SAFETEA-LU Section 6005 required the establishment of a project delivery pilot program to permit not more than 5 states,
including Oklahoma, California, Texas, Ohio, and Alaska, to assume certain federal environmental review responsibilities (in addition to categorical
exclusion determinations). Responsibility could be assumed for environmental reviews required under NEPA or other federal laws, for one or more
highway projects within the state, but the DOT Secretary's responsibility for metropolitan planning or statewide transportation planning, or
any conformity determination required under the Clean Air Act, could not be assigned to the state. The program was to be administered in accordance
with a written agreement between U.S. DOT and the participating state DOT. .
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