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5. ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES 5.1 In the administration of this PROJECT, the LPA shall be responsible for conducting any required public involvement events, for preparing all required documents, reports and other supporting materials needed for addressing applicable environmental assessment, for clearance responsibilities for the PROJECT pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act and related regulations, including the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act, and for securing all necessary permits. 5.2 If the LPA does not have the qualified staff Do perform any or all of the respective environmental responsibilities, the LPA shall hire an ODOT Pre -Qualified Consultant through a QBS process. The pre -qualified list is available on the ODOT web page at ODOTs Office of Contra. If the LPA hires a pre -qualified consultant, the LPA shall be responsible for monitoring the consultant's activities and ensuring that the consultant Is allowing all Federal and State laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines. 5.3 MOT shall be responsible for the review of all environmental documents and reports and shall complete all needed coordination activities with State and Federal regulatory agencies toward securing environmental clearance. 5A The LPA shall be responsible for assuring compliance with all commitments made as part of the PROJECT's environmental clearance and/or permit requirements during the construction of the PROJECT. 5.5 The LPA shall require its consultant, selected to prepare a final environmental document pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, to execute a copy of a disclosure statement specifying that the consultant has no financial or other interest In the outcome of the PROJECT. 5.6 The LPA shall submit a NOI to Ohio EPA to obtain coverage under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit for all projects where the combined Contractor and Project Earth Disturbing Activity (EDA) are one acre or more. If the LPA chooses not to use ODOTs L&D Vol. 2 on Local -Let LPA projects, they may use an alternative post- constnrction BMP criterion with Ohio EPA approval. 6. RIGHT OF WAY/ UTILITIES/ RAILROAD COORDINATION 6.1 All right-0f-way acquisition activities shall be performed by the LPA in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-646) as amended by 49 CFR Part 24 (hereinafter referred to as Uniform Act), any related Federal regulations issued by the FHWA, and State rules, policies and guidelines issued by ODOT. 6.2 If existing and newly -acquired right of way is required for this PROJECT, the LPA shall certify that the all right of way has been acquired in conformity with Federal and State laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines. Per ODOTs Office of Real Estate, any LPA staff who perform real estate functions shall be prequalified. If the LPA does not have the qualified staff to perform any or all of the respective right of way functions, the LPA shall hire an ODOT Pre -qualified Consultant through a QBS process. The LPA shall not hire the same consultant to perform both the appraisal and appraisal review functions. Appraisal review shall be performed by an independent staff or fee reviewer and shall be hired directly by the LPA. Likewise, a consultant hired to perform right of way acquisition work is not permitted to perform both the relocation and relocation review functions. Relocation review shall be performed by an independent staff or fee reviewer. Page 3 of 19 Revision Date 3/14/022