Getting Started

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image of EDT Navigation Bar. click to go to home page. Click to get started. Click here for resources Click here to go to Step 4b. the Environmental Assessment: Prepare Documentation: The Environmental Assessment. Click here for Step 1: List Proposed Activities Click here for Step 2: Do Screening Click here for Step 3: Determine Documentation Required Click here for Step 4: Prepare Documentation Click here for Step 4b: Categorical Exclusion Request Click here for Step 4b: The Initial Environmental Examination Click this button for Step 5: Submit

This page summarizes the content of each step in process of preparing USAID environmental documentation. Jump to any step by clicking on the diagram or on the links in the table.

STEP
PURPOSE
THIS TOOL PROVIDES
Setting out a complete list of proposed activities is the basic starting point of the Reg 216 process. Complex programs must be broken into their component activities.
A SUMMARY TABLE to list activities.

(The table is used throughout the documentation process.)
The purpose of Screening is to separate activities which, BY THEIR NATURE pose inherently low risks of environmental harm from those that pose moderate or high risks.
Guided questions that lead you through the screening process.

Resources to help you answer these questions.
The results of screening determine the environmental documentation required. Higher-risk activities require more detailed documentation.. Guidance to match your screening results to the environmental documentation required.

A summary of each type of documentation.

Downloadable forms.
Once the necessary documentation has been determined, it must be prepared.
Step-by-step instructions & resources for preparation of all basic types of environmental documentation.

An orientation to the Environmental Assessment (EIA) process.

A submission checklist.
Once documentation is prepared, it must be submitted.
An explanation of how environmental documentation is reviewed and who must approve it.

An explanation of the submission process.

A submission checklist.

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