PPOL 756B Envir Impact Assessment
This course is intended to offer students the opportunity to explore the practical applications of the theory of environmenta planning (i.e. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Inventory, and/or any Major Actions Significantly Affecting the Quality of Human Environment). It offers students an up-to-date explanation and guide to how EIAs are carried out. It includes for each environmental component (e.g. air, water, flora, and fauna) a discussion of how a baseline survey is conducted. An examination of relevant regulations and standards with regard to how impact predicitions are made will be carried out. There will be indepth investigation of environmental impacts resulting from the establishment of projects(s) in the parishes of Louisiana. The study of environmental impacts will include the possilbe impacts of proposed projects on the air, water, and lad resources. Such projects will require an environmental impact statement according to the guidelines and criteria established by the State Council on the Environment. Two-thirds of the cours will emphasize the applicaitons aspects of the planning while one-third will be in a lecture/discussion format.
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