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Topic: Environmental assessment

	Defining Impact Assessment
		Environmental impact assessment is, in its simplest form, a planning tool that is now generally regarded as an integral component of sound decision making...
		Environmental Impact Assessment is a planning tool that its main purpose is: "to give the environment its due place in the decision making process by clearly evaluating the environmental consequences of a proposed activity before action is taken.
		Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a tool used to identify the environmental, social and economic impacts of a project prior to decision-making.
	www.gdrc.org /uem/eia/define.html (502 words)

	Environmental impact assessment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The EIA Directive on Environmental Impact Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment was first introduced in 1985 and was amended in 1997.
		Under United States environmental law an EIA is referred to as the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and originated in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), enacted in the United States in 1969.
		Environmental Impact Assessment at the University of Sydney
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Environmental_impact_assessment (1195 words)

	The Environmental Assessment Process
		EA is designed to be a flexible process which makes environmental considerations an integral part of project preparation and which allows environmental issues to be addressed in a timely and cost-effective way during project preparation and implementation.
		For each alternative, the environmental costs and benefits should be quantified to the extent possible, economic values should be attached where feasible, and the basis for the selected alternative should be stated.
		The Environmental Assessment Sourcebook, published in mid-1991, is a major source of EA information for Bank staff and borrowers.
	www.environmental-expert.com /articles/article85/article85.htm (1540 words)

	Environmental Assessment
		Environmental Assessment helps ensure that environmental concerns are addressed at an early stage, and that projects are designed with environmental sustainability in mind.
		Environmental assessment is a valuable planning process for assessing how the impact of changes in the natural environment can affect quality of life.
		Environmental assessment is undertaken as early as possible in the decision-making process.
	www.acdi-cida.gc.ca /ea (569 words)

	Environmental Impact Assessment
		Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a relatively new planning and decision making tool first enshrined in the United States in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
		Environmental Assessment is taken up in this exercise as a rapid assessment technique for determining the current status of the environment and identifying impact of critical activities on environmental parameters.
		This exercise is an attempt in developing an approach to Environmental Assessment technique, primarily for industrial townships.
	www.gdrc.org /uem/eia.html (942 words)

	Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in a Transboundary Context
		The Party of origin shall ensure that in accordance with the provisions of this Convention an environmental impact assessment is undertaken prior to a decision to authorize or undertake a proposed activity listed in Appendix I that is likely to cause a significant adverse transboundary impact.
		Environmental impact assessments as required by this Convention shall, as a minimum requirement, be undertaken at the project level of the proposed activity.
		The environmental impact assessment documentation to be submitted to the competent authority of the Party of origin shall contain, as a minimum, the information described in Appendix II.
	www.unece.org /env/eia/eia.htm (6847 words)

	EUROPA - Environment - Environmental Assessement Homepage
		Environmental assessment is a procedure that ensures that the environmental implications of decisions are taken into account before the decisions are made.
		The process involves an analysis of the likely effects on the environment, recording those effects in a report, undertaking a public consultation exercise on the report, taking into account the comments and the report when making the final decision and informing the public about that decision afterwards.
		In principle, environmental assessment can be undertaken for individual projects such as a dam, motorway, airport or factory ('Environmental Impact Assessment') or for plans, programmes and policies ('Strategic Environmental Assessment').
	ec.europa.eu /environment/eia/home.htm (215 words)

	Environmental Modeling & Assessment
		There is a growing interest in the field of modeling and quantitative assessment of environmental problems.
		Environmental Modeling & Assessment strives to achieve this by publishing high quality papers that may be regarded as either instances of best practice, or as studies that advance the evolution and applicability of the theories and techniques of modeling and assessment.
		We invite models of environmental problems and phenomena that utilise, in an original way, the techniques of ordinary and partial differential equations, simulation, statistics and applied probability, control theory, operations research, mathematical economics, and game theory.
	www.environmental-expert.com /magazine/springer/enmo/index.asp (580 words)

	Environmental Impact Assessment - Index of Web Sites
		The site offers a Network for Environmental Assessment in CITs open to all who are interested in developing EIA systems in CITs, want to share their knowledge, and want to learn from the experiences of others.
		The environmental treaties and national resource indicators included cover nine global environmental issues: climate change, ozone depletion, air pollution, desertification and drought, conservation of biological diversity, deforestation, oceans and their living resources, trade and the environment, and population.
		This website includes information on how Argonne performs environmental assessments, different environmental assessments on which they are working, as well as a list of phone numbers of individuals, within the organisation, to contact for further information.
	www.iaia.org /eialist.html (5094 words)

	ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
		This Environmental Assessment presents four alternatives for managing an invasive plant species, purple loosestrife, which is impacting/impairing the natural and cultural resources of the site.
		In the initial assessment year, a density of 3.8 purple loosestrife stems per square meter was determined.
		The functions of wetlands decrease with the invasion of purple loosestrife.” (Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, 2000) The same source notes that the buildup of organic matter around the rigid, persistent stems exacerbates wetland filling, which is already a rapidly occurring natural process in the Blow-Me-Down Pond and wetland.
	www.sgnhs.org /saga-EA-loosestrife.htm (6599 words)

	Environmental Assessment Act
		"class assessment" means an assessment conducted under section 20 of some or all of the potential effects of a specified category of projects, and includes a set of measures or conditions for managing some or all of the potential adverse effects of the specified category of projects to the satisfaction of the executive director;
		(5) In an environmental assessment certificate granted under section 17, the ministers may provide for an amendment procedure to be followed if changes to the certified project that are of a type specified in the certificate as requiring assessment are proposed by the holder of the certificate.
		(b) an environmental assessment certificate not be issued for the reviewable project that is the subject of the assessment.
	www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/stat/E/02043_01.htm (7251 words)

	Amazon.com: Environmental Assessment: Books: Ravi K. Jain,L. V. Urban,Gary S. Stacey,Harold E. Balbach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		EDI - Environmental Assessment — At Envirodetics, Inc. (EDI) we strive to help our clients, such as lenders and banks for commercial property with all their environmental needs.
		The book starts with a question: "What is environmental assessment?" The book ends with a question: "How are these contemporary issues (i.e., global warming, acid rain, deforestation, endangered species, biodiversity, cultural resources, ecorisk) different?" Imbetween the beginning and the end, each chapter has a section of discussion and study questions.
		Their presentation of different issues to consider in the extraterritorial application of NEPA and its assessments is not reductionist -- it appropriately expands the reader'perspective on global issues.
	www.amazon.com /Environmental-Assessment-Ravi-K-Jain/dp/0071370080 (1728 words)

	Coherence in Environmental Assessment (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the case of environmental assessment, there is general agreement among the Members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on the need to avoid duplication of effort, to reduce procedural incompatibilities, to develop more efficient and effective procedures, and to share knowledge, information and data.
		The objective of this initiative led by Canada was to recommend ways to achieve greater coherence among the environmental assessment procedures that DAC Member countries apply to their development co-operation programmes.
		By providing a common reference point for all parties involved in the assessment process, these documents are expected to contribute to improving coherence between the assessment methodologies used by different agencies.
	www.oecd.org /document/37/0,2340,en_2649_34281_1884069_1_1_1_1,00.html (371 words)

	Environmental Assessment/Evaluation - Alberta Environment
		The Environmental Assessment Process is a way to assess potential effects of proposed projects on the environment.
		Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (Please refer to sections 39-59 for Environmental Assessment Regulations)
		The agreement establishes a process for a single, cooperative environmental assessment to avoid duplication and ensure the environmental assessment is conducted as efficiently and effectively as possible.
	www3.gov.ab.ca /env/protenf/assessment/index.html (141 words)

	Strategic Environmental Assessment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This was seen as deficient as many environmentally damaging decisions had already been made at a more strategic level (for example the fact that new transport infrastructure may generate an increased demand for travel).
		In Europe the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context the so called Espoo Convention laid the foundations for the introduction of SEA in 1991.
		SEA in New Zealand is part of an integrated planning and assessment process and unlike the US is not used in the manner of Environmental impact assessment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strategic_Environmental_Assessment (1044 words)

	Environmental Assessment
		This environmental assessment describes options for constructing a concession facility and handicap accessible public restrooms, modifying existing concession parking removing spaces to the east and constructing spaces to the west, removing the 1986 cinderblock addition to the visitor center and restoring the view of the dunes from the historic visitor center patio.
		According to the guidance issued by the Council on Environmental Quality, environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
		The Section 106 summary is an assessment of the effect of the undertaking (implementation of the alternative) on cultural resources, based upon the criterion of effect and criterion of adverse effect found in the Advisory Council’s regulations.
	www.nps.gov /whsa/Geology (9965 words)

	Environmental Assessment Association
		The Environmental Assessment Association (EAA) is an international organization dedicated to providing members with information and education in the Environmental Industry relaying to Environmental Inspections, Testing and other areas.
		Environmental Inspections indicate conditions such as stained soil, storage tanks, vegetation damage and with simple testing, lead paint, radon and water problems, etc.
		EAA has worked closely with Environmental Protection Agencies and is also at the forefront of the Environmental Industry and has maintained a well earned reputation of "being involved".
	www.iami.org /EAA/home.cfm (209 words)

