Discipline reports are prepared to document environmental studies and investigations. When a project will have little impact on, or generate little public interest in, an element of the environment, that conclusion can be documented in the Environmental Review Summary (ERS) and environmental review document or Environmental Classification Summary (ECS) prepared for the project. Discipline reports form the basis of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Environmental Assessment (EA), or Documented Categorical Exclusion (DCE).

Many of the chapters in Part 4 of the WSDOT Environmental Procedures Manual (EPM) contain guidance to help determine when a discipline report is needed for a project. The following discipline report checklists, decision matrices and templates are available to guide the development of your reports:

Discipline Report Checklists:

Discipline Report Decision Matrices and Templates:

   
Discipline Report Review

• Find a discipline specialist to review your report (pdf 75 kb)
• Discipline Report Comment form (docx 95 kb).