Dark side of EIRs.I greatly appreciated your July 5 article, "Maximum Impacts," on the ever-expanding dark side of environmental impact reviews in California. The EIR EIR n. popular acronym for environmental impact report, required by many states as part of the application to a county or city for approval of a land development or project. (See: environmental impact report) process has clearly strayed froth its original intention of protecting the environment and has devolved into an obstructionist ob·struc·tion·ist n. One who systematically blocks or interrupts a process, especially one who attempts to impede passage of legislation by the use of delaying tactics, such as a filibuster. tool of opponents of new development. The process now indirectly layers greenfield Greenfield, town (1990 pop. 18,666), seat of Franklin co., NW Mass., at the confluence of the Deerfield and Green rivers, near their junction with the Connecticut; settled 1686, set off from Deerfield and inc. 1753. development on the outskirts of the city, where there are no neighbors and few interested parties--in the form of sprawling subdivisions with expansive water-thirsty lawns, in the ecologically fragile and water-scarce desert regions. If we are to have any hope in transforming auto-dependent, smog-ridden LA. into some sort of cluster of walkable, green, mixed-use urban villages, reform of the EIR process is imperative. John Kamp Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. |
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