BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Environmental Impact Assessment
- a study, undertaken during the planning phase before an investment is made or an operation started, to consider any potential environmental effects
Additional Resources
- The European Commission is taking Spain to court over a failure to sufficiently detail an environmental impact assessment for the country's new Don Quijote Airport.(Brief Article)
- The European Commission is taking Spain to court over a failure to sufficiently detail an environmental impact assessment for the country's new Don ... The European Commission is taking Spain to court over a failure to sufficiently detail an environmental impact assessment for the country's...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- The devil in the detail--environmental impact assessment and barker.(Legal Eye)
- THE EXPRESSION 'landmark judgement' can be over-used, but when it comes to the recent decision of the European Court of Justice ECJ in R On the application of Barker v Bromley Borough Council [2006] All ER D 63, the description is entirely apposite....
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Dundee Precious Metals Strong First Quarter 2005 Ada Tepe Environmental Impact Assessment Filed Chelopech Redevelopment Ahead Of Schedule
- TORONTO -- All amounts have been expressed in Canadian dollars except where indicated. Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX:DPM) ("Dundee Precious", "DPM" or "the Company") is on track to become a mid cap gold producer by 2007 as it reports the results of its operational, exploration and...
- Research articles 2005-05-05
- Northgate Minerals Corporation: Final Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines Issued for the Kemess North Project
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Northgate Minerals Corporation (TSX:NGX)(AMEX:NXG) is pleased to report that the Joint Federal/Provincial Panel reviewing the Kemess North Project has issued the final guidelines for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment EIA for the project. The final EIA guidelines were issued within two...
- Research articles 2005-09-06
- Northgate Minerals Corporation: Final Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines Issued for the Kemess North Project.
- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 6, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Northgate Minerals Corporation (TSX:NGX)(AMEX:NXG) is pleased to report that the Joint Federal/Provincial Panel reviewing the Kemess North Project has issued the final guidelines for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment EIA for the project. The...
- Research articles 2005-09-06
- TransCanada: Keystone Oil Pipeline Achieves Key Milestone in U.S. Final federal environmental impact assessment issued.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jan 11, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) TransCanada today announced TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP Keystone received the Final Environmental Impact Statement from the United States Department of State regarding the Keystone Pipeline project and Cushing extension, stating the pipeline...
- Research articles 2008-01-11
- Alcoa Begins Environment Impact Assessment For Proposed Aluminum Smelter in Trinidad and Tobago
- PITTSBURGH -- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced the start of an environmental impact assessment under terms of reference established by the Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Authority EMA for a potential aluminum smelter at LaBrea, located in southwest Trinidad.
- Research articles 2004-09-10
- Ford will produce environmental impact report
- DEARBORN, United States AFP — Ford Motor Company will conduct an environmental impact assessment that will detail the impact of its products and manufacturing facilities on greenhouse gas emissions, the automobile maker said. The decision follows years of negotiations with activist shareholders who have been encouraging Ford to develop...
- Research articles 2005-03-31
- Chile: Cristalerias de Chile filed environmental impact study for new plant.
- Chile, Sep 21, 2004 (El Diario/SABI via COMTEX) Cristalerias de Chile, the Chilean glass container manufacturer, has filed an environmental impact study with SEIA, the Chilean environmental impact assessment system, for the construction of a new plant in Llay-Llay, in the province of San...
- Research articles 2004-09-22
- Farmers hit by new rules on environmental impact assessment.
- New regulations requiring environmental impact assessments to be conducted on uncultivated land and semi-natural areas such as grassland, heath and moorland came into force on 1st February. The National Farmers Union is calling on DEFRA to clarify the implementation of the regulations if they are not...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Australasia
- Marsden, S. & Dover, S. eds 2002, Strategic environmental assessment in Australasia. Federation Press, Sydney. ISBN 1-86287-433-6 pp. x + 240 RRP $66.00 paperback. Strategic environmental assessment SEA is the latest fad in environmental impact assessment EIA circles. Essentially SEA is impact assessment at the macro level--at the level...
- Research articles 2003-06-22
- Nile Basin Countries Assess Social and Environmental Impact of Power Development Options in the Nile Equatorial Lakes Region.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 April 2007-WORLD BANK: Nile Basin Countries Assess Social and Environmental Impact of Power Development Options in the Nile Equatorial Lakes RegionC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17042007 WASHINGTON - The Nile Basin Initiative and the World Bank have released a strategic...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- NO LEGAL ACTION AGAINST UK FOR NEW ROAD IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
- In the light of a ruling handed down by the European Court of Justice this August (case N 431/92), the European Commission has decided not to take legal action against the United Kingdom for failing to produce an environmental impact assessment for two major road projects cutting...
- Research articles 1995-11-21
- Speedy assessment for new fields.
- Sep 18, 2002 (Discovery - ABIX via COMTEX) The environmental impact of commercial development of the Thylacine and Geographe gas fields has commenced. The gas fields, situated in the offshore section of the Otway Basin off the south-western Victorian coast, are held in joint...
- Research articles 2002-09-18
- EU/ESPOO CONVENTION : EU TO RATIFY PROTOCOL ON STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT.
- Following a proposal from the European Commission, the EU is soon expected to ratify the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment annexed to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context Espoo Convention. The obligations...
- Research articles 2008-03-20
- Wind Power: Environmental and Safety Issues - Wind Energy Fact Sheet 4
- As with all sectors of society, the wind energy industry has a duty to act responsibly, both towards the health and safety of individuals and in minimizing the impact of wind turbines on the environment. This paper addresses some of the major issues and public perceptions. Wind developers are required...
- White papers 2002-02-26
- Crown Jewel Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement released; patenting process makes major advance
- DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--June 21, 1995--Crown Resources Corp. announced that the long-awaited Draft Environmental Impact Statement DEIS for the Crown Jewel Project has been released to interested public parties.This 1,000-page, two-volume document is the culmination of a three-year effort by the U.S. Forest Service USFS and the Washington State Department of Ecology,...
- Research articles 1995-06-21
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT : PARLIAMENT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO AMENDED CONVENTION.
- The European Parliament gave its support, on 23 October, to the European Commission's approval of two amendments to the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context consultation procedure. The first amendment, adopted by the Conference of the Parties in 2001,...
- Research articles 2007-11-02
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: UK PROJECTS COME UNDER FIRE FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- The European Commission decided on July 31 to press on with its attacks on two UK major projects, accusing the authorities in London of failing to making a suitable assessment of their impact on the environment. The projects involve work on the East London river crossing ...
- Research articles 1992-09-08
- Kayelekera Uranium Project (Malawi) Environmental Approval Granted.
- PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Apr 2, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Paladin Resources Ltd. ("Paladin") (TSX:PDN)(ASX:PDN) is pleased to advise that the Kayelekera Uranium Project in Malawi has received its Notice for Environmental Approval to proceed with the Project. The Kayelekera Environmental Impact Assessment...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
