Environmental Review Training for Special Appropriation Grants

EPA prepares an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) when it determines a proposed project is likely to have significant environmental impacts. EPA prepares an EIS when:

• An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been initiated or completed, and the findings demonstrate that significant environmental impacts may occur from the proposed action.
  
  OR
• EPA determines that a proposed project may have a potentially significant impact on the human environment and that mitigation of the impacts may not be possible.

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