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Projects which are normally part of the mitigation of a <br />transportation project are not eligible. <br /> <br />Discussion...The ISTEA requires that Enhancements funds not be used to implement <br />mitigation of the adverse impacts associated with implementation of other <br />transportation projects. The origin of transportation environmental enhancement is the <br />FHWA Environmental Policy Statement issued in 1990. It states, "environmental <br />enhancement means going beyond mere mitigation to use 'all practicable measures to <br />harmoniously fit any proposed...project into the adjacent communities and natural <br />environment it traverses." This is an important point. The FtTWA has emphasized <br />that enhancement is not mitigation. Environmental measures conducted as routine or <br />customary elements of transportation projects or those provided to mitigate project <br />impacts in compliance with the requirements of environmental, historic preservation or <br />other laws are not eligible for enhancement funding. With this interpretation, the <br />category "mitigation of water pollution due to highway runoff," would be lirmted to <br />facilities and programs that are in addition to current requirements and procedures for <br />mitigation. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />