1st Edition
Environmental Impact Assessment A Guide to Best Professional Practices
Cumulative impact assessment
Definition of cumulative impact
Types of cumulative impacts
The scale problem: defining spatial and temporal boundaries
Determining the scoping of actions to evaluate
A five-step procedure for accessing cumulative impacts
Managing and performing a cumulative impact analysis
Resolving Eccleston’s cumulative impact paradox
Preparing NEPA programmatic analyses and tiering
Litigation and judicial review
Endnotes
Preparing greenhouse emission assessments: A synopsis of guidance and best professional practices
Brief summary of the science behind greenhouse warming
Summary of key NEPA court decisions involving climate change
Regulatory direction on considering greenhouse emissions
NEPA and GHG impacts considerations
Criteria useful in determining the need to evaluate
Best professional practices for performing GHG assessments
Method for evaluating climate change impacts
Considering cumulative GHG impacts
The cumulative impact paradox
Comparative summary of the SDP process
Summary
Endnotes
Preparing risk assessments and accident analyses
Definitions of risk
Risk assessment
Risk in decision making
Risk communications
Accident analyses
Endnotes
Social impact assessment and environmental justice
Defining SIA
Problems, authority, and conflicts in SIA
Preparing the SIA
Environmental justice
Summary
Endnotes
The international environmental impact assessment process
Comparison of NEPA with other EIA processes
Programmatic and strategic
Guidance for preparing programmatic NEPA assessments
Problems and limitations
Endnotes
Environmental management systems
The ISO 14000 standards
The environmental management system
The complementary benefits of integrating sustainability with a consolidated EIA/EMS
Constructing an integrated EIA/EMS/sustainable development process
Summary
Endnotes
Acronym List
Index
Biography
Charles H. Eccleston is associated with the Nuclear Regulatory Agency and National Association of Environmental Professionals.
