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6.0 SCOPE OF WORK
The PMOC should form a competent team of subject matter experts with prior experience to fulfill the
requirements below:
1) Setting the groundwork
So that this review is undertaken at the appropriate time, the FTA Regional Office should confirm
that the Project Sponsor’s materials are developed to the level required at entry to PE. The PMOC
should coordinate with the Regional Office to make the initial interview, project discussion and site
visit with the project sponsor and to obtain from the project sponsor the materials to be reviewed.
The PMOC should verify that the Final Alternative Analysis Report (AA) indicates that the project
sponsor has considered all reasonable alternatives. In particular, the PMOC should verify that a
transit mode was not overlooked leaving the LPA open to later challenge.
The PMOC shall verify that the Notice of Intent for the environmental review has been issued. If
an environmental document has been produced, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) or
Environmental Assessment (EA), the PMOC shall verify that impacted third parties have been
notified of the project and provided with an opportunity to review and comment. For each
impacted third party, the PMOC shall coordinate with FTA’s Regional Office that the correct
representative has been identified and the correct address has been used.
The review should verify that the project is adopted into the MPO’s financially constrained Long
Range Transportation Plan and the Transportation Improvement Plan and identify which year the
LRTP and TIP call for the project to be funded.
2) Project Scope
The PMOC should review the project scope in relation to the Draft Environmental Document,
Operating Plan, Design Criteria, Schedule and Budget including an evaluation of the mitigation
measures as follows:
a) Assess the Project Sponsor’s fundamental reasons for the project and for selecting this
alternative from the alternatives considered. Confirm that all reasonable modes were
considered by the Project Sponsor in its alternatives analysis. Comment on the project
assumptions that have led to scope decisions (relationship between the transit project and
existing or future residential/commercial development, ridership in the forecast year, operating
plan, infrastructure and vehicle capacities, project implementation schedule, and life cycle
considerations, etc.)
b) Through a site visit, perform an on-the-ground check of physical conditions. Verify project fit
with local conditions through study of project planning diagrams, jurisdictional zoning and
transit-oriented development maps, and concept design drawings.
c) Study and evaluate the project documents (narratives, design criteria, planning diagrams, plans
and profile drawings, aerial photos, and environmental studies) for completeness including:
(1) Spatial and functional aspects of the project
(2) Compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, guidance and policies, including but
not limited to, the level boarding provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
OP 46.1 LPA Review and Readiness to enter PE
Revision 0, June 2008
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