Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments must be completed for any major action that requires a federal permit. Each federal agency has its own requirements regarding what must appear in the statement. Furthermore, many states and local agencies, such as those in California, the District of Columbia, and the city of Chicago, have their own versions of Environmental Impact Statements that must be done for any proposed construction. This book covers the requirements for a wide variety of Environmental Impact Statements on the federal, state, and local levels. It provides a thorough explanation of Environmental Impact Statements so that personnel responsible for preparing these documents will be able to understand and teach others the fundamentals of the wide range of environmental factors-ecological and socioeconomic-that comprise an Environmental Impact Statement. Environmental Impact Statements is an indispensable book for architectural and engineering firms, industrial firms, and regulatory agencies on all levels. It will also make an important text for instructors and students participating in courses that discuss Environmental Impact Statements and how to complete them.

USA. Guide to the preparation of environmental impact assessments and statements (eis) - presents ecological evaluation techniques of interest to petroleum industry, rubber industry and nuclear energy, focusing on air pollution, water pollution, waste disposal of radioactive waste, etc., And includes the texts of relevant legislation (national environmental policy act 1969). Diagrams, flow charts, graphs, maps, questionnaires, references and statistical tables.

This book provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of the environmental impact statement (EIS) process and the environmental law that must be understood in order to prepare a credible EIS. It contains a thorough description of the entire EIS process including a lead agency's decision to prepare an EIS, publication of the notice of intent in the Federal Register, scoping, preparation of the draft EIS, public hearings, preparation of the final EIS, and publication of the agency's record of decision in the Federal Register. This new second edition has been revised to include expanded chapters on environmental assessment and risk assessment, a brief section on Internet sources, and other improvements to make the text current.