Environmental

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires an 'environmental impact statement' (EIS) for:

AA. All commercial real estate transactions

BB. Major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment✓ Correct

CC. All new residential construction in Georgia

DD. Brownfield redevelopment projects only

Explanation

NEPA requires federal agencies to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for major federal actions (federal permits, funding, projects) that significantly affect the human environment. It applies when there is federal involvement in a project.

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Zoning

Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.

Variance

Official permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.

Eminent Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

Adverse Possession

A doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.