Common use of Scoping Clause in Contracts

Scoping. Prepare a scoping study identifying key issues associated with the project and providing information about (a) the general environmental settings of the project area, particularly considering the sensitivities of the project setting and (b) potential impacts of the project and the characteristics of the impacts, magnitude, distribution, sensitive receptors and affected groups, and their duration. This study should (a) assess alternatives for the project considering costs and benefits in terms of financial, social, and environmental issues, and (b) review any available historical environmental baseline data and identify significant gaps. The gap analysis should identify the new monitoring of environmental conditions that will be required.

Scoping. Prepare a scoping study identifying key issues associated with the project and providing information about (a) the general environmental settings of the project area, particularly considering the ecological sensitivities of the project setting and (b) potential impacts of the project and the characteristics of the impacts, magnitude, distribution, sensitive receptors and affected groups, and their duration. This study should (a) assess alternatives for the project considering costs and benefits in terms of financial, social, and environmental issues, and (b) review any available historical environmental baseline data and identify significant gaps. The gap analysis should identify the new monitoring of environmental conditions that will be required.