environmental impact statements

1- http://www.r1.fws.gov/4deaa/4deaa.html

An Environmental Alternatives Analysis for a 4(d) Rule for the Northern Spotted Owl

While the analysis is presented as a draft Environmental Alternatives Analysis rather than as a formal document under NEPA, it contains an in-depth analysis of the potential environmental consequences of seven alternative approaches for a 4(d) rule for spotted owls on non-Federal lands, and generally used the same format that one would find in a draft EIS.

2- http://www.r6.fws.gov/endspp/grizzly/bittereis/deischp0.htm

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
GRIZZLY BEAR RECOVERY IN THE BITTERROOT ECOSYSTEM

This draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) describes 4 alternatives that represent different approaches to grizzly bear recovery and management in the Bitterroot Ecosystem (BE) of central Idaho and western Montana. The process used to develop alternatives, and the environmental consequences of implementing each alternative are described.

3- http://www.ifc.org/DEPTS/OPS/ECON/PUBS/DP30.HTM

Cost Benefit Analysis of Private Sector Environmental Investments:
A Case Study of the Kunda Cement Factory

This Discussion Paper breaks new ground for IFC. It considers the case of a cement plant in Estonia and tries to answer the question: how do the (private) costs of curbing pollution compare to the (social) benefits to the population? While it is often easy to estimate costs, it is exceedingly difficult to capture the benefits, especially in developing and transition countries. This pioneering empirical study concludes that in the case of Kunda Cement, the social benefits exceed private costs by a margin wide enough to justify the environmental investment in economic terms.

3- http://www.zilker.net/~cycad/deis.html

Reintroduction of the Mexican Wolf within its Historic Range in the Southwestern United States

The United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, (FWS) proposes to reintroduce a nonessential experimental population of Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) within designated portions of the subspecies' historic range in Arizona and New Mexico. The endangered Mexican wolf currently is known to exist only in captivity. The FWS has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on its reintroduction proposal and three alternative approaches to re-establishing the subspecies under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

4- http://www.wmc.com.au/olympic/index.htm

Olympic Dam Environmental Impact Statement

Through this Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), WMC is seeking approvals from the Commonwealth and South Australian governments to expand the Olympic Dam mine and processing plant. To assist government to assess our project, this EIS also provides the community with the opportunity to comment on WMC's plans to further develop the major orebody at Olympic Dam as a world-class mining and processing operation.

5- http://www.npw.usace.army.mil/html/offices/pl/pf/scs/scsjsmfs.htm

System Configuration Study - Phase II Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Study
Interim Status Report

The Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Study is one of several studies under Phase II of the System Configuration Study (SCS); and was initiated in 1994 to evaluate the technical, environmental, and economic effects of potential modifications to the configuration of Federal dams and reservoirs on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. The purpose of proposed modifications is to improve survival rates for anadromous salmonids. The SCS evolved in response to Northwest Power Planning Council’s (NPPC) Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments (Phase Two), issued in December 1991; and the NMFS BO, discussed above.

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