Discipline reports are prepared to document environmental studies and investigations. When a project will have little impact on, or generate little public interest in, an element of the environment, that conclusion can be documented in the Environmental Review Summary (ERS) and environmental review document or Environmental Classification Summary (ECS) prepared for the project. More complex and controversial projects may require completion of discipline reports to document environmental impacts.

This page contains technical information and is intended for a technical audience.

General Guidance

• Determining What Discipline Reports are Needed (pdf 88 kb)
• Writing a Discipline Report (pdf 105 kb)
  
  
  Many of the chapters in Part 4 of the WSDOT Environmental Procedures Manual (EPM) contain guidance to help determine when a discipline report is needed for a project. The following discipline report checklists, decision matrices and templates are available to guide the development
  of your reports:

Discipline Report Checklists:

Discipline Report Decision Matrices and Templates:

   
Discipline Report Review

• Find a discipline specialist to review your report (pdf 75 kb)
• Discipline Report Comment form (docx 95 kb).