The Environmental Commitments and Mitigation Tracking System (ECMTS) is a set of procedures developed by PennDOT to track environmental commitments and mitigation through the design, construction, and maintenance & operations phases of transportation projects. Appendix T of DM-1X defines the ECMTS Process: https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/penndot/documents/public/pubsforms/publications/pub-10/pub-10b/april%202022%20change%20no.%202.pdf
The ECMTS process is digital and uses PennDOT’s Engineering and Construction Management System (ECMS) platform. Upon NEPA approval enter environmental commitments and mitigation activities directly into the ECMS construction project, where they are digitally tracked from design, through construction and (if necessary) into maintenance.
District project managers (PMs) are ultimately responsible for maintaining the ECMTS information in ECMS during project design. PMs will need to add business partners for access, as needed. The district environmental managers (EMs) and their staff provide technical assistance.
The EMs and their staff: (1) identify environmental commitments and mitigation activities (including coordinating with regulatory and resources agencies when necessary) during preliminary engineering; and (2) enter those environmental commitments and mitigation activities as mitigation items into ECMS upon NEPA approval. This includes populating the mitigation item details screen for each mitigation item with as much project-specific information as is available at that time.
Project-specific ECMTS information is required for all projects.
The ECMTS consists of: (1) mitigation items and accompanying mitigation item details digitally entered into ECMS, which must be completed or updated at certain points during project development; and (2) appropriate plan sheets from the PS&E package (e.g. showing areas to be avoided, exclusionary fencing, the location of geotextile and fill, etc. —this can be part of the E&S plan).
Only mitigation activities and other commitments that are specific to a project need to be documented and tracked. In contrast, standard activities routinely performed for all similar projects do not need to be documented and tracked.
Videos are available to help users within entering information into ECMTS. The links to these videos are included below:
The Environmental Commitments and Mitigation Tracking System (ECMTS) is a set of procedures developed by PennDOT to track environmental commitments and mitigation through the design, construction, and maintenance & operations phases of transportation projects. Appendix T of DM-1X defines the ECMTS Process: https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/penndot/documents/public/pubsforms/publications/pub-10/pub-10b/april%202022%20change%20no.%202.pdf
The ECMTS process is digital and uses PennDOT’s Engineering and Construction Management System (ECMS) platform. Upon NEPA approval enter environmental commitments and mitigation activities directly into the ECMS construction project, where they are digitally tracked from design, through construction and (if necessary) into maintenance.
District project managers (PMs) are ultimately responsible for maintaining the ECMTS information in ECMS during project design. PMs will need to add business partners for access, as needed. The district environmental managers (EMs) and their staff provide technical assistance.
The EMs and their staff: (1) identify environmental commitments and mitigation activities (including coordinating with regulatory and resources agencies when necessary) during preliminary engineering; and (2) enter those environmental commitments and mitigation activities as mitigation items into ECMS upon NEPA approval. This includes populating the mitigation item details screen for each mitigation item with as much project-specific information as is available at that time.
Project-specific ECMTS information is required for all projects.
The ECMTS consists of: (1) mitigation items and accompanying mitigation item details digitally entered into ECMS, which must be completed or updated at certain points during project development; and (2) appropriate plan sheets from the PS&E package (e.g. showing areas to be avoided, exclusionary fencing, the location of geotextile and fill, etc. —this can be part of the E&S plan).
Only mitigation activities and other commitments that are specific to a project need to be documented and tracked. In contrast, standard activities routinely performed for all similar projects do not need to be documented and tracked.
Videos are available to help users within entering information into ECMTS. The links to these videos are included below: