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Although upwards of 50,000 Environmental Assessments (EA) are prepared annually, the focus of the National Environmental Policy Acts (NEPA) Regulations is clearly on defining requirements for preparing environmental impact statements. Surprisingly, until now, there has been no authoritative and comprehensive guide on how to prepare Environmental Assessments (EAs).
Effective Environmental Assessments: How to Manage and Prepare NEPA EAs fills that gap.
Authored by one of the nations leading experts, and recipient of the President's Award for Outstanding Performance by the National Association of Environmental Professionals, the book provides you with de facto direction and best professionals standards for preparing publicly defensible EAs. The result is an indispensable source of practical information. No other book available come close to providing the wealth of information provided in Effective Environmental Assessments: How to Manage and Prepare NEPA EAs.

For the first time, readers are provided with a comprehensive and authoritative source on how to effectively prepare an environmental assessment (EA). This book is specifically designed to appeal to a diverse audience, ranging from the general public to decisionmakers and seasoned practitioners. The information has been carefully synthesized and organized providing a wealth of information for the professional and layperson alike. It supplies current research from nationally recognized experts from the government and private sectors, and contains tables, figures, graphics, flow charts, and checklists. All this combines to provide a step-by-step processes for performing and EA.

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An Overview of NEPANEPA's PurposeOverview of the NEPA Compliance ProcessGeneral Concepts and RequirementsNEPA is a Planning and Decisionmaking ProcessInterim ActionsIntegrating NEPA with Other RequirementsConducting an Early and Open ProcessPublic InvolvementScopingSystematic and Interdisciplinary PlanningWriting Documents in Plain EnglishIncorporation by ReferenceNEPA's Concept of Environmental Impact AnalysisActionsEnvironmental DisturbancesReceptors and ResourcesImpacts AnalysisSignificanceMitigation and MonitoringDetermining if an EA or EIS is Require?ProposalsLegislationMajorFederalActionSignificantlyAffectingHuman EnvironmentThe Environmental Assessment ProcessPreparing the Environmental AssessmentPerforming the AnalysisStreamlining the EA Compliance ProcessIssuing a Finding of No Significant ImpactThe Administrative RecordServing as and Expert WitnessWriting the Environmental AssessmentGeneral Direction for Preparing an EARequired Outline for an Environmental AssessmentSpecific Documentation Requirements and GuidanceSpecial Topics in Environmental AnalysisCumulative Effects Analysis in EAsAccident AnalysisIncorporating Environmental JusticeAssessing Significance - A Systematic ProcedureDefinitions and Use of the Term Significance General Procedure for Determining SignificanceThe Finding of Nonsignificant ImpactReaching a Determination of NonsignificancePreparing the FONSIMitigated FONSIsSummaryAppendix A: Reprint of the NEPA ActAppendix B: Reprint of the CEQ NEPA RegulationsAppendix C: Environmental Assessment Checklists

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