MADE BY – APOORVA MATHUR

CLASS- 11th ‘A’

ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT :-

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

An environmental impact assessment is a formal process used to predict the environmental consequences of a plan , policy , program of project prior the implementation decision , it proposes measures to adjust impacts to acceptable levels or to investigate new technological solution.

INTRODUCTION:-

1) E.I.As began to be used in the year 1960

as part of rational decision making

process.2) It involved a

technical evaluation that world lead to objective decision

making.3) E.I.A was made

legislation in the US in the NATIONAL

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (nepa) in

1969.

*NEED OF E.I.A :-1) To maintain

quality of environment it is

necessary to study impacts of

project on environment.2) This also

suggests remedial measures for

development of projects.

MAIN STEPS IN E.I.A’s PROCESS :

-1) screening2) scoping

3) prediction & mitigation

4) audit

*1) SCREENING- Screening often

results in a categorization of the project and

from this a decision is made on whether or not a full E.I.A is to be carried out.

2) SCOPING-It is the process of

determining which are the most critica