... Level/Land-Use Relationships
Land-Use Design Noise
Category Level-L
10
Description of Land-Use Category
A 60 dBA (exterior) Tracts of land in which serenity and quiet are of extraordi-
nary significance ... diesel-propelled vehicle (about 25 ft away) 92
Air grinder 95
Cut-off saw 97
Home lawn mower 98
Turbine condenser 98
150 ft
3
air compressor 100
Banging of steel plate 104
Air...
... LLC
The Legal Basis for
Environmental Impact
Statements
In this chapter, the three federal documents that form the legal basis for the require-
ment for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ... for preparation of the environmental impact statement
among the lead and cooperating agencies.
• Indicate any public environmental assessments and other environmental impact
s...
... following require a record of environmental consideration
(REC), which is another DA safeguard for the NEPA process:
A-7, A-11(b), A-12, A-14, A-19, A-20, A-21 through A-29.
A REC describes the ... the project.
Identification is made of the potential short- and long-term impacts associated
with the project. Short-term impacts resulting from the proposed project may be those
associated wi...
... National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) mandates public
involvement in assessing the environmental consequences of major federal actions.
Consequently, public review and input on environmental ... an attempt to incor-
porate the concerns of competing interest groups into environmental regulations.
The EPA requirements may be summed up in the following specific public par-
tic...
... envi-
ronmental impact studies (Maryland DNR, 1974) list the following items to be con-
sidered under soils in environmental impact statements:
“1. Describe the soil associations, series, types, and so on ... environment, project impacts
and, where possible, mitigating measures.
5.1 SOILS
The State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) guidelines for envi-
ronmental imp...
... guidelines, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Water, EPA 816-R-9 7-0 05, February 1997.
Manual for Evaluating Secondary Impacts of Wastewater Treatment Facilities, U.S.
Environmental ... less than 10, 000 persons.
3. The third step in the compliance process is documenting environmental
information. The Environmental Impact Document (EID) must include all
of the gene...
... Emission
Factors, Vol. II, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Publication No. US EPA- 3-7 6-
012b.
Media specific tools, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Databases and Software–Media
Information, Washington, ... CRC Press LLC
The Man-Made
Environment: Air
This chapter starts with a discussion of climatology, which is necessary as back-
ground input into the determination of...
... COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is Title III of
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Title III requires fed-
eral, state ... FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT
ENVIRONMENTAL EISs
NEPA requires the preparation of an EIS for major federal actions about to be under-
taken that may result in significant environmental impacts. No...