Who Is Involved?

Each project team will consist of appropriate primary signatory agencies and partnering signatory agencies. The composition of agencies on each project team will vary depending on the specific project's location and scope.

FHWA, USACE, NCDOT and NCDENR are the primary signatories for the Merger Process agreement and are also known as the process owners or sponsors. The partnering agencies are as follows: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Marine Fisheries Service; N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission; N. C. Department of Cultural Resources; U. S. Coast Guard, U. S. Forest Service; Tennessee Valley Authority; National Park Service; Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO's); and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation. Some of the partnering agencies will participate only when the project is in their respective geographic area of responsibility or statutory authority.

Rural Planning Organizations (RPO's) are invited to participate as advisory members for projects within their geographical area but do not sign concurrence forms at this time.