Environmental Impact Assessment Support

Internet applications extend the scope of public information and participation in the environmental impact statement (EIS) process while reducing program management and administration costs.

The planning, execution, and evaluation of environmental impact statements (EISs) and related activities require the efficient transfer of plans, information, results, comments, and resolutions among many organizations and the public. Paper-based systems commonly used for communication and information transfer are inefficient and costly. Public information and involvement programs are often limited in scope by cost and geography.

EVS has developed public involvement Web sites for numerous programmatic and site-specific EISs over the last ten years. These Web sites have shown the huge potential of the Internet to support the EIS process. Internet-based document repositories provide near-zero cost distribution of EISs and related documents while Web-based commenting and EIS web sites extend the geographic reach of public information/involvement programs.

EVS also develops Internet-based software applications to support public comment response management and e-mail notification of document and data updates. EVS's Internet-based project management tools further reduce cost by improving communications among project staff, regulators, and other stakeholders.

Follow the links below to learn more about Internet applications developed by EVS to support EIS-related activities.

Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Management Program Web Site
The U.S. Department of Energy uses the Web and E-mail to support the EIS process, and to provide a major information resource for management of the U.S. supply of depleted uranium hexafluoride.

Intranet Web Site for Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Renewal EIS
EVS uses the Web and e-mail to facilitate collaborative preparation of a large-scale environmental impact statement (EIS).

Alaska Pipeline Renewal EIS Public Information Web Site
The U.S. Dept. of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) uses the Web and e-mail to inform and involve the public in the environmental impact statement (EIS) process.