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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Guidelines

Published by City of Hamilton

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Type: Guide
Published by: City of Hamilton
Date: March 2015
Also called: Environmental Impact Statements Guidelines
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 23

Overview

The City of Hamilton's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Guidelines, revised March 2015 and adopted by Council on March 31, 2015 in place of the 2004 guidelines, the same day as its Linkage Assessment Guidelines. Developed with the Environmentally Significant Areas Impact Evaluation Group (ESAIEG), they explain what an EIS is, the applications and Core Areas that can call for one, its contents from scoping and biophysical inventory to impacts, mitigation, monitoring and format, and the review procedure. Appendices cover delineating Core Areas in the field and vegetation protection zones.

What it covers

What is an Environmental Impact Statement?
When is an Environmental Impact Statement Required?
Contents of an Environmental Impact Statement
What is the Procedure?
Scoping an EIS
Describing the Proposal
Describing the Site and the Surrounding Environment (Biophysical Inventory)
Identifying and Assessing the Impacts of the Proposal
Avoiding Impacts and Evaluating Alternative Mitigation Measures
Monitoring Plan
Recommendations and Conclusions
Format of the EIS

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