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environmental impact statement |
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environmental impact statement A written report containing an analysis of the ecology and general environment of an area, together with projections regarding how that will change during construction of the project and after completion and public usage.These statements were originally required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, but only for federal projects. Today, most state and local governments require these statements for all large projects and selected smaller ones.The vast collection of federal environmental impact statements, for projects ranging from Alaska to Antarctica, may be accessed online at the Web site for the Transportation Library of Northwestern University,nucat.library.northwestern.edu. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The City prepared an environmental impact statement for the Croton treatment plant in 1999 and a supplemental environmental impact statement 2004. Nearly 10 years after the Department of Defense ended the sale of 10 million pounds of surplus elemental mercury owned by the federal government, the department issued a draft environmental impact statement in April 2003 that recommends consolidating the mercury into one long-term storage facility. But the appeals panel agreed with the lower court, saying that before Roundup Ready can go on sale, Monsanto must draft an environmental impact statement and the government must report on the safety of eating genetically altered products. |
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