Environmental impact statement

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009754",
  "term": "Environmental impact statement",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Environmental Impact Statement",
  "definition": "1. 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 and lists alternatives for an undertaking, such as development of a wilderness area.\n\n2. Environmental impact statements are prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act by Federal agencies as they evaluate the environmental consequences of proposed actions. EISs describe baseline environmental conditions; the purpose of, need for, and consequences of a proposed action; the no-action alternative; and the consequences of a reasonable range of alternative actions. A separate risk assessment could be prepared for each alternative, or a comparative risk assessment might be developed. However, risk assessment is not the only approach used in EISs.\n\n3. 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 describes the positive and negative effects of the undertaking and cites alternative actions.\n\n4. A detailed document prepared to analyze federal actions that are likely to have a significant impact on the environment. An EIS provides the public and decision makers with detailed information and analyses of the environmental impacts of the proposed project. See 40 C.F.R. Part 1502.1.\n\n5. A document that describes and evaluates the potentially significant impactsof major federal actions on human health and the environment from the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action.\n\n6. 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 describes the positive and negative effects of the undertaking and cites alternative actions.\n\n7. A document required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. An EIS is a tool for decision making. It describes the positive and negative environmental effects of a proposed action, and it usually also lists one or more alternative actions that may be chosen instead of the action described in the EIS.",
  "abbreviation": "EIS",
  "subject": "Regulatory activities",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; Superfund Glossary",
    "Environmental Review Training for Special Appropriations Grants Glossary",
    "DOE Office of Legacy Management Glossary",
    "Superfund Glossary",
    "Glossary of Sustainable Manufacturing Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/environmental-impact-statement/"
}