Probable Adverse Environmental Effects which cannot be avoided

Here the seriousness of the adverse impact resulting from the recommended action should be discussed. Describe why the action is being proposed in spite of adverse impacts (countervail interests) and show how environmental aspects have been balanced against technical and financial considerations of the projects anticipated accomplishments.

What has been done to miniseries adverse impacts must also be described. The EIA system. thus. is a potentially useful component of good environmental management. However. as currently practiced, it is far from perfect.

The future of Environmental Impact Assessment will be characterized by manifold activities. More federal guidelines and the passage of additional stale and local Environmental Policy Acts will result in the preparation of more Environmentalist impact Statements.

Although more environmental statements will he prepared, their length will be reduced in future due to developments in technology for impact prediction and assessment and methodologies for evaluation of alternatives.

Public participation in all aspects of environmental decision making will increasingly occur in future. Finally, current and future research efforts will provide information relevant to many of today's unanswered question.