	Environmental Assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Environmental Assessment - one of the 10 environmental and social Safeguard Policies of the World Bank - is used in the Bank to examine the potential environmental risks and benefits associated with Bank lending operations.
		The Bank's Environmental Assessment policy and procedures are described in Operational Policy/Bank Procedures - OP/BP 4.01.
		The Bank's policy stresses that Environmental Assessment should be thought of as a process rather than a specific product.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/ENVIRONMENT/EXTENVASS/0,,menuPK:407994~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:407988,00.html (160 words)

	Regulations - Environment - Environmental Assessment
		At any stage of the assessment process, an undertaking may be referred to an alternate dispute resolution procedure in accordance with the provisions of the Act and regulations where the Minister believes an alternate dispute resolution technique is appropriate for the resolution of a dispute or an issue.
		To assist in the assessment of the undertaking, the proponent may provide information in addition to that required under subsection (1).
		Chapter 149 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Environmental Assessment Act and the Environmental Assessment Regulations made on July 14, 1989, by Order in Council 89-747 shall continue to apply with respect to any undertaking that was registered prior to March 17, 1995.
	www.gov.ns.ca /just/regulations/regs/envassmt.htm (4281 words)

	Environmental Assessment in Countries in Transition
		A special issue of Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal: "Environmental Assessment in Emerging Democracies" is published in June 2004.
		The notion of "adaptive EA policy systems" is introduced in a recently published paper on "Dealing with continuous reform" by A.Cherp and A.Antypas of CEU published in Journal of Environmental Assessment, Policy and Management.
		This project is operated by volunteers and is hosted at the Central European University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy.
	www.ceu.hu /envsci/eianetwork (174 words)

	Environmental Consulting \| Health and Environmental Risk Assessment \| ICF International
		We are noted for developing the Multistage Model for cancer risk assessment and the Benchmark Dose Model for non-cancer risk assessment, as well as developing novel techniques for physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling.
		Our risk assessment group is committed to problem solving in the most accurate and realistic manner possible using state-of-the-art principles and current information from scientific literature.
		The work involved human health and ecological risk assessments, development of health and ecological risk-based protective concentration limits at points of exposure (sediments, surface water, seeps), and fate and transport modeling of contaminants in the subsurface between the points of exposure and points of compliance.
	www.icfi.com /Markets/Environment/enviro5.asp (2313 words)

	Environmental Assessment Services -- HKC & Associates, Inc.
		HKC has performed several Phase I environmental assessments, for real estate management and financial companies.
		If contamination is found above action levels, having the assessment performed will immune the purchaser's liability from past contamination, and protect the seller from any further contamination.
		Subsurface Investigation is a cost effective method that protects the innocent while avoiding environmental liabilities and cleanup costs.
	www.hkcenv.com /assess.htm (237 words)

	Environmental Assessment Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Most environmental consultants will not include specific sampling and scope of work recommendations for those properties that require a Phase II investigation, due to potential liability and/or due to lack of knowledge.
		Phase I Environmental Site Assessment reports are normally performed for commercial properties, residential developments, agricultural properties and industrial properties, and are usually required by banks for real estate purchase loans or refinancing.
		AI's depth and breadth of experience in the environmental field provides us with the knowledge and good judgment that will lead you down the path that is in your best interest.
	www.assessco.com /services-ph1.html (564 words)

	EUROPA - Environment - EIA-legal context
		The EIA Directive (EU legislation) on Environmental Impact Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment was introduced in 1985 and was amended in 1997.
		The EIA procedure ensures that environmental consequences of projects are identified and assessed before authorisation is given.
		The EIA Directive outlines which project categories shall be made subject to an EIA, which procedure shall be followed and the content of the assessment.
	ec.europa.eu /environment/eia/eia-legalcontext.htm (292 words)

	US EPA - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
		The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is a research program to develop the tools necessary to monitor and assess the status and trends of national ecological resources.
		EMAP's goal is to develop the scientific understanding for translating environmental monitoring data from multiple spatial and temporal scales into assessments of current ecological condition and forecasts of future risks to our natural resources.
		EMAP aims to advance the science of ecological monitoring and ecological risk assessment, guide national monitoring with improved scientific understanding of ecosystem integrity and dynamics, and demonstrate multi-agency monitoring through large regional projects.
	www.epa.gov /emap (159 words)

	UNEP - Environmental Assessments
		Provides the world community with improved access to meaningful environmental data and information help increase the capacity of governments to use environmental information for decision-making and action planning for sustainable human development.
		Assessment and Early Warning in Latin America and the Carribean
		The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is an international work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes.
	www.unep.org /themes/assessment (253 words)

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