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Project
Submission of letter of intent Appeal by project

Review by the Competent Administrative Authority (CAA)
to check content and project category (A, B, or C)

White (A) Gray (B) Black (C)
minor impact some impact major impact

Form A Form B Full EIA

Governmental Environmental
Affairs Agency (GEAA)

Rejection
Scoped EIA Permanent appeals committee
Acceptance
is required review appeal by project and
then a final decision is passed
back to the GEAA

FIGURE 4.5 EIA process in Egypt

• The number of projects subjected to the EIA system is large and will
form a heavy burden on the administrative authorities and the GEAA.
The list approach will ease the management of those projects.
• The screening list approach uses limited economic and technical
resources of the administrative authority, GEAA, and the developer
in the best possible way

EIA–EIS process approach
According to the US National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) whenever the
US Federal Government takes a “major Federal action significantly affecting
the quality of the human environment” it must first consider the environmen-
tal impact in a document called an environmental impact statement (EIS) as
shown in Figure 4.6. An EIS typically should have the following sections:

• A statement regarding the purpose and need of the proposed action.
• A description of the environment impacts.
• Mitigating measures for the environmental impacts.
• A range of alternatives to the proposed actions including mitigating
measures. Alternatives are considered the “heart” of the EIS.