Environmental Impact Statements Guide
The National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (NEPA)
The National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (NEPA) requires all projects financed with Federal dollars to create assessments of the impact that the project will have on the environment. The agency responsible for producing the environmental impact statement is responsible for holding public hearings, submitting a draft for public review, and cannot proceed until there is a final draft.
Databases to search for Environmental Impact Statements:
- EIS: Digests of environmental impact statements (via CSA) (1985-present). Summaries and key issues from government-released environmental impact statements, including project descriptions, positive impacts, negative consequences, and legal mandates.
- Environmental Impact Statements Database of the Northwestern University Transportation Library (1970-present). This has been incorporated into the NWU online catalog at http://nucat.library.northwestern.edu. To find Environmental Impact Statements the NWU Transportation library suggests that you include eis as a keyword in your search. This library also provides interlibrary loan of Environmental Impact Statements that are not held by the University Library.
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Enter environmental impact statement as a keyword search and retrieve U.S. impact statements published since 1994.
Environmental Impact Statements and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Finding Environmental Impact Statements
- Department of Energy NEPA Links site Provides links to environmental-related agencies.
- University of Michigan University Libraries Copies of selected Environmental Impact Statements, both draft and final copies are held by the library. The statements are indexed by title in Mirlyn. A keyword search on environmental impact statement will retrieve both final and draft statements. A keyword search on "environmental impact statement" and "Cherokee National Forest" will retrieve both final and draft statements for a particular place/project (in this case, the Cherokee National Forest).
- InterLibrary Loan (ILL). If you need an Environmental Impact Statement that the library does not own and are a current UM faculty, student, or staff, you may request a copy from another library via interlibrary loan (ILL) or via an ILL request within Mirlyn (you must login to Mirlyn for this service).
Environmental Impact Analysis Resources
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