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environmental impact statement


Report resulting from an environmental impact assessment.
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  A report that documents the information required to evaluate the environmental impact of a project. It informs decision makers and the public of the reasonable alternatives that would avoid or minim [..]
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A document required of federal agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for major projects or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. A tool for decision-makin [..]
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EISs were authorized by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. Prepared with public participation, they assist decision makers by providing information, analysis and an array of action alternatives, allowing managers to see the probable effects of decisions on the environment. Generally, EISs are written for large-scale actions or ge [..]
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An Environmental Impact Statement is a document required of federal agencies, by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for major projects or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. A tool for decision making, it describes the positive and negative effects of the undertaking and cites alternative actions. Technically s [..]
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environmental impact statement


Detailed analysis of the impacts of a project on all aspects of the natural environment required by federal National Environmental Policy Act for federal permitting or use of federal funds.
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An analysis, required by provisions in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, of the effects of any major program a federal agency plans to undertake. environmental insults
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The analysis of the impact that a proposed development, usually industrial, will have on the natural and social environment. It includes assessment of long- and short-term effects on the physical envi [..]
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a technical report that details the effect proposed legislation or action will have on the natural and human environment and that is sometimes required to be furnished esp. by a governmental body ...
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Documents required by federal and state laws to accompany proposals for major projects and programs that will likely have an impact on the surrounding environment.
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An EIS is a comprehensive assessment required by SEQRA of existing environmental conditions and how the environment will be changed by proposed projects or new governmental policies. The EIS provides [..]
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This is a required evaluation, mandated by the government, of how construction will affect the environment surrounding a site.
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Environmental impact statement is “a report, required by federal law, that accompanies a proposal for a program or law that details the likely effects on the environment.”
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A statement based on detailed study that sets forth the probable environmental consequences of building and operating large scale power facilities.
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A document required of federal agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for major proposals or legislation that will or could significantly affect the environment. It describes the positive and negative effects of the proposed and alternative actions.
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environmental impact statement


a statement published by the people or groups responsible for a new activity or project that assesses the effects of that activity or project on its surrounding area
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An EIS is a full disclosure, detailed report which, pursuant to Section 102(2)C of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), establishes the need for the proposed action, identifies alternatives with the potential to meet the identified need, analyzes the anticipated environmental consequences of identified alternatives, and discusses how adver [..]
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A statement based on a detailed study that sets forth the probable environmental consequences of building and operating large-scale facilities.
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A report required by many state and federal regulators that outlines the likely environmental consequences of building and operating large-scale facilities such as power plants.
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A statement of the potential impact of a project on the environment. The result of an environmental impact assessment, which may have been subject to public comment.
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A statement of environmental effects of a proposed action and alternatives to it. The EIS is released to other agencies and the public for comment and review.
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A document prepared by or for EPA which identifies and analyzes, in detail, environmental impacts of a proposed action. As a tool for decision-making, the EIS describes positive and negative effects a [..]
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A document required of federal agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act for major projects or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. A tool for decision making, it des [..]
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A document required of federal agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act for major projects or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. A tool for decision making, it [..]
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A document required of federal agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act for major projects or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. A tool for decision making, it des [..]
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A statement about the expected effects on the environment of a proposed project or development such as a new road or waste water treatment plant, including how any severe effects on the environment wi [..]
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a document that analyzes the effects of major federal projects on the environment. Required by the National Environmental Policy Act.  It must be filed with the President and the Council on Environ [..]
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The report resulting from an environmental impact assessment.
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A formal document detailing the potential effects of a project on the environment.
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An analysis required by NEPA in relation to any major action proposed by the Federal Government that could have a significant effect on the human environment.
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A detailed statement that describes the environmental impacts of a proposed action and its alternatives. The EIS and the procedures surrounding its preparation and review form the cornerstone of NEPA's system of environmental protection.
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A detailed study of the reasonably foreseeable positive and negative environmental impacts of a proposed USAID action and its reasonable alternatives on the United States, the global environment, or a [..]
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A written report , based on detailed studies carried out in the course of an environment impact assessment, that describes the environmental consequences of a course of action in order to assist in de [..]
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  is prepared under the Commonwealth’s EPBC Act 1999 where a significant impact on a specified matter of national environmental significance could occur.new processes apply under the EPBC Act  more [..]
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A document, prepared by a federal agency that evaluates the environmental impact of government proposals for large projects, such as highways or facilities that could significantly affect the quality [..]
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