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| Environmental Impact Statement |
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| A written statement that asseses and explores the possible impacts of a particular project that may affect the human environment; required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. |
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| A field of law concerning the conservation and use of natural resources and the control of pollution. |
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| Complex process involving development of a land-use plan to include a statement of land-use issues, goals, and objectives; summary of data collection and analysis; land-classification map; and report describing and indicating appropriate development in areas of special environment of concern. An extremely controversial issue. |
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| The identification of actions that will avoid, lessen , or compensate for anticipated adverse environmental impacts. |
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| A colorless, radioactive, gaseous element |
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| Process of identifying important environment issues that require detailed evaluation early in the planning of a proposed project; an important part of environment impact analysis. |
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| A method of environmental analysis, the purpose of which is to select a site or series of sites for a particular activity |
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| The science of the study of toxins and their effects on people and other living organisms and ecosystems; also concerned with relationships between toxic materials and resulting clinical and industrial processes. |
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