environmental impact statement News
-
Public Meeting on 2012 E. Long Island Sound Dredged Material Supplemental EIS
EPA has released a Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the potential designation of one or more dredged material disposal sites in Eastern Long Island Sound, and will host a public meeting in Riverhead, N.Y. on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) is being developed with the input of other federal and state ...
-
Public Meeting on 2012 E. Long Island Sound Dredged Material Supplemental EIS
EPA has released a Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the potential designation of one or more dredged material disposal sites in Eastern Long Island Sound, and will host a public meeting in Groton, Conn. on Wednesday, Nov. 14. The Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) is being developed with the input of other federal and state ...
-
EPA Launches New Online Mapping Tool for Environmental Impact Statements
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an interactive web-based mapping tool that provides the public with access and information on Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) filed with EPA for major projects proposed on federal lands and other proposed federal actions. When visiting the website, users can click on any state for a list of EISs, including information about the ...
-
EPA Announces New Electronic Filing System for Environmental Reviews
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced e-NEPA, a new online system that allows federal agencies to submit environmental impact statements (EISs) electronically. Traditionally, EISs have been submitted to EPA in hard copy. e-NEPA eliminates the need to mail or deliver copies of EISs to EPA headquarters, reducing printing, shipping, and delivery costs. It also saves time ...
-
Environmental impact statement for the construction of the Yamatosaka dam, Japan
The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has submitted the Minister's opinions on the environmental impact statement for the construction of the Yamatosaka Dam in Ehime Prefecture to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in accordance with the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law. The project is to construct a dam on 76 ha of the reservoir area. As the project ...
-
NRC proposes rule saying spent fuel can be safely stored beyond reactor`s life
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a proposed rule that radioactive spent fuel can safely be stored 60 years beyond the licensed life for operation of a nuclear reactor. The proposed rule, known as the waste confidence rule, also found it is feasible that a mined geologic repository for permanent storage of spent fuel will be available within 60 years following the licensed life of a ...
-
BOEM Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Potential Cook Inlet Lease Sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the availability of a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the possible environmental impacts of a potential oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, off Alaska’s south central coast. The draft EIS analyzes the important environmental resources and uses (e.g., sea otter and beluga whale populations; subsistence ...
-
Agriculture secretary and Colorado governor release final environmental impact statement for the Colorado roadless rule
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper today announced the release of the final Environmental Impact Statement for the final Colorado Roadless Rule. The preferred alternative identified in the impact statement provides conservation for 4.2 million acres of National Forest roadless areas within Colorado. Today's announcement is the culmination of a seven-year ...
By BIO-CAT
-
Groups To Warn Industry Is Pressuring NRC To `Flout` Court Order On Environmental Impact Of Nuclear Reactor Waste
One day before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) holds its monthly waste confidence rule public conference call, national and grassroots environmental groups from across the U.S. will file a rebuttal of claims made by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), which has suggested incorrectly that the NRC can largely dispense with additional research needed for a court-ordered environmental impact ...
-
cieTrade Introduces a New Recycling Web Portal
cieTrade, a leading provider of commodity trading and recycling software based in Stamford, CT, has unveiled a newly designed web portal service, named “ciePortal”, to provide online reporting services to the “customers” of their recycling clients. ciePortal provides recycling customers (suppliers) with on demand access to information on the commodities being recovered in ...
-
Activists prepare for renewed fight over Dakota Access Pipeline
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer strongly hinted this week that President Donald Trump would rescind the permit denial that is prohibiting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), prompting activists opposed to the pipeline to pledge a new round of clashes over the controversial project. Last December, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers announced it would not grant a final permit ...
-
EPA objects to dredging permit proposals (KS, MO)
EPA has determined that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Draft Environmental Impact Statement presents insufficient scientific information to support dredging permits allowing sand and gravel removal from the Missouri River. The applicant’s proposal would allow the removal of 11,615,000 tons per year of main channel river bottom material. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks ...
-
ENSR to prepare environmental impact statement on landmark Wyoming wind project
ENSR has been selected by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to prepare the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a major new wind energy project proposed by the Power Company of Wyoming. ENSR, a leading environmental services firm, is part of AECOM, a global provider of professional technical and management support services. The Power Company of Wyoming filed right-of-way applications with ...
By AECOM
-
Baker Awarded New Orleans Rail Gateway Contract by Louisiana DOTD
Michael Baker Jr., Inc., a unit of Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE Amex:BKR), announced today that it has been awarded a three-year, $4.8 million rail/roadway engineering and environmental services contract by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) for the New Orleans Rail Gateway (NORG), the fourth largest rail gateway in the nation. ...
-
US Supreme Court rejects environmentalists` border fence case
The US Supreme Court has decided not to hear a plea by two environmental groups to limit the Bush administration's power to waive laws in order to construct a fence along the US-Mexican border. In April, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced that he was waiving 36 federal laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the National Wildlife Refuge ...
-
Cape Hattaras National Seashore Remains Open to ORVs
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 23, 2007 (ENS) - The National Park Service is not going to close Cape Hatteras National Seashore to off-road vehicles, while it considers how to respond to a federal judge's ruling last Tuesday that ORVs on the seashore are illegal. Park Superintendent Mike Murray said the Service is 'evaluating and considering how to respond' to the order issued by U.S. District ...
-
Dominion natural gas exports plan gets federal OK
Dominion Energy received federal approval late Monday to export liquefied natural gas from its Cove Point terminal on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. In its decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded that the project, as approved with conditions, would minimize potential adverse impacts on landowners and the environment. FERC has approved three other LNG export projects, but ...
-
NRDC: Blowout means we must cut risk, improve safety on offshore rigs
A natural gas platform was on fire Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico, a day after a blow-out forced the rig's 44 workers to be evacuated. Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke made the following statement: “This blowout reminds us, once again, of the hazards of offshore energy development and the necessity of doing everything we can to reduce the risks to our workers, ...
-
Gas drilling law could endanger NY drinking water, say NRDC experts
Half of New York’s drinking water could be contaminated by toxic pollution, unless the state adopts comprehensive safeguards for natural gas drilling before any drills break ground, according to experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). This critical threat comes as NY Governor Paterson signed a law (S.8169/A.10526) that makes it easier for gas companies to conduct horizontal ...
-
Baker Appoints Christopher Gesing National Director of NEPA Services for Rail and Transit
Michael Baker Jr., Inc., a unit of Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE MKT:BKR), has appointed Christopher G. Gesing, P.E., to national director of NEPA Services for Rail and Transit (R&T). In this position, Gesing will provide leadership in all aspects of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental services for Baker’s R&T practice ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you