[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR58.32]



[Page 417-418]

 

                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 58_ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENTITIES ASSUMING HUD 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart D_Environmental Review Process: Documentation, Range of 

           Activities, Project Aggregation and Classification

 

Sec.  58.32  Project aggregation.



    (a) A responsible entity must group together and evaluate as a 

single project all individual activities which are related either on a 

geographical or functional basis, or are logical parts of a composite of 

contemplated actions.

    (b) In deciding the most appropriate basis for aggregation when 

evaluating activities under more than one program, the responsible 

entity may choose: functional aggregation when a specific type of 

activity (e.g., water improvements) is to take place in several separate 

locales or jurisdictions; geographic aggregation when a mix of 

dissimilar but related activities is to be concentrated in a fairly 

specific project area (e.g., a combination of water, sewer and street 

improvements and economic development activities); or a combination of 

aggregation approaches, which, for various project locations, considers 

the impacts arising from each functional activity and its 

interrelationship with other activities.

    (c) The purpose of project aggregation is to group together related 

activities so that the responsible entity can:

    (1) Address adequately and analyze, in a single environmental 

review, the separate and combined impacts of activities that are 

similar, connected and closely related, or that are dependent upon other 

activities and actions. (See 40 CFR 1508.25(a)).

    (2) Consider reasonable alternative courses of action.

    (3) Schedule the activities to resolve conflicts or mitigate the 

individual, combined and/or cumulative effects.

    (4) Prescribe mitigation measures and safeguards including project 

alternatives and modifications to individual activities.

    (d) Multi-year project aggregation--(1) Release of funds. When a 

recipient's planning and program development provide for activities to 

be implemented over two or more years, the responsible entity's 

environmental review should consider the relationship among all 

component activities of the multi-year project regardless of the



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source of funds and address and evaluate their cumulative environmental 

effects. The estimated range of the aggregated activities and the 

estimated cost of the total project must be listed and described by the 

responsible entity in the environmental review and included in the RROF. 

The release of funds will cover the entire project period.

    (2) When one or more of the conditions described in Sec.  58.47 

exists, the recipient or other responsible entity must re-evaluate the 

environmental review.