State of Wisconsin
Categorical Exclusion Checklist (CEC) 5-1-2025
Categorical Exclusion Checklist guidance 5-1-2025
5-22-2025 CEC Showcase - Recording
Categorical Exclusion for Excess Parcel Sales guidance 3-20-2025
Environmental Report and Environmental Assessment Template
Environmental Report and Environmental Assessment Template guidance
Environmental document availability template (formerly Addendum A)
Environmental document availability template guidance
Re-Evaluation and Supplemental Analysis Template 4-8-2025
Re-Evaluation memo template, Northern Long-Eared Bat uplisting
Risk Based Environmental Scoping Template
Administrative rules environmental document template
Guidance documents are available in alternative text color upon request.
Acronyms List
Appropriate Attachments and Appendices for Environmental Documents
Emergency Project Environmental Guidance
WisDOT’s Pre-screening worksheet for determining the need to conduct a detailed indirect effects analysis
Aesthetics / Guidance
Air Quality / Guidance 9-23-2024
Agriculture / Guidance
Business and Economics / Guidance
Community / Guidance
Construction Sound Quality / Guidance
Demographics / Guidance 5-5-2025
Erosion Control / Guidance
Floodplains / Guidance
Groundwater, Wells and Springs / Guidance
Hazardous Substances, Contamination and Asbestos / Guidance
Historic Properties / Guidance
Other / Guidance
Relocations / Guidance
Section 4(f) / Guidance
Section 6(f) or Other Unique Properties / Guidance
Stormwater / Guidance
Surface Waters / Guidance
Threatened, Endangered and Protected Resources / Guidance
Traffic Noise / Guidance
Wetlands / Guidance
Programmatic Agreement Between FHWA-Wisconsin Division and WisDOT Regarding the Processing of Actions Classified as Categorical Exclusions for Federal-Aid Highway Projects
FHWA Process Initiation Letter (PIL) Template (on WisDOT Letterhead)
Finding of de Minimis Impact on Historic Property
Finding of de Minimis Impact on Parks, Recreation Areas, and Wildlife and Waterfowl Refuges
FHWA Section 4(f) Policy Paper
FHWA Website
FHWA Planning, Environment and Realty
FHWA Environmental Review Toolkit
23 C.F.R. Part 771 - Environmental Impact and Related Procedures
WisDOT Tribal Affairs
WisDOT Cultural Resources
Native American Lands of Interest Scoping Determination Template
Bureau of Indian Affairs - Great Lakes Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs Native American Lands Map
Delegated DNR Design Concurrence Template
DNR Project Coordination Request Template (supersedes form DTNR0002) 2-11-2025
2020 DOT-DNR Cooperative Agreement
Attachment A1- 1994 Memorandum of Understanding on Erosion Control and Stormwater
Attachment A2- 1994 Memorandum of Understanding on Erosion Control and Stormwater WPDES Agreement for DOT Construction Activities
Attachment A3- 1998 Memorandum of Understanding on Endangered and Threatened Species
Attachment A4- 1999 Memorandum of Understanding Relating to the Authorization of Stormwater Discharges to Waters of the State of Wisconsin
1983 Memo- DOT DNR Cooperative Agreement Section V Waterway Crossings and other Floodplain Encroachments
1988 Memo- Implementation of DOT DNR Cooperative Agreement Section VII Waterway Crossing and other Floodplain Encroachments
2001 Memorandum of Understanding on Compensatory Mitigation for Unavoidable Wetland Losses Resulting from State Transportation Activities
2012 Memorandum of Understanding on Compensatory Mitigation for Unavoidable Wetland Losses Resulting from State Transportation Activities
2021 Aquatic Connectivity Attachment to the DOT-DNR Cooperative Agreement
2022 Delegated DNR Design Concurrence Attachment to the DOT-DNR Cooperative Agreement
2023 Memorandum of Understanding for Regulation of Salt Storage Facilities
2024 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Design-Build Coordination 1-10-25
2023 DOT-DATCP Memorandum of Agreement
Agricultural Impact Notice Form (link to DATCP site)
Public involvement plan template
Public involvement plan template (local roads only)
Public involvement meeting and public hearing display ad template
Public involvement meeting sign-in sheet
Public involvement meeting handout template
Public involvement meeting comment form
Notice of opportunity to request a public hearing template
Notice of public hearing template
Standard and Special distribution lists for public hearing notices
Public hearing handout packet template
Public hearing chairperson’s packet template
Public hearing record certification letter
Public hearing record table of contents template
Public hearing sign in sheet
Instruction sheet for court reporters
Public hearing press release template
Fact sheet – Ribbon cutting/groundbreaking ceremony
Potential relocation template letter 4-1-2025
Relocation questionnaire 4-1-2025