True-as long as not in a residential area, partly

True-as long as not in a residential area, partly because rather than outright rejecting an EA, the agencies usually just impose modifications, which are usually reasonable, and so the companies merely follow the modifications. Plus the type of project that wouldnt be approved would not usually even get to EA stage-the proposed developers would already know that from conversations with the agencies and so wouldnt waste their time on such a project.