دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: a category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and that have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency when implementing NEPA regulations. Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

environmental impact statement.

n: as defined in the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, a statement designed to serve as an action-forcing device to ensure that the policies and goals of the act are infused into the ongoing policies of the government.. Its purpose is to "avoid or minimize adverse impacts" on the environment by providing the environmental analyses (used with other relevant materials) to make sound decisions regarding the environment.