What are the Steps Involved in Environmental Impact Assessment
Steps or processes involved under Environmental Impact Assessment are mentioned below:
- Screening: The first step of the EIA involves the screening of projects based on whether they need a complete or a partial assessment.
- Scoping: This step involves the assessment of the potential impact based on experts’ knowledge, public opinion, international conventions, domestic legislation, etc. This step also involves the risk assessment and the potential impact of the upcoming project on human health and biodiversity present in that region.
- Risk Assessment and evaluation of alternatives: In this step, the possible adverse environmental impacts are determined and involve the evaluation of alternatives.
- Submitting EIA report and EIS (Environmental Impact statement): Under this step, a detailed report is to be submitted with all the non-technical summary, Environmental Management Plan, and risk assessment summary.
- EIS and EIA Review: This is one of the most crucial steps of EIA that involves reviewing EIA reports, with all possible environmental impacts, and suggestive alternatives.
- Decision-Making: Based on the detailed study of the EIA report the government decides whether to approve the project or not.
- Compliance, Auditing, and Monitoring: The step involves the compliance of all the adaptive measures suggested by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to reduce the environmental impact. Also, the GOI monitors the whole project at the time of execution and even after that whether an individual organization complies with Environmental Management Plan or not.
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment is the process of determining how a project or development would likely affect the environment while taking into consideration related socioeconomic, cultural, and positive and negative effects on human health. An environmental, economic, and social impact assessment (EIA) is a tool used to evaluate a project’s potential benefits and drawbacks. This is used to forecast a project’s environmental effects at the pre-planning phase so that actions can be taken to lessen the negative effects.
Table of Content
- What is the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)?
- Evolution and History of Environmental Impact Assessment
- Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Impact Assessment in India
- What are the Steps Involved in Environmental Impact Assessment
- Notification of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), 2006
- Category of Projects under the Environmental Impact Assessment
- Participants in Environmental Impact Assessment
- Advantages of Environmental Impact Assessment
- Drawbacks of the Environmental Impact Assessment
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