Environmental Impact Statements

ISBN-13: 9781566703697 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 264 str.

Jacob I. Bregman; Dr Jacob I. Bregman

Opis

This volume has been revised and updated to cover all the requirements for a wide variety of EISs on the federal, state and local levels, including a new chapter devoted to environmental justice. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) must be completed for any major action that requires a federal permit and may have an adverse effect on the environment. Each federal agency has its own requirements regarding what must appear in the statement. Furthermore, many state and local agencies have their own versions of EISs that must be done for any proposed construction. This book provides a thorough explanation of EISs so that the personnel responsible for preparing these documents will be able to understand the fundamentals of a wide range of environmental factors - ecological and socioeconomic - that comprise an Environmental Impact Statement. This may be the only place that an understandable explanation of the EIS process is located together with a detailed description of how to do an EIS.

Spis treści

Purpose of the Environment. The Legal Basis for Environmental Impact Statements. The Process of Preparing EISs. Public Participation. The Natural Environment: Earth Resources. The Natural Environment: Biology. The Man-Made Environment: Surface Water. The Man-Made Environment: Groundwater. The Man-Made Environment: Air. The. Man-Made Environment: Noise. The Man-Made Environment: Hazards and Nuisances. The Man-Made Environment: Historic and Cultural Resources. The Man-Made Environment: Transportation. The Man-Made Environment: Socioeconomics. Environmental Justice.

O autorze

Bregman, Jacob I.