Risk-Oriented Design Approach
Common Reasons to Consider Exceptions
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Impacts to the natural environment
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Social or right-of-way impacts
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Preservation of historic or cultural resources
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Sensitivity to context or accommodating community values
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Construction or right-of-way costs
Risk Management Characteristics
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Explicitly addresses uncertainty
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Based on the best available information
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Part of the decision-making process