Procedure of EIA: screening ,scoping, description of project, collection of baseline,information, impact identification, prediction and evaluation, post project monitoring.
Methods used in EIA:-Checklists, Matrices,Networks, Adhoc, Overlays, BEES
(Battelle Environmental Evaluation System)
Environment Management Plan.
15.00
Unit III:
Preparation of EIA Reports
Methods and procedures of EIA report (EIS) preparation
Efforts of participation and consultation
Mitigation criteria, project modification
14.00
Unit IV:
Prediction and assessment of Impacts
Prediction and assessment of impacts on the air environment
Water environment
Noise environment
Biological environment
Cultural (Architectural, Historical and Archeological)
Socio-economic environment
16.00
Unit V:
Environmental Auditing and Sectoral Experience
Environmental Auditing: Definition, functions, benefits and costs
Auditing stages (process)
EIA of Energy Projects (Thermal power plants, Nuclear power plants and Hydroelectric projects)
Mining Projects
Cement
Concept of CDM
Essential Readings:
Lang, Winfried (Ed.) (1995) Sustainable Development and International Law,
London: Grahm and Tort.
Mahhub ul Haq (2002) Human Development Centre, Human Development in South Asia, Oxford University Press.
Smith, Keith (1996) Environmental Hazards- Assessing risk and reducing disaster, 2nd Edition, London & New York.
Study Material(Handbooks) of Sikkim Manipal University for Science Health and Technology for the Degree of Post Graduation in Ecology and Environment
