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Appendix B - Suggested Outline for Environmental Impact Study
I. Project Description
a. purpose of action
b. description of action
1. name
2. summary of activities
c. environmental setting
1. environment prior to proposed action
2. other related activities
II. Land Use Relationships
a. conformity or conflict with other land use plans, policies, and controls.
1. federal, state, and local
2. Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
b. conflicts and/or inconsistent land use plans
1. extent of reconciliation
2. reasons for proceeding with action
III. Probable Impact of the Proposed Action on the Environment
a. positive and negative effects
1. environmental factors
2. impact of proposed action
b. direct and indirect consequences
1. primary effects
2. secondary effects
IV. Alternatives to the Proposed Action
a. reasonable alternative actions
1. those that might enhance environmental quality
2. those that might avoid some or all adverse effects
b. analysis of alternatives
1. benefits
2. costs
3. risks
V. Probable Adverse Environmental Effects which Cannot be Avoided
a. adverse and unavoidable impacts
b. how unavoidable adverse impacts will be mitigated
VI. Relationship Between Local Short-term Uses of Man's Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-term Productivity
a. trade-off between short-term environmental gains at expense of long-term losses
b. trade-off between long-term environmental gains at expense of short-term losses
c. extent to which proposed action forecloses future options
VII. Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources
a. unavoidable impacts irreversibly curtailing the range of potential uses of the environment
1. labor
2. materials
3. natural
4. cultural
VIII. Other Interests and Considerations that Offset the Adverse Environmental Effects of the Proposed Action
a. counteracting benefits of proposed action
b. counteracting benefits of alternatives
EFFECTIVE MARCH 8, 2005
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