Section 170.401 - What are BIA's and FHWA's roles in transportation planning?Except as provided in § 170.402 , the functions and activities that BIA and/or FHWA must perform for the TTP transportation planning are:
(a) Reviewing, and approving the TTPTIP as well as providing technical assistance to the Tribes during the development of their TTIP or Priority List:(b) Oversight of the NTTFI;(c) Performing quality assurance and validation of NTTFI data updates as needed;(d) Coordinating with States and their political subdivisions and appropriate planning authorities on regionally significant TTP projects;(e) Providing technical assistance to Tribal governments;(f) Developing TTP budgets;(g) Facilitating public involvement;(h) Participating in transportation planning and other transportation-related meetings;(i) Performing quality assurance and validation related to performing traffic studies;(j) Performing preliminary project planning or project identification studies;(k) Conducting special transportation studies;(l) Developing short- and long-range transportation plans;(n) Developing and maintaining management systems;(o) Performing transportation planning for operational and maintenance facilities; and(p) Researching rights-of-way documents for project planning.