CEP Environmental Impact Assessment 3

Question 1

Under CEQ regulations, the preferred alternative in a Draft EIS must be:

Accepted Answer

Identified, if one exists at the time of EIS preparation

Answer

CEQ regulations require agencies to identify a preferred alternative in the Draft EIS if one has been identified, though the final selection is made in the Record of Decision.

Question 2

Which term describes a formal process used to narrow the scope of issues and alternatives to be analyzed in an EIS?

Accepted Answer

Scoping

Answer

Scoping is a mandatory public process that identifies significant issues and reasonable alternatives for analysis, eliminating non-significant issues from detailed study.

Question 3

A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) can be issued after completion of:

Accepted Answer

An Environmental Assessment

Answer

A FONSI is the outcome when an EA concludes that the proposed action will not have significant environmental effects, eliminating the need for an EIS.

Question 4

The 'no-action alternative' in an EIS refers to:

Accepted Answer

Continuation of existing conditions without the proposed federal action

Answer

The no-action alternative represents the baseline of continuing current management or conditions, against which other alternatives are compared.

Question 5

Under NEPA, 'connected actions' that must be analyzed together are those that:

Accepted Answer

Automatically trigger other actions or cannot proceed without each other

Answer

Connected actions are interdependent projects that trigger each other or cannot proceed independently, requiring joint analysis to prevent improper segmentation.

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CEP Environmental Impact Assessment 3