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• 040 <br /> approvals which must be obtained in implementing • <br /> the proposal. If there is any uncertainty about <br /> whether any one of these is necessary, it should <br /> be so indicated. <br /> (c) A completed Environmental Assessment document <br /> • (d) Purpose and Need. The underlying purpose and need <br /> for the proposed activity. <br /> (e) Alternatives including proposed activity. Based <br /> upon information and analysis presented in the <br /> following sections on the affected environment and <br /> environmental consequences, it should present the <br /> environmental impacts of the alternatives <br /> including the proposed activity in comparative <br /> form. To the extent possible the comparison of <br /> alternatives should quantify how the purpose and <br /> need would be satisfied by each alternative and <br /> the proposed activity. It should also: <br /> (1) explore and evaluate all reasonable <br /> alternatives; <br /> (2) discuss the reasons for the elimination of <br /> alternatives from detailed study; <br /> (3) identify the agency's preferred <br /> alternative(s) in the draft statement •and <br /> identify such alternatives in the final <br /> statement, unless another law prohibits the <br /> expression of such a preference; <br /> (4) include appropriate mitigation measures not <br /> already included in the alternatives; and <br /> (5) assess the social and economic impacts of <br /> each alternative. Impacts should be <br /> quantified for each alternative, where <br /> feasible, but when quantification by standard <br /> economic tools is not feasible or intangibles <br /> are involved, a description of each impact is <br /> required. <br /> (6) Affected Environment. The EIS must describe <br /> the environment of the area(s) to be affected <br /> and the environment to be created by the <br /> alternatives under consideration. The <br /> description should be no longer than is <br /> necessary to understand the effects of the <br /> alternatives. <br /> • (7) Environmental Consequences. The EIS should <br /> describe: <br /> • (a) direct effects and significance; <br /> MH-6 <br />