Question

What are the key steps undertaken for environmental Impact Assessment? 

Answer 1

The key steps undertaken for environmental Impact Assessment are: 

1. Screening: First stage of EIA, which determines whether the proposed project, requires an EIA and if it does, then the level of assessment required.
2. Scoping: This stage identifies the key issues and impacts that should be further investigated. This stage also defines the boundary and time limit of the study.
3. Impact analysis: This stage of EIA identifies and predicts the likely environmental and social impact of the proposed project and evaluates the significance.
4. Mitigation: This step in EIA recommends the actions to reduce and avoid the potential adverse environmental consequences of developmental activities.
5. Reporting: This stage presents the result of EIA in a form of a report to the decision-making body and other interested parties.
6. Review of EIA: It examines the adequacy and effectiveness of the EIA report and provides the information necessary for decision-making.
7. Decision-making: It decides whether the project is rejected, approved or needs further change.
8. Post monitoring: This stage comes into play once the project is commissioned. It checks to ensure that the impacts of the project do notexceed the legal standards and implementation of the mitigation measuresare in the manner as described in the EIA report.