MADE BY – APOORVA MATHURCLASS- 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 critical issues to study and will

involve community participation to some degree . It is at this early stage that E.I.A can most strongly

influence the outline proposal.3) PREDICTION AND MITIGATION-

Detailed prediction and mitigation studies follow scoping and are carried out in paralleled

with feasibility studies .

*4) AUDIT- Finally, an

audit of the E.I.A process is carried out some time

after implementation . The audit

serves a useful

feedback and learning function.

*THE MAIN LAWS OF E.I.A

IN INDIA-1) Water Act

(1974).2) Indian Wildlife

Protection Act (1972).3) Air

(Prevention & Control of

Pollution Act (1981).

4) Environment ( Protection) Act (1981)

*CONCLUSION-:1) E.I.A is a very beneficial step to check , whether

the project is environmental friendly or not .

2) Since economic development is

result of interaction

between natural resource and technology

supported by designed for

people , so all human activities

should be economic , social and environment

friendly.

*THANK YOU...