Procedure Manual: Environmental Impact Reviews of Major State Facilities

INTRODUCTION

1. Program Goals
2. Responsibilities of Proponent Agencies
3. Responsibilities of Reviewing Agencies

• Acquisition for Construction
• Construction
• Director
• Environment
• Environmental Assessment (EA)
• Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
• Major State Project
• Proponent Agency
• Virginia Outdoors Plan
• Direct Impacts
• Indirect Impacts
• Cumulative Impacts

1. The purposes of environmental impact reports
2. The purpose of environmental impact review

1. Who is required to submit an environmental impact report?
2. Which projects require an environmental impact report?
3. Which projects do not require environmental impact reports?
4. Can the requirement to prepare an Environmental Impact Review be waived?
5. Can a federal environmental impact assessment or statement fulfill the requirement for a State Environmental Impact Report?
6. What if a project changes?

1. Environmental Impact Reports must be submitted in a timely manner
2. DEQ must review an Environmental Impact Report and make a statement to the Governor within
   60 days
3. Environmental Impact Reports may be submitted for review at any time during the calendar year
4. Environmental Impact Report preparation and review should be an integral part of the project planning

1. The Timetable for Review
2. Summary of the Coordinated Environmental Impact Review Process

1. The Environmental Impact Report must include five subjects specified by §10.1-1188
2. Guidelines for Organization of the Environmental Impact Review document
   
   • Project Identification and Description
   • Affected Environment
   • Impacts of the Project
   • Alternatives
   • Mitigation (measures to minimize environmental impacts)
     
     Pollution Prevention
     Water Conservation
     Energy Conservation
   • Irreversible Environmental Changes
3. Guidelines for Preparing Two-Part EIRs
   • Part 1: Information for site selection or site acquisition
   • Part 2: Information for design and construction

APPENDIX 1

• Forms

APPENDIX 2

• Review Responsibilities of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

APPENDIX 3

• Major State and Federal Permits
• Agencies Frequently Involved in Reviewing Environmental Impact Reports
• Department of Environmental Quality Regional Offices

APPENDIX 4

• Schematic Representation of the State EIR Review Process
• Schematic Representation of the State Review Process for Airport Projects Subject to Virginia Department of Aviation License/Permit Requirements
• Schematic Representation of the State Review Process for Federal Projects subject to National Environmental Policy Act Requirements

APPENDIX 5

• Checklist for Forest and Farmlands Protection
• Characteristics to be considered in evaluating impacts on farm and forest lands

APPENDIX 5A

• Checklist for Forestland Protection
• Characteristics to be considered when evaluating impacts on forestland

APPENDIX 6

• Guidance for EIR Proponent Agencies Concerning Architectural and Archeological Resources

APPENDIX 7

• Guidance on Necessary Information in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas

APPENDIX 8

• Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program Enforceable and Advisory Policies

• Local Environmental Review for Highway Projects

APPENDIX 10

• List of Databases

Printer Friendly Version: Environmental Impact Review Procedure Manual **The Environmental Impact Review Procedure Manual was prepared and distributed according to the requirements of Code of Virginia §10.1-1191, which directs the Department of Environmental Quality to develop procedures governing the preparation and evaluation of required environmental impact reports for state projects.