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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Database
The Environmental Impact Statement Database provides useful information about EISs filed with EPA.
Notice of Availability
- Most Recent Weekly Notice of Availability of EISs
A listing of available EISs, as published in EPA's most recent Federal Register "Notice of Availability"
All EISs prepared by federal agencies are filed with EPA. Each week, EPA publishes in the Federal Register a "Notice of Availability" for all of the EISs filed with EPA during the previous week. EPA publishes this notice each Friday; if a holiday falls on Friday, the notice is published on Thursday.
The EPA "Notice of Availability" is the official start of the public comment period required under the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It is also the start of the 30-day "wait period" for Final EISs in which an agency waits 30 days before making a decision on a proposed action.
EPA Comments on EISs
Most Recent Weekly Notice of Availability of Comments
A listing of EISs and a summary of EPA's comments, as published in EPA's most recent Federal Register "Notice of Availability of EPA Comments"
To find information about previous EPA comments, select either All EISs or Search for specific EISs.
EPA reviews EISs prepared by other federal agencies and makes those reviews public by publishing summaries of those comments, generally every Friday, in the Federal Register.
EPA has also developed a set of criteria for rating draft EISs. The rating system provides a basis upon which EPA makes recommendations to the lead agency for improving the draft EIS.
Other EIS Information
EISs With Open Comment/Wait Period
A listing of Draft EISs where the comment period is open and Final EISs where the 30-day wait period is ongoingAll EISs
A listing of all EISs filed with EPA since January 2004Search for Specific EISs
Use various search criteria for all EISs filed with EPA since January 2004
EPA's Federal Register-Environmental Impact Statements website is an additional resource that contains the full-text of Federal Register notices addressing all aspects of EISs being prepared by all federal agencies, and is published on a daily basis.