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Shipley News
Preparing Usable EISs and EAs
By Larry Freeman, PhD.
How usable is your latest EIS or EA? If properly prepared, an EIS or EA, plus its ROD or FONSI, commits you to certain do’s and don’ts both for current and follow-on projects. In practice, however, too many EISs and EAs have been shelved and ignored because they just weren’t useful either for current projects or for follow-on
projects.
A Problem EIS (based on an actual EIS recently issued by a major federal department): A costly programmatic EIS has turned out to be useless as a guide for follow-on projects that should be tiered to the EIS. In this problem EIS, the proposed action failed to include (or even mention) some current program activities, making follow-on tiering difficult ...more
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 BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS: FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS SET RECORD-LEVEL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PRESIDENT'S HEALTHY FORESTS INITIATIVE - Agencies More Than Tripled Hazardous Fuel Reduction Efforts from 2000.
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to view document The BLM is collaborating with state wildlife management agencies to create the first nationwide approach to wildlife management (BLM national office news release, 10/5/04).
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 National Fire News – Wildfire
Update
“Despite going into the season on the heels of continuing drought and severe conditions, the 2004 fire season materialized as a below-average year across most of the nation. Alaska, the lone exception, experienced its worst fire season on record. Alaska accounted for 667 fires and 6,377,346 acres burned to date. The lower 48 states resulted in 1,324,810 acres burned, or only slightly more than 36 percent of the average acres burned. Fewer dry lightning storms and high initial attack success rates contributed to the fire season being less severe than anticipated across much of the nation.“
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PURPOSE
OF AND NEED FOR ACTION
- Explain who wants to do what
and where and when they want to do it.
- Summarize the need for the proposed action(s) given in
1.
- List project objectives (the purpose) and give their
sources.
- Identify any laws, regulations, or other EISs/EAs that influence the scope of this
EIS/EA.
- Summarize the decision(s) to be made and identify any other lead or cooperating agencies in the NEPA
analysis.
- Summarize the scoping/Public involvement and profile major relevant issues. As appropriate, identify issues considered but eliminated from further
analysis.
- List Federal, state, or local permits, licenses, or other consultation requirements.
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