170.401—What is BIA's role in transportation planning?
Except as provided in § 170.402, the functions and activities that BIA must perform for the IRR Program are:
(a)
Preparing the regional IRRTIP;
(b)
Updating the IRR Inventory from data updates;
(c)
Preparing IRR Inventory data updates as needed;
(d)
Coordinating with States and their political subdivisions, and appropriate planning authorities on regionally significant IRR projects;
(e)
Providing technical assistance to tribal governments;
(f)
Developing IRR Program budgets including transportation planning cost estimates;
(g)
Facilitating public involvement;
(h)
Participating in transportation planning and other transportation-related meetings;
(i)
Performing traffic studies;
(j)
Performing preliminary project planning;
(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.