Which Is the Most Accurate Assessment of the EIS Process

Which is the most accurate assessment of the EIS process?

A) It is a waste of time and money because the agencies just draw up EISs to justify what they want to do; agencies do not change their plans because of the EIS.
B) At minimum, the agency will have before it a statement of the potential environmental impacts of their proposed activities; without the EIS they usually would not even have this material before them.
C) The requirement of an EIS ensures that environmental goals not be sacrificed for short-term economic gain.
D) So few actions require the filing of an EIS that regardless of their impact on any individual project, the cumulative impact of all EISs filed is insignificant.