 | Environmental Documentation |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is committed to constructing and maintaining tactical infrastructure (TI) in an environmentally responsible manner. Environmental planning helps CBP carry out this commitment. As a part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, CBP works in a collaborative manner with local government, State, Native American, and Federal land managers, as well as with the interested public, to identify, understand, and, to the extent possible, minimize impacts to the environment. Given the importance of TI in securing the Nation’s borders, as a part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary the authority to waive legal requirements that are an impediment to the expeditious construction of TI. Even in those instances where the Secretary utilized the waiver authority, however, DHS and CBP remain committed to responsible environmental planning and stewardship. For those projects that were the subject of the Secretary’s waiver authority, CBP prepared Environmental Stewardship Plans (ESPs), as appropriate, and worked collaboratively with State and Federal resources agencies, affected landowners, and other stakeholders to identify and minimize potential impacts.The following links provide current and archived environmental documentation that will need to be strictly adhered to in the performance of maintenance and repair activities along the Southwest Border. |
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