(abbreviationEIS)in the US, areportto thegovernmenton thepossibleeffectson theenvironmentof alargeproject, such as aroadorindustrialdevelopment:Work on thehighwayhas beenstoppedas thestateworkson anenvironmentalimpactstatement, which afederaljudgesaid wasrequired.(Definition ofenvironmental impact statementfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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environmental impact statementBy 1981 anenvironmentalimpactstatementwas completed, and construction on the spur would commence in 1985.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This will be supported by anenvironmentalimpactstatement.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anenvironmentalimpactstatementled to permission for an array of up to 180 antennas to be erected.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anenvironmentalimpactstatementwas released in 2003.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The young people succeed in exposing the illegal acts of those in power, including illegally removing anenvironmentalimpactstatementfrom the official file.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theenvironmentalimpactstatementwas completed in 1999.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Noise is generally one consideration in anenvironmentalimpactstatement, if applicable (such as transportation system construction).FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anenvironmentalimpactstatementwas prepared in 2005 to add a second runway.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anenvironmentalimpactstatementwas developed in 2006.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There was no indication that anenvironmentalimpactstatementwill be demanded.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/environmental-impact-statement##
