Talk:Environmental impact statement

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[edit] I disagree with the section titled "Environmental Impact Assessments"

To quote that section:

The term "environmental impact assessment" is often confused with an environmental impact statement, but it is not the same thing within the US context. The term environmental impact assessment is used by the US Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the monitoring of toxins.

During my working career as an engineer, I either led or participated in the development of at least 24 Environmental Impact Assessments/Statements involving major industrial projects in many different cities and states in the United States. It has been my experience that the two terms Environmental impact statement and Environmental impact assessment are very commonly used as if they were complete synonomous ... regardless of any legal differentiation that may or may not exist.

I am deleting the entire section. If you disagree, please discuss your disagreement here before doing any reverting. Thanks, - mbeychok 23:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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)? (...and it sounds like from previous discussion on the EIS page that EIA is yet a FOURTH term..."???") philiptdotcom 06:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)