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Why prepare EISs?. Why Prepare EIS’s?. Managers need current information New technology must be evaluated The public demands that analysis be done Laws, lawsuits and court proceedings will drive the system if we don’t. Legal Purposes.
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WhyPrepareEIS’s? Managers need current information New technology must be evaluated The public demands that analysis be done Laws, lawsuits and court proceedings will drive the system if we don’t
Legal Purposes Action ensuring device (the law was designed to insure analysis is done) Full and fair disclosure is required of SIGNIFICANT environmental impacts to inform the decisionmaker & the public
Legal Requirements Reasonable alternatives must be evaluated to avoid or minimize adverse impacts OR to enhance the quality of the environment
Interdisciplinary TeamFull Time Team Leader Editorial Assistant Hydrologist Plant Pathologist Program Assistant Public Affairs Person Silviculturist
Interdisciplinary TeamPart Time Ecologist Economist Forestry Program Manager Landscape Architect Pest Management Specialist Pesticide Specialist Sociologist Soil Scientist Wildlife Biologist Writer-Editor
Development ofAlternatives Range of methods Range of intensities Range of alternatives
Possible Vegetation Management Methods Mechanical methods Manual methods Herbicidal methods Prescribed fire Biological methods
The EISDoes NOT Evaluate Silvicultural systems (clearcutting, shelterwood, etc.) Engineering activities (road building, mining, etc.)
Activities Evaluated Site preparation Stand management (Release, Thinning, etc.) Wildlife opening maintenance Corridor (ROW) maintenance Fuels treatment
V. M. EISsTwo Basic BooksIn Three Volumes -- Body of the EIS -- Science appendices ( -- [Chapter VI of Volume I] Public comment letters and team responses) Volume I Volume II Volume III
Risk Assessment for the Use of Herbicides In the Southern Region USDA Forest Service
Effects of Prescribed Fire on Soil and Water in Southern National Forests
Effects of Herbicides on Soil Productivity and Water Quality
A Biological Evaluation of The Effects of the Final Preferred Alternative on Threatened, Endangered, Proposed and Sensitive Species
Lists of Threatened, Endangered, Proposed and Sensitive Species of the Coastal Plain/Piedmont
Appendix A Risk Assessment
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Current Vegetation Management Programs
Herbicide Application Methods Evaluated Aerial methods Ground mechanical methods Ground manual methods
The Risk Assessments Consider the Use of Eitheror . Formulations Liquid Granular
What is Risk? HAZARD EXPOSURE + RISK
Section 3 Human Health Analysis
2,4-D 2,4-DP Dicamba Fosamine Glyphosate Hexazinone Imazapyr Picloram Sulfometuron methyl Tebuthiuron Triclopyr . Herbicides Evaluated
Additives Evaluated Light Fuel Oils -- Diesel Oil -- Kerosene Mineral Oil Limonene (Later: Vegetable Oil) .
Also Evaluated Inert Ingredients
Data Sources Laboratory testing Reports in the scientific literature E.P.A. files (F.O.I.A. request) Manufacturer’s data