[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 23, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 23CFR777.1] [Page 402] TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 777_MITIGATION OF IMPACTS TO WETLANDS AND NATURAL HABITAT--Table of Contents Sec. 777.1 Purpose. Sec. 777.1 Purpose. 777.2 Definitions. 777.3 Background. 777.5 Federal participation. 777.7 Evaluation of impacts. 777.9 Mitigation of impacts. 777.11 Other considerations. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 49 U.S.C. 303; 23 U.S.C. 101(a), 103, 109(h), 133(b)(1), (b)(11), and (d)(2), 138, 315; E.O. 11990; DOT Order 5660.1A; 49 CFR 1.48(b). Source: 65 FR 82924, Dec. 29, 2000, unless otherwise noted. To provide policy and procedures for the evaluation and mitigation of adverse environmental impacts to wetlands and natural habitat resulting from Federal-aid projects funded pursuant to provisions of title 23, U.S. Code. These policies and procedures shall be applied by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to projects under the Federal Lands Highway Program to the extent such application is deemed appropriate by the FHWA.