Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Consultant will: The consultants are to perform work mandated under a variety of environmental statutes, executive orders, and regulations under HUD 24 CFR Part 58 guidelines. Duties would include completing environmental reviews of City-administered HUDfunded projects to determine the activity’s impact on the environment and to document compliance with NEPA, HUD environmental review requirements, and related laws and authorities. Compliance factors include, but are not limited to, historic properties, archaeological resources, contamination and toxic substances, environmental justice, air quality, endangered species, floodplain impact, environmental justice, noise, above-ground explosion/flammability hazards, and socioeconomic impact. Consultants will be required to complete environmental reviews in HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS). 2.1 Types of environmental reviews to be performed will include the following: A. Exempt and Categorically Excluded Not Subject to (CENST) Section 58.5 pursuant to 24 CFR 58.34(a) and 58.35(b) B. Categorically Excluded Subject to (CEST) 24 CFR Part 58.35 pursuant to 24 CFR 58.35(a) (broad-level and site-specific) C. Tier 2 site-specific environmental reviews D. Environmental Assessments (EAs) E. Floodplain Assessment pursuant to 24 CFR Part 55.20 (5-step/8-step decision making process) F. Limited Facility Investigations G. Emergency environmental reviews
