEDERAL LA WS AND REGULATIONS Federal environmental laws and regulations may affect planning design construction and rehabilitation of the infrastructure. The objective of environmental legislation is to protect the health and welfare of the general public. Primary legislation has been developed by the federal government and the authority for implementing the laws has been given to various federal agencies. State-level environmental legislation has in .