Read the Community Engagement Plan to learn how to engage with partners, stakeholders, tribes and communities throughout project delivery.
If a pre-NEPA planning study was done, reference what was heard by the community. Use the community feedback in developing your project-specific engagement efforts and design.
Only do a Social and Community Effects Analysis for Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Statement (EA/EIS) level projects.
Define the study area
Consider how the project could have impacts on Social and Community resources to create a study area for the Social and Community Effects Analysis, especially:
- Noise
- Air Quality
- Visual Impacts
- Transportation
- Parks and Recreation
- Public Utilities
- Public Services
- Cultural Resources
- Hazardous Materials
Follow the Determining health disparities (PDF 163KB) procedure to inform your Social and Community Effects Analysis.
Contact Kelly Craig, Kelly.Craig@wsdot.wa.gov, for guidance on determining effects on community cohesion for projects with residential impacts.
Write the analysis directly into the EA or EIS or prepare a Discipline Report using the Social Effects Discipline Report Template (PDF 52KB).
To evaluate relocation impacts, use the process described in our Right of Way Manual. Projects requiring relocations can use the Relocation Discipline Report Checklist (PDF 44KB) for general guidance during their review. Projects with commercial or residential relocations must contact the NEPA/SEPA Program, NEPA-SEPA@wsdot.wa.gov, to assist with confirming the NEPA class of action with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Document the results from public involvement efforts and describe how they informed mitigation to community impacts. Document mitigation commitments in the EA or EIS and internal tracking mechanism, Commitment Tracking System.
Document specific project-related community commitments that result from the NEPA/SEPA decision making process.
Revisit analysis if major project modifications occur.
General support
Kelly Craig
Environmental Justice & Public Health Senior Policy Specialist
Kelly.Craig@wsdot.wa.gov
Projects encountering encampments
Work with your Region Environmental Office and the Office of Equal Opportunity to develop a strategy for engagement.
