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Landscape Programs Division: Responsible for managing integrated vegetation of roadsides providing innovative, context-sensitive landscape architectural design solutions and technical support for highway projects and roadsides; developing landscape planting and hardscape plans, specifications, and estimates for highway construction projects; and enforcing vegetation management and landscape design standards, guidelines, and construction specifications. Program Support Division: Responsible for procurement and contract management activities for the Office of Environmental Design; prepares and manages contracts; provides information technology support for staff at headquarters and satellite locations throughout the State; conducts contract closeout of office-administered capital construction and operations-maintenance projects. Quality Assurance Division: Responsible for ensuring all SHA construction andmaintenance activities requiring compliancewith the stormwater and sediment control laws of Maryland and the United States CleanWater Act obtain reviewand approval; develops comprehensive policies, procedures, interpretations, guidance, and training related to erosion and sediment control and stormwater management requirements; and communicates withMaryland Department of the Environment and other regulatory agencies. Water Programs Division: Responsible for compliance with state water quality standards and the Federal Clean Water Act by administering National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) MS4 permits, and Chesapeake Bay and local waterway requirements. The Division supports the implementation of best management practices throughout the state. C.5.4 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) FDOT has been one of the nation’s leaders in integrating environmental considerations into transportation decision making. The focus of the Department’s efforts has centered in the Office of Environmental Management (OEM) whose director reports to the Assistant Secretary for Engineering and Operations (FigureC-5).

Source: Florida DOT. “Organization Chart.” Accessed April 15, 2020 from: https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default- source/humanresources/documents/fdotorganizationchart.pdf?sfvrsn=9004b8c6_51

Figure C-5. FDOTs Office of Environmental Management

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