The EIS Book

The EIS Book

by Charles H. Eccleston
Released December 2013
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9781466583641

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Book description

Poor Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) practice leads to poorly planned projects, and ultimately poor environmental protection. Written by recognized NEPA authority Charles H. Eccleston, The EIS Book: Managing and Preparing Environmental Impact Statements supplies focused direction on preparing an EIS, highlighting best professional practices (BBP) and lessons learned from case law that provide valuable direction for preparing legally defensible documents.

The book is not about preparing bigger or more complicated EISs—but better ones. Beginning with fundamental topics and advancing into successively more advanced subjects, Eccleston describes EIS preparation as a comprehensive framework for planning future actions, rather than merely a document preparation procedure. He supplies direction for preparing defensible analyses that facilitate well-planned projects and improved decision-making.

  • Discusses EIS document requirements including the Council of Environmental Quality’s NEPA regulations and related guidelines, EPA guidance and requirements, presidential executive orders, and case law
  • Covers how to perform a legally sufficient cumulative impact assessment and how to evaluate greenhouse emissions and climate change
  • Details a step-by-step approach for navigating the entire EIS process that includes all pertinent process requirements from issuing the notice of intent, through public scoping, to issuing the final record of decision (ROD)
  • Includes analytical requirements for preparing the EIS analysis and guidance for performing various types of analyses
  • Provides tools, techniques, and best professional practices for preparing the EIS and performing the analysis
  • Presents a case study that reinforces key EIS regulatory requirements, and integrates lessons learned from this case study with appropriate regulatory requirements

The book gives readers a firm grasp of the process for preparing an EIS, including all key regulatory requirements that a legally sufficient EIS document must satisfy. No other book synthesizes all such requirements and guidance into a single source for easy and rapid access.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover (1/2)
  2. Front Cover (2/2)
  3. Contents (1/3)
  4. Contents (2/3)
  5. Contents (3/3)
  6. Preface
  7. Author
  8. List of acronyms
  9. Introduction (1/2)
  10. Introduction (2/2)
  11. Frogs and the EIS planning process
  12. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (1/8)
  13. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (2/8)
  14. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (3/8)
  15. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (4/8)
  16. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (5/8)
  17. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (6/8)
  18. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (7/8)
  19. chapter one - Scientific facades—how not to prepare an EIS: A case study on how a flawed EIS process can imperil society (8/8)
  20. chapter two - Overview of NEPA and the EIS process (1/5)
  21. chapter two - Overview of NEPA and the EIS process (2/5)
  22. chapter two - Overview of NEPA and the EIS process (3/5)
  23. chapter two - Overview of NEPA and the EIS process (4/5)
  24. chapter two - Overview of NEPA and the EIS process (5/5)
  25. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (1/10)
  26. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (2/10)
  27. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (3/10)
  28. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (4/10)
  29. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (5/10)
  30. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (6/10)
  31. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (7/10)
  32. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (8/10)
  33. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (9/10)
  34. chapter three - Preliminaries and prescoping: Initiating the EIS and tools for managing the process (10/10)
  35. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (1/14)
  36. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (2/14)
  37. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (3/14)
  38. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (4/14)
  39. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (5/14)
  40. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (6/14)
  41. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (7/14)
  42. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (8/14)
  43. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (9/14)
  44. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (10/14)
  45. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (11/14)
  46. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (12/14)
  47. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (13/14)
  48. chapter four - Preparing the EIS: The step-by-step process requirements (14/14)
  49. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (1/15)
  50. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (2/15)
  51. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (3/15)
  52. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (4/15)
  53. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (5/15)
  54. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (6/15)
  55. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (7/15)
  56. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (8/15)
  57. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (9/15)
  58. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (10/15)
  59. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (11/15)
  60. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (12/15)
  61. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (13/15)
  62. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (14/15)
  63. chapter five - Performing the EIS analysis (15/15)
  64. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (1/19)
  65. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (2/19)
  66. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (3/19)
  67. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (4/19)
  68. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (5/19)
  69. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (6/19)
  70. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (7/19)
  71. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (8/19)
  72. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (9/19)
  73. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (10/19)
  74. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (11/19)
  75. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (12/19)
  76. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (13/19)
  77. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (14/19)
  78. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (15/19)
  79. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (16/19)
  80. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (17/19)
  81. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (18/19)
  82. chapter six - Writing the environmental impact statement: The EIS documentation requirements (19/19)
  83. Closing thoughts
  84. Capstone problems
  85. Glossary (1/2)
  86. Glossary (2/2)
  87. Appendix A - The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (1/2)
  88. Appendix A - The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (2/2)
  89. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (1/12)
  90. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (2/12)
  91. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (3/12)
  92. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (4/12)
  93. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (5/12)
  94. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (6/12)
  95. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (7/12)
  96. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (8/12)
  97. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (9/12)
  98. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (10/12)
  99. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (11/12)
  100. Appendix B - The CEQ NEPA Implementing Regulations (12/12)
  101. Appendix C - Environmental impact statement checklists (1/6)
  102. Appendix C - Environmental impact statement checklists (2/6)
  103. Appendix C - Environmental impact statement checklists (3/6)
  104. Appendix C - Environmental impact statement checklists (4/6)
  105. Appendix C - Environmental impact statement checklists (5/6)
  106. Appendix C - Environmental impact statement checklists (6/6)
  107. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: The EIS Book
  • Author(s): Charles H. Eccleston
  • Release date: December 2013
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9781466583641