WIFIA Programmatic Environmental Assessment Questionnaires

The WIFIA program prepared a WIFIA Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to analyze the potential environmental impacts related to the issuance of credit assistance under WIFIA. 

The PEA provides a streamlined National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance path for water and wastewater infrastructure projects and will make compliance with NEPA straightforward through the use of an environmental questionnaire.

WIFIA credit assistance projects qualify for coverage under this PEA when:

• The impacts from their projects are within the scope of those considered in Section 4 of the PEA,
• Proper supporting documentation is provided, and
• A memorandum to the record is developed by EPA using the PEA Questionnaire for WIFIA Credit Assistance Projects in Appendix A or Questionnaire for WIFIA Credit Assistance SRF Programs in Appendix B.

The WIFIA program updated the PEA Environmental Questionnaire in Appendix A in August 2023. This version replaces the 2022, 2021 and original 2018 PEA Questionnaire, which is still available to view within the complete 2018 WIFIA PEA. The WIFIA program has also developed an Excel version of the PEA Questionnaire, which is a user-friendly template for multiple projects. An example Excel version of the PEA Questionnaire is available for reference.

• PEA Questionnaire for WIFIA Credit Assistance Projects in Appendix A, revised 2024 (docx) (187.83 KB)
• PEA Questionnaire for WIFIA Credit Assistance Projects in Appendix A, revised 2024 (xlsx) (82.89 KB)
• Example PEA Questionnaire using Excel Template, revised 2022 (xlsx) (99.11 KB)

Updates to the PEA Environmental Questionnaire for SRF Programs in Appendix B were made in 2021.

• PEA Questionnaire for SWIFIA Credit Assistance in Appendix B, revised 2021 (pdf) (251.82 KB)
• PEA SRF Project Impact Summary Spreadsheet 2021 (xlsx) (43.33 KB)