Which Is the Most Accurate Assessment of the EIS Process

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which is the most accurate assessment of the EIS process?

• A) It is a waste of time and money because the agencies just draw up EISs to justify what they want to do; agencies do not change their plans because of the EIS.
• B) At minimum, the agency will have before it a statement of the potential environmental impacts of their proposed activities; without the EIS they usually would not even have this material before them.
• C) The requirement of an EIS ensures that environmental goals not be sacrificed for short-term economic gain.
• D) So few actions require the filing of an EIS that regardless of their impact on any individual project, the cumulative impact of all EISs filed is insignificant.

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