Application From the State of Georgia to the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program and Proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Assigning Environ…

FHWA published Georgia’s application to the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program — the NEPA assignment path that lets a state run federal environmental reviews itself.

When a state takes NEPA assignment, highway project timelines and lawsuit venues change. The Federal Register notice is how the public sees the application package.

Filing abstract (agency text): This notice announces that FHWA received and reviewed an application from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) requesting participation in the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program (Program). This Program allows for FHWA to assign, and States to assume, responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and all or part of FHWA's responsibilities for environmental review…

Georgia MPOs, highway contractors, and environmental groups: open the application notice and note the comment window on FHWA’s proposed assignment.

Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/02/2026-20210/application-from-the-state-of-georgia-to-the-surface-transportation-project-delivery-program-and

This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.