Environmental impact, mitigation

Geotechnical projects Optimal engineering hazard and environmental impact mitigation, service life predictions, cost optimisation... 

In planning a drilling operation, the location and access are primarily keyed to environmental decisions. The access and location must be able to maintain the traffic load, and also mitigate any impact on local resources such as flora, fauna, cultural and aesthetic. In certain instances, the preparation of an environmental assessment followed by a environmental impact statement may be considered warranted due to proximate ... 

Nuclear power is clearly at a crossroads in the US. The challenge for the industry will be to remain viable for the next ten years, at which time, growing energy demand. .. mitigating environmental impacts. . . and the need to replace aging power infrastructures. . . will create new opportunities for the industry. 

The firm is usually the party responsible for mitigation of environmental impacts and for taking the costs associated with mitigation. Whether or not these costs are transferred to the final customer is a topic for another book, but we will stick to explaining the abatement costs that the seller endures when reducing environmental impacts. 

Another method used at times is the Standard price method. This method presents environmental values as corresponding to the mitigation costs needed to avoid environmental degradation. The main disadvantage of this method is that the environmental value derived is poorly linked with the environmental impact. 

Eisler, R., D.R. Clark, Jr., S.N. Wiemeyer, and C.J. Henny. 1999. Sodium cyanide hazards to fish and other wildlife from gold mining operations. Pages 55-67 in J.M. Azcue (ed.). Environmental Impacts of Mining Activities Emphasis on Mitigation and Remedial Measures. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 

Paktunc, A.D. 1999. Characterization of mine wastes for prediction of acid mine Drainage. In Environmental impacts of mining activities, emphasis on mitigation and remedial measures, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Hidelberg, New York, Azcue, J.M., 19-40. 

Over the last decades direct and indirect environmental effects of human activities has become a focus of special attention of the general public, state authorities, and international organizations. A number of approaches to predict, evaluate, and mitigate human-induced alterations in the biophysical environment have emerged including environmental impact assessment (EIA). EIA has become a powerful tool to prevent and mitigate environmental impacts of proposed economic developments. 

The situation may be illustrated well by the development of the public discourse on hydropower in Switzerland over the past few years. As 60% of Swiss electricity generation stems from hydropower, its environmental impacts have time and again raised political debates over the past 50 years. More recently, the liberalization of electricity markets has opened up new windows of opportunity for the development of new approaches of mitigation. One example of an integrative concept was developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers in the late 1990s. It has been implemented in the currently operating eco-label for sustainably produced electricity in Switzerland (naturemade star). 

Developing integrated approaches for the mitigation of environmental impacts from hydropower thus has proven to be a highly challenging task for environmental... 

Grayson, R. L. 1999. Mine health and safety industry s march towards continuous improvement - the United States experience. In Azcue, J. M. (ed) Environmental Impacts of Mining Activities. Emphasis on Mitigation and Remedial Measures. Springer, Heidelberg, 83-100. 

Green chemistry utilizes the information that is now available to the scientific community about the toxicity and other hazards posed by certain chemicals. Through a combination of knowledge of the nature of a chemical s hazardous properties with the ability to manipulate the chemical s structure, chemists possess the ability and skill to mitigate the hazard. Selection of a solvent should be based not only on any hazards that the chemical may possess, but also on existing environmental problems that its use may exacerbate. Selection of solvents needs to optimize the utility of the solvating material and minimize its environmental impact. 

The SSG was created in this manner to give a broad overview of the EHS performance profile of solvents and highlight any areas that would have major issues to eliminate, mitigate, or manage. The most recent addition to the SSG was the LCA score. The LCA score is based on a life cycle inventory (LCI) of each solvent and includes the impact categories shown in Table 3.6. The unique aspect of the LCA score is that it is based on a very comprehensive list of factors which contribute to a solvent s environmental impact, which includes the waste generation from... 

DOE (1997b). U.S. Department of Energy. Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Test Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada Mitigation Action Plan, DOE/EIS-0243 (National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia). 

EIA purpose is to mitigate environmental negative impact caused by NS dismantling. The basic criteria for assessment of environmental impact caused by chemical and radiation factors of NS dismantling are as follows ... 

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