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Environmental Impact Analysis
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Environmental Impact Analysis

by James T. Maughan
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
14h 23m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Environmental Impact Analysis
203Conducting the Environmental Impact Analysis and Assessment
5.3.4.1 Impact Prediction Approach
Impact prediction for the DCR EIS had an advantage that most EIS scientic
investigations do not share. The practice of dry cargo sweeping has occurred in
the Great Lakes for over 100 years and any impact on ecological receptors from
DCR discharge has occurred and continues to occur with the continuing DCR
sweeping practice. Thus in this case measurement of existing conditions is an
excellent predictor of future impacts of various DCR management alternatives.
An impact hypothesis was proposed: the degree of impact was generally
proportional to the mass of DCR discharged. This hypothesis was tested
through literature review and discussions ...
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ISBN: 9781466567832