Office of Environmental Management
Efficient Transportation Decision Making (ETDM) Manual
Pursuant to 23 United States Code (U.S.C.) 327 and the implementing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) executed on December 14, 2016, and MOU Renewal May 26, 2022, the FDOT has assumed Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) responsibilities under NEPA for highway projects on the State Highway System (SHS) and Local Agency Program (LAP) projects off the SHS. In general, FDOT's assumption includes all highway projects in Florida whose source of federal funding comes from FHWA or which constitute a federal action through FHWA. This includes responsibilities for environmental review, interagency consultation and other activities pertaining to the review or approval of NEPA actions. Consistent with law and the MOU, FDOT will be the Lead Federal Agency for highway projects with approval authority resting in the Office of Environmental Management (OEM).
The process outlined in the ETDM Manual is the FDOT's procedure consistent with the streamlining objectives of subsequent amendments to 23 U.S.C. sections 139 and 168 through the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and supports FDOT's Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Process.
In December 2024, the ETDM Manual was updated to reflect current practices, laws, and regulations. No major changes, substantive revisions, or additions (i.e. policy changes or new chapters) were made in this version. The ETDM Manual Revision Summary provides an overview of the edits made to the manual and coordination activities leading to this update. The most recent version of the ETDM Manual is provided below. For previous versions, follow this link.
To stay up-to-date on ETDM Manual updates and training opportunities, create an account on our FDOT Contact Mailer and select Environmental Management and Environmental Publications and Updates under the Publications Interest. As training opportunities are available, we will send email notifications out through contact mailer. ETDM Manual Training materials are located on our training website.
CONTACT
Jonathon A. Bennett
State Environmental Quality and Performance Administrator
Phone: (850) 414-5330
Jonathon.Bennett@dot.state.fl.us
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
ETDM Funded Position Reference Handbook
ETDM Agreement Administrative Handbook
ETDM Programmatic Agreements
ETDM NEPA Assignment Amendments
OEM Bulletins
ETDM Process Diagram [PDF - 242K]
ETDM to PD&E Diagram [PDF - 1M]
ETDM Manual Chapters
| ETDM Manual - Current Version | 12/31/2024 |
| ETDM Manual - Chapter 1 - Introduction | Chapter 1 |
| ETDM Manual - Chapter 2 - ETDM Process | Chapter 2 |
| ETDM Manual - Chapter 3 - Planning Screen | Chapter 3 |
| ETDM Manual - Chapter 4 - Programming Screen | Chapter 4 |
| ETDM Manual - Chapter 5 - Advancing to Project Development and Environment (PD&E) | Chapter 5 |
| ETDM Manual - Chapter 6 - Data Management | Chapter 6 |
| ETDM Manual - Acronyms | Acronyms |
Single PDF all Chapters |
ETDM Progress Reports
| ETDM Progress Report | Link to Report | Publication Date |
| Florida's ETDM Process Progress Report #1 | Report #1 | August 2001 |
| Florida's ETDM Process Progress Report #2 | Report #2 | April 2002 |
| Florida's ETDM Process Progress Report #3 | Report #3 | October 2006 |
| Florida's ETDM Process Progress Report #4 | Report #4 | November 2009 |
| Florida's ETDM Process Progress Report #5 | Report #5 | May 2012 |
| Florida's ETDM Process Progress Report #6 | Report #6 | November 2016 |
| Florida's ETDM Process Progress Report #7 | Report #7 | December 2018 |