Weblinks
Examples of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation and Guidance
The web links below were active in mid-September 2011. They link to EIA legislation and guidance for a variety of countries and organisations. EIA legislation and guidance documents are live with a limited Web lifespan, so the web links may no longer work when you try to access them.
European Commission
EIA Directive (incl. amendments of 1997, 2003, 2009) | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1985L0337:20090625:EN:PDF |
EIA guidance: screening, scoping, review checklist etc. | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/eia-support.htm |
Rulings of case law (2010) | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/pdf/eia_case_law.pdf |
Review of the EIA Directive (2010) | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/conference.htm |
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/pdf/collection_data.pdf |
United Kingdom
Town and Country Planning (EIA) Regulations 1999 | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/293/contents/made |
Circular 02/99: EIA (1999) | http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/circularenvironmentalimpact |
EIA: A guide to the procedures (2000) | http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/environmentalimpactassessment |
Town and Country Planning (EIA) Regulations 2010 – consultation on draft regulations | http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/eiaregs2010consult |
United States
National Environmental Policy Act 1969 | http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/nepa/nepaeqia.htm |
Citizens guide to NEPA (2007) | http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/publications/citizens_guide_to_nepa.html |
EIA guidance: mitigation and monitoring, categorical exclusions etc. | http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/ |
Environmental impact statement database | http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html |
Selected others
Australia | www.environment.gov.au/epbc/assessments/index.html |
Canada | www.ceaa.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=4F451DCA-1 |
Hong Kong | www.epd.gov.hk/eia/ |
Netherlands | www.eia.nl/netherlands/default.asp?type=en_eiaseaneth |
World Bank |
www.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/ENVIRONMENT/0,,contentMDK :20274458~menuPK:549248~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:244381,00.html |
International Association for Impact Assessment | www.iaia.org |