{"id":2872312,"date":"2025-07-28T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2872312"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:42:38","slug":"configuring-the-environmental-review-solution-for-your-organization-youve-got-options","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-solutions\/local-government\/configuring-the-environmental-review-solution-for-your-organization-youve-got-options","title":{"rendered":"Configuring the Environmental Review solution for your organization \u2013 you\u2019ve got options!"},"author":334332,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22841,22771],"tags":[313412,27741,27161,777162,780412],"industry":[],"product":[42661],"class_list":["post-2872312","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-government","category-natural-resources","tag-arcgis-solutions","tag-configure","tag-environmental-protection","tag-environmental-review","tag-permitting","product-arcgis-solutions"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":334332,"user_firstname":"Kaitlin","user_lastname":"Finan","nickname":"Kaitlin Finan","user_nicename":"kfinan_esrieddelivery","display_name":"Kaitlin Finan","user_email":"kfinan@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-03-02 15:44:46","user_description":"Kaitlin Finan is a Product Engineer on the ArcGIS Solutions team with a focus in natural resources and planning.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Learn how the Environmental Review solution can be configured based on the needs of your organization.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Solutions helps you make the most of your GIS by providing purpose-driven, industry-specific configurations of ArcGIS.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Are you interested in the Environmental Review solution, but not sure where to begin? Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve got you covered! In this blog, we\u2019ll talk about the different ways that the solution can be configured, based on the needs of your organization. If you need a refresher about the solution, there are several resources included at the end of the blog.<\/p>\n

The Environmental Review solution offers a complete system for processing environmental review requests \u2013 from the initial project application to public comment. It is designed to streamline communication between project applicants and the organization responsible for reviewing requests. It incorporates ArcGIS Hub Premium to facilitate this process, allowing applicants to create community accounts and sign in to the Environmental Review site to submit projects, track status, and receive documents. While we recommend that organizations have an ArcGIS Hub Premium license to take advantage of this functionality, we offer the flexibility to take different approaches and still implement other components of the solution.<\/p>\n

Environmental Review can be configured in several ways; the approach that you choose will depend on your organization\u2019s needs. Check out the following scenarios to help you decide which approach is right for you.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2909992,"id":2909992,"title":"Environmental Review Hub Site Demo","filename":"Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo.gif","filesize":9560753,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-solutions\/local-government\/configuring-the-environmental-review-solution-for-your-organization-youve-got-options\/environmental-review-hub-site-demo","alt":"GIF showing the Environmental Review ArcGIS Hub site for project applicants.","author":"334332","description":"Project applicants can use the Environmental Review site to submit applications, track status, and receive documents.","caption":"Project applicants can use the Environmental Review site to submit applications, track status, and receive documents.","name":"environmental-review-hub-site-demo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2872312,"date":"2025-07-28 14:45:32","modified":"2025-07-28 15:47:35","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1634,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo.gif","medium-width":395,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":508,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo.gif","large-width":1634,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo-1536x1015.gif","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1015,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo.gif","2048x2048-width":1634,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo-704x465.gif","card_image-width":704,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Review-Hub-Site-Demo.gif","wide_image-width":1634,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Your organization wants a complete environmental review system with applicant accounts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Use the Environmental Review site with ArcGIS Hub Premium functionality to enable community accounts<\/a> for project applicants. Applicants can sign in, submit applications, upload documents, and monitor the status of their requests through the My Environmental Review dashboard on this site. This is the recommended approach to take full advantage of the solution capabilities.<\/p>\n

Your organization only performs internal reviews and does not have public applicants<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You can still use the Environmental Review site and the applicants may be staff with existing ArcGIS accounts. Alternatively, the staff may enter project information on behalf of an applicant. This scenario does not require an ArcGIS Hub Premium license but still allows you to take advantage of the other components offered in the solution like the Environmental Review Manager and Environmental Screening apps.<\/p>\n

Your organization already has an application management system but wants to incorporate spatial screening capabilities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If your organization has an existing system for managing applications but is interested in the spatial screening capabilities, you can configure the Environmental Screening app to work with your data or draw project areas on the fly to perform analysis. You aren\u2019t required to use the Environmental Review site for project applications if you don\u2019t need to!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2910062,"id":2910062,"title":"Environmental Screening App Demo","filename":"Environmental-Screening-App-Demo.gif","filesize":4013578,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-solutions\/local-government\/configuring-the-environmental-review-solution-for-your-organization-youve-got-options\/environmental-screening-app-demo","alt":"The Environmental Screening app selecting a project and performing analysis.","author":"334332","description":"Project reviewers can use the Environmental Screening app to select projects, perform spatial analysis, and create reports.","caption":"Project reviewers can use the Environmental Screening app to select projects, perform spatial analysis, and create reports.","name":"environmental-screening-app-demo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2872312,"date":"2025-07-28 15:01:46","modified":"2025-07-28 15:48:15","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1676,"height":1108,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo.gif","medium-width":395,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":508,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo.gif","large-width":1634,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo-1536x1015.gif","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1015,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo.gif","2048x2048-width":1676,"2048x2048-height":1108,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo-703x465.gif","card_image-width":703,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Screening-App-Demo-1634x1080.gif","wide_image-width":1634,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Your organization uses ArcGIS Enterprise<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When the solution is deployed to ArcGIS Enterprise, it includes the Environmental Review ArcGIS Enterprise Site site. In this case, your organization could enter project information on behalf of the applicant or receive applicants from a different system and still take advantage of other components offered in the solution. Note<\/strong>: The Environmental Review solution is available in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 or later.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, the Environmental Review solution offers a versatile approach to managing and streamlining the environmental review process for various organizations. By understanding the different deployment patterns, your organization can tailor its approach to best suit specific needs and workflows.<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For more information about the Environmental Review solution, check out the following resources:<\/p>\n