When is an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required?
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is required to be completed by a lead agency for a discretionary action that has been determined to have the likelihood of having one or more significant adverse impacts on the environment. This determination, known as a positive declaration, is usually made after the preparation of an Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS). If, after preparation of the EAS, the lead agency determines that the project will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment, it issues a negative declaration, which ends the environmental review process.
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- Why are the Alternative Arrangements being used in NOMA instead of preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)?
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- WHO PREPARES THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) AND WHO OVERSEES THE EIS PROCESS?
