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Obtaining Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)A good place to start is to telephone the agency "contact person" listed in EPA's weekly publication of available EISs. In addition, several agencies are publishing entire copies of EISs on the internet (check each agency's website to determine on-line availability). Other means of obtaining EISs are described below. Northwestern
University Transportation Library
One of the world's largest collection of environmental impact statements is available in the Transportation Library. Nearly all of the EIS's issued by federal agencies since 1969 are held, usually in draft as well as final form as well as such related documents as environmental assessments, findings of no significant impact, records of decisions, supplementary reports, and maps. CSA is a privately-owned information company that publishes abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature and will make these available for a charge. Detailed abstracts of EISs published from 1987 to the present are available; individual copies of EISs may also be available on special order. Please contact CSA directly for more information. CSA Environmental Protection
Agency Library The EPA Library houses a microfiche collection of final EISs filed from 1970 through 1977, and all draft, final and supplemental EISs filed from 1978 through 1990. These microfiches are available through inter-library loans; please ask your local librarian to contact the EPA Library to arrange an inter-library loan. If you are in the Washington, DC area, you may visit the EPA Library in person (please phone the library for directions and hours).
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