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206 Examples for practices reported from each of the five focus states are presented here. APPENDIX D Specific Effective Practices Identified by Focus States TABLE D1 SPECIFIC PRACTICES FOR ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ON ROADS AND BRIDGES AS IDENTIFIED BY FOCUS STATES Topic State Description of Practice Practices for Addressing Engineering Design Challenges Colorado Use of Pavement ME Design® software that evaluates the roadways and develops performance curve Iowa Systematic routing of trucks combined with permitting, geometric improvements to the roads (especially for turning radii), assessing the structural damage to roads and bridges, adjust pavement design standards to a higher level, aggressive dust control program, shoulder stabilization, and use of geosynthetics on county gravel roads and cement stabilization of subbases North Dakota Accurate forecast of the anticipated truck traffic volumes in the energy development areas Experimental basis pavement design for roads that are experiencing heavy truck traffic Use of cement-treated subbases, surface treatment with increased thickness (12 to 16 inches) on major collectors, and geosynthetic materials such as geogrids Predictive model developed to analyze capabilities (based on both average and frozen moduli) of various subgrade soils to support heavy loads Pennsylvania A biweekly roadway inspection on all posted roadways Consistent communication between PennDOT and Marcellus Shale Coalition Energy companiesâ responsibility for inspecting roads they use and have built, reconstructed, or repaired Use of FDR and cement-stabilization of pavements Texas Developing best practices for pavement structural design and assessment, nondestructive testing tools (FWD, GPR) to evaluate existing pavement structural conditions Monitoring effectiveness of structures being built with proposed design methods Use of emergency load zone posting when pavement conditions are rated as significantly poor due to the extra amount of heavy trucks generated by energy developers State and Local Legislation and Regulations North Dakota The state legislature has provided general fund money from the oil extraction fund to DOT and local jurisdictions for road and bridge improvements One Stop permit, building permit, and conditional use permit Pennsylvania Chapter 189 of the 67 Pa. Code applies to haulers from all industries, including energy development, associated with any posted and bonded roads Comprehensive Pennsylvania ACT 13 legislation, a tax on energy companies based on level of drilling activity Tools to Assess Costs and Contractual Agreements Colorado A portion of energy tax going to trust fund Local agencies are developing fees to address issues with infrastructure damage Application of severance tax, which is imposed on non-renewable natural resources removed from the earth in Colorado. Calculated based on gross income from crude oil, natural gas, carbon dioxide, oil (including shale oil), and gas severed from the earth in Colorado Iowa Base pavement deterioration rate on measurement of incremental maintenance costs on pavement for new traffic generated as a result of energy development; consists of calculating the total ESALs resulting from energy development, then comparing it to the number of ESALs for which the road was designed. Permit cost quantification and county Road Preservation Ordinances that permit collection of funds for repair of road damage caused by renewable energy industry Establishment of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) counties that are financed through issuance of general obligation bonds North Dakota Various financing and operating agreements such as Oil Gas production tax, and Oil Extraction tax Pennsylvania Energy developers responsible for necessary Pennsylvania DOT inspection fees Requirement for energy development companies to submit an annual roadway maintenance plan to inform Pennsylvania DOT, an excess maintenance agreement, security bond, and permit Texas Formula for counties through SB 1747 that designates energy transportation reinvestment zone Ad-hoc method (http://www.roadsfortexasenergy.com) In March 2012, a task force, composed of representatives from state agencies, local governments and the energy industry, was formed to find ways to address the impact on the stateâs infrastructure of increased energy development activities Other identified practices from Texas DOT are the development of standard lease agreement with an associated fee, as well as the temporary use of water lines in state right-of-way in order to reduce roadway truck volumes
207 TABLE D1 (continued) Topic State Description of Practice Practices to Mitigate for Impacts on Safety Colorado Institution of both public service and other media announcements to warn the traveling public Deployment of regulation signage Application of an aggressive dust stabilization program to help prevent the loss of gravel on unpaved roads Iowa Modify roadway geometric features such as building temporary road embankments. Encourage or require the use of detours and alternate routing for heavy trucks. Proactively review any proposed facilities along with local jurisdictions and attempt to provide appropriate improvements North Dakota Campaigning and public outreach (ProgressZone) Pennsylvania LTAP offered courses to educate local agencies on how to legally enforce weight limits and to collect costs from energy developers for the infrastructure damages Revoke of road use permit when repairs are not made. Proactive roadway monitoring and roadway repair responsibility assignment to energy companies Texas Roadway geometric feature modifications, revision of speed limits, and addition of signs and traffic signals Iowa Encourage use of detours or alternate routing for heavy trucks and collaborate with energy development companies to adjust timing and logistics of truck movements Practices to Mitigate for Impacts on Operations Upgrade of two-lane roads to four-lane corridors to add capacity Texas Install increased signage to warn motorists of heavy truck traffic volumes, and use of intelligent transportation systems Program Organization Colorado Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to administer regulatory process on oil and gas development Energy Impact Grant program Manuals and Training Pennsylvania Pennsylvania DOT implementing FDR specification for DOT Publication 408 Construction Specifications in order to ensure consistent quality for its use on low-volume roads impacted by energy development activities, as well as all state-owned roadways within the Commonwealth DEP has developed guidelines for the spreading of brine on unpaved roads used to control dust, found under the authority of Clean Streams Law, the Solid Waste Management Act, and Chapters 78 and 101 of the Rules and Regulations Penn State University published the Environmentally Sensitive Road Maintenance for Dirt and Gravel Roads manual that provides information on practices that are designed to reduce the long-term maintenance costs on low-volume rural roads and to address runoff and sediment pollution to nearby vegetation and forests Texas Training workshops conducted by Texas DOT technical specialists and Texas A&M University held every 3 to 6 months with Texas DOT maintenance personnel in Districts impacted by energy development, focusing on pavement improvement techniques and issues related to topics such as subgrade performance, pavement stabilization methods, etc.
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACIâNA Airports Council InternationalâNorth America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S.DOT United States Department of Transportation
