140 Environmental Impact Analysis
The most common reason for stakeholders’ commitment is the opportunity
to inuence decisions made as part of the environmental impact analysis
such as inclusion of issues to be addressed as part of the analysis, selection
of alternatives for detailed analysis, designation of preferred alternative, and
adoption of mitigation measures. In order for the public outreach program
to be successful and provide benet to the environmental analysis process,
the project, plan, or policy proponent must balance the stakeholders’ commit-
ment with one of its own and allow stakeholders to inuence these important
decisions. Stakeholders also expect the proponent to acknowledge their com-
mitment by being open, hones ...