Talk:Environmental impact assessment/Archive 1

EIS/EA clarification?
The "Environmental impact assessment" page begins by defining Environmental Impact STATEMENT... Isn't an EIS *different* than an EA (Environmental Assessment)? And where does the 3-word term "Environmental Impact ASSESSMENT" come in to play? Seems like someone needs to look at both these pages (and these THREE terms) and clarify... and maybe delete the "Environmental impact assessment" page (or redirect it to the [now-nonexistent] EA page)? philiptdotcom 06:49, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Missing material
This article needs a conceptual introduction to EIA, and a history of EIA, before it gets to what currently forms the entire body: country-by-country descriptions. Yeah I know, "so do it", and I may get back at some point, but this is just some feedback if other interested editors are floating around. Cheers. hamiltonstone (talk) 02:37, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

EIA around the world
this section would make a lot more sensible reading if the countries are time ordered (re start of federal laws} instead of alphabetized. the flow of events would make some real sense to readers. Anlace 14:28, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't agree. I think alphabeticised order reflects the fact that the country listings are not here primarily as part of a history of EIA, but as part of a description of practices in different jurisdictions. But see also comments later in talk section. hamiltonstone (talk) 02:35, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I think a better history of EIA section would be in order, but I'm with hamiltonstone Paulsuckow (talk) 14:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Potentilla hickmanii
I'm very interested in finding a source to the claim about 'Potentilla hickmanii' at the end of the US section of this article. Please contact me urgently if you can provide any information.

Also can someone please add a citation needed for that bit. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesus On Wheels (talk • contribs) 13:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Cleaning Up
I might propose, for instance, in the US section:

The Environmental Assessment includes brief discussions of the purpose and need of the proposal, of practicable alternatives to the proposal, and of the environmental impacts resulting from and occurring to the proposed actions and alternatives considered practicable, plus a listing of studies conducted and agencies and stakeholders consulted to reach these conclusions. It becomes a draft public document when notice of it is published in a newspaper of general circulation and following mandated public comment period(s) responds to any comments received to transform into a final public environmental review record without any irreversible action upon the proposal preceding certification. Paulsuckow (talk) 14:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

It seems that the last addition at the bottom of the article relates to EU, should this perhaps be moved to the EU section?--Paulsuckow (talk) 17:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I moved it to EU.--Paulsuckow (talk) 20:46, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Copyedit
Per tag, hit this. Feedback encouraged! Comments: Cheers. Lfstevens (talk) 15:43, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Way too long. Suggest splitting off the country-level stuff into one or more separate articles and extracting general items into this. Didn't edit the country stuff except to fix some refs. The Canada refs are still broken. I couldn't figure out a straightforward repair.
 * Consolidated and improved refs and used sfn in various places.


 * Support splitting the country stuff off to a separate article. It is a large and significant enough topic in and of itself. Perhaps the new article could be entitled something like List of environmental impact assessment regulations by country. Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 16:19, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

EIS/EIA Confusion
First of all EA and EIA mean the same thing, as does EIS and ES. The current trend is to use EIA and EIS. This article is very confused - Environmental Impact Assessment and Envionmental Impact Statement are continually muddled up. An EIA is exactly what it says - an assesment of the environmental impact of a given development/action. The EIS is produced to document the findings of the EIA, and as such is usually required as part of a planning application throughout the world. Particularly in the EU section this confusion is apparent - the minimum requirements of an EIS are laid out and described as an "EIA", and the non technical summary, an essential requirement of an EIS in the EU is said to be the EIS itself. 130.88.205.76 (talk) 22:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I suspect some of the confused nature of this article have cropped up from multiple attempts to plug holes, clarify information, etc... pls. see Cleaning Up below. Paulsuckow (talk) 14:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

To clarify, an Assessment is carried out to determine the environmental impact a project will have and the findings are reported in a Statement. There's no practical difference between the terms EIA and EIS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.59.115.229 (talk) 16:10, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

No information about sewage treatment plants?
EIAs are often done when a new sewage treatment plant is built or an existing one modified. I am surprised the term "treatment plant" does not appear in this article. Surely it is a good example of where EIAs are used? I don't know enough about EIAs, otherwise I would add it myself (and I didn't just want to add it under See Also). But a link to wastewater treatment plant or sewage treatment plant somewhere in the text would be appropriate. EvMsmile (talk) 00:58, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

use UNEP training manual
http://www.unep.ch/etb/publications/EIAman/SecETopic1.pdf gives a great overview and seems coherent whereas this article is not as stands — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.244.74.165 (talk) 10:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

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