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  How to search for Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
Environmental impact statements (EIS's) are the result of this requirement.
One of the world's largest collections of environmental impact statements is available for your use in the Transportation Library (University Library, 5th Floor, North Tower).
A small collection of environmental impact statements issued by individual states and by foreign governments is also maintained.
www.library.northwestern.edu /transportation/searcheis.html   (486 words)

  
 Environmental impact statement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) whenever the U.S. Federal Government takes a "major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" it must first consider the environmental impact in a document called an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
For example, the European Community has established a mix of mandatory and discretionary procedures for assessing environmental impacts.
An environmental impact assessment is often confused with an Environmental Impact Statement, but it is not the same thing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Environmental_impact_statement   (590 words)

  
 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)

  
 Canarina environmental software: environmental pollution · environmental impact
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www.canarina.eu   (386 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - environmental impact statement, Environment (Environmental Studies) - Encyclopedia
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as well as many state and local laws enacted during the late 1960s and early 1970s mandate that these statements be completed before major development projects can begin.
Federal-level environmental impact statements are written by any federal agency on its own behalf or on behalf of a state, local, or private concern that it regulates or funds.
In some cases litigation arises from environmental groups who want to block a project or from parties who feel that the assessment overstates the risks to the environment to the detriment of economic interests.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/environimp.html   (368 words)

  
 Environmental Impact Statements, CDFS-188
Environmental impact statements are reports that outline the predicted environmental effects of a particular action or project in which the federal government is involved.
Environmental impact statements are required by Section 102(2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL91-190) which requires federal agencies to consider the probable environmental effects of projects and programs under their control.
The environmental impact is determined to be significant by examining similar prior activities and applying the rule of reason.
ohioline.osu.edu /cd-fact/0188.html   (826 words)

  
 CEQ - Regulation 1502   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The primary purpose of an environmental impact statement is to serve as an action-forcing device to insure that the policies and goals defined in the Act are infused into the ongoing programs and actions of the Federal Government.
Environmental impact statements shall be prepared using an inter- disciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts (section 102(2)(A) of the Act).
The environmental impact statement shall list the names, together with their qualifications (expertise, experience, professional disciplines), of the persons who were primarily responsible for preparing the environmental impact statement or significant background papers, including basic components of the statement (Secs.
ceq.eh.doe.gov /nepa/regs/ceq/1502.htm   (3181 words)

  
 San Diego County Water Authority - Infrastructure - CIP
CEQA is an acronym for the California Environmental Quality Act, a state law that requires California agencies to identify the significant environmental impacts of their actions and describe measures which can be taken to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible.
EIR is an acronym for Environmental Impact Report, a document required by CEQA when an agency determines that a project may have a significant effect on the environment.
Impacts can be classified in four general categories: 1) beneficial impact; 2) less than significant impact; 3) less than significant impact with incorporation of mitigation measures; or 4) significant and unavoidable impact.
www.sdcwa.org /infra/EIR_101.phtml   (1176 words)

  
 The State of World Population 2001
Environmental degradation will only deepen their poverty, so environmental conservation and poverty alleviation are parallel objectives.
There is a clear link between environmental degradation and the rising inequality accompanying globalization—increasing poverty is causing many poor people to increase their pressure on fragile natural resources in order to survive.
While population growth puts increased demands on resources, the environmental impact of a given population depends on a combination of human numbers, levels of consumption and the extractive and regenerative technologies available.
www.unfpa.org /swp/2001/english/ch03.html   (6335 words)

  
 Minnesota Environmental Quality Board: GEIS on animal agriculture
Generic environmental impact statement on animal agriculture: scoping document: Establishes the 12 topics of concern for the statewide study of feedlots, December 17, 1998.
Generic environmental impact statement on animal agriculture: draft scoping document: Proposed outline for a major study on animal agriculture, October 1, 1998.
Draft scoping document for the generic environmental impact statement on animal agriculture: Announces the release of the Draft scoping document and announces public meetings, October 1, 1998.
www.eqb.state.mn.us /geis   (1547 words)

  
 Environmental Impact Assessment | Environmental Consulting | ICF Consulting
We managed teams collecting environmental and socioeconomic data in the field, worked with local communities to gain their input, and coordinated with the road design team, local environmental agencies, and local and international non-government organizations concerned about the project.
The Environmental Action and Mitigation Plan for the road includes measures for minimizing the impacts of the road construction and several detailed plans intended to control secondary impacts by designating and strengthening the management of protected areas in the Province.
The purpose was to evaluate the environmental impacts of a variety of configurations so as to minimize or avoid negative impacts.
www.icfconsulting.com /Markets/Environment/enviro4.asp   (1406 words)

  
 environmental impact
The paper seeks to outline the importance of environmentally assessing drainage and irrigation projects, focusing on their potential and actual impact on hydrology, water and air quality, soil properties and safety erects, erosion and sedimentation, biological and ecological change, socio-economic impacts, ecological imbalances, and human health.
There are 4 main sections of the report; agriculture in the broader economic, social and environmental context; farm management and the environment; use of farm inputs and natural resources; and environmental impacts of agriculture.
A project of the Tides Center, CETOS is a non-profit making environmental group that is concerned with the toxicity from chemical exposures; deleterious impacts on agriculture and the environment through intensive use of pesticide; loss of endangered species caused by contamination of habitats, and the protection of genetic integrity of future generations.
agrifor.ac.uk /browse/cabi/68bb32ebdba11a4564f57b6d5e26ebd2.html   (8659 words)

  
 NYSDEC Division of Environmental Permits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
We conduct comprehensive environmental analyses and assure timely and consistent decisions which balance environmental protection with social and environmental considerations.
We receive your applications for those permits the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) requires for environmental protection and which are processed according to the Uniform Procedures Act (UPA).
After conducting a Department-wide coordinated review of the application, the environmental analyst assigned as project manager to your permit application issues a decision on your application.
www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dcs   (633 words)

  
 Description of Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
Environmental levels, behavior and toxicities of oil and gas hydrocarbons and related chemicals and wastes from the offshore oil and gas industry are described.
Dr.C.L.J.Frid, Environmental Conservation, Dove Marine Laboratory, UK: "The well referenced (the most recent reference is 1998 and there are over 700 in the volume...!) text, the clear figures and tables, and the style will, I am sure, make it a popular text in any specialist library." Read more...
The new publication by Dr Patin “Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry” is a single-source reference for everybody concerned with environmental problems associated with the offshore oil and gas exploration and production.
www.offshore-environment.com /synopsis.html   (1256 words)

  
 Environmental Impact on Hearing: Is Anyone Listening?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health.
He points out that one of the major consequences of hearing loss is social isolation from friends and family as a result of the reduced ability to understand speech.
Most environmental noise includes a wide band of frequencies and, by convention, is measured through the "A" filter of a sound-level meter.
ehp.niehs.nih.gov /docs/1994/102-11/focus2.html   (5792 words)

  
 About the personal environmental impact statement
One of our geocentric training exercises is for each of us to do a personal environmental impact analysis, to explore our own impact on the Earth and to identify some feasible and sustainable ways in which we might lighten that impact.
Creating a personal environmental impact statement may seem at first to be a daunting task.
As an environmental fringe benefit, lamps can be set up to burn vegetable oil (from a renewable, botanical source) as well as the more usual mineral oil (from a non-renewable, geological source).
www.draknet.com /proteus/impact.htm   (1832 words)

  
 Environmental Impact Analysis Data Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Environmental Finance Program - EPA program to assist communities in their search for creative approaches to funding their environmental projects.
Environmental Indicators Home Page - provided by EPA there are links to data aggregated Nationally, or by State, County, or Zip Code.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has established a public registry system for all environmental impact analysis conducted by the Canadian Federal government.
water.usgs.gov /eap/env_data.html   (2299 words)

  
 Abt Associates - Environmental Impact Assessment
The team provided practical EA training and guidelines to local professionals, and defined environmental impacts and mitigation measures for highway development.
We designed a set of guidelines and specific procedures to be applied in the screening of grant proposals with regard to potential environmental impact.
Environmental Impact Assessment for South-West Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)
www.abtassociates.com /Page.cfm?PageID=1452   (572 words)

  
 EUROPA - Environment - Environmental Assessement Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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').
europa.eu.int /comm/environment/eia/home.htm   (189 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)

  
 Library Resources for Environmental Impact Assessment
It has extensive coverage of the environmental impacts of a wide range of industries on the aquatic environment.
The INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing is a forum in the field of auditing the environmental policies of governments.
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution provides expertise, guidance and training in environmental conflict assessment, facilitation and mediation, as well as a glossary of terms relating to environmental conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution.
wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au /guides/science/eaires.html   (3502 words)

  
 Life Cycle Assessment - UNEP P & C
The environmental impacts from the entire life cycle of products and services need to be addressed.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool for the systematic evaluation of the environmental aspects of a product or service system through all stages of its life cycle.
Life cycle assessment has proven to be a valuable tool to document the environmental considerations that need to be part of decision-making towards sustainability.
www.uneptie.org /pc/pc/tools/lca.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Bush Environmental Impact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In a defensively worded statement, Stephen Johnson, Acting Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the end of the CHEERS study in which parents were paid to spray pesticides in the rooms occupied by their infant children under age 3.
The Department of Environmental Protection engineer who revealed that the Massachusetts vehicle emissions tests cannot differentiate between cars that emit high levels of pollution and those that run cleanly has filed a whistleblower claim against managers in his agency, according to a complaint filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
Bush has an environmental record this is really beyond belief in it's destruction of the environment.
www.independent-media.tv /gtheme.cfm?ftheme_id=7   (6179 words)

  
 Global Impact Environmental non profit corporation
Global Impact Inc. was created to protect, preserve, and promote conservation and environmental education for all people through direct and indirect action in environmental education, conservation, research, activism, protection, and preservation of our natural resources.
Our mission is to enhance environmental education using the power of the internet and other modalities of media to expose the public to important information regarding environmental issues.
We will work to implement positive change in environmental policy and programs through direct action and collaboration with any and all public and private institutions.
www.globalimpact.org /globalimpact/default.htm   (588 words)

  
 Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Environmental Exposure Reports are reports of what we know today about certain events of the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
This particular environmental exposure report focuses on the use of, and exposures to, depleted uranium (DU).
To inform the public about the progress of this office, DoD is publishing on the Internet and elsewhere accounts related to the possible causes of illness among Gulf War veterans, along with documentary evidence or personal testimony used in compiling the accounts.
www.gulflink.osd.mil /du_ii   (414 words)

  
 Special Issue Of Yale Journal Analyzes Environmental Impact Of Consumption
The connection between consumption and environmental impact is analyzed in new and important ways in a special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology.
Articles in the special issue analyze the environmental impact of consumption and U.S. house size, diet change, work time reduction, time use, product life spans and the quality of life.
The research represents a broadening of the scope of environmental concern that has traditionally focused on the impact of production-related activities such as emissions from factory smokestacks.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/07/050725183426.htm   (720 words)

  
 EERE: Wind Energy - Environment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Wind energy is considered a green power technology because it has only minor impacts on the environment.
However, any means of energy production impacts the environment in some way, and wind energy is no different.
Elements that influence visual impacts include the spacing, design, and uniformity of the turbines.
www.eere.energy.gov /RE/wind_environment.html   (162 words)

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