Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment

1 Fundamentals of EIA

  1. Definition and Concepts
  2. Concept of EIA
  3. History and Origin of EIA
  4. Scope and Objectives of EIA
  5. Principles of EIA
  6. Development of EIA in India

2 EIA Procedure

  1. Screening
  2. Scoping
  3. Establishing Baseline Conditions
  4. Impact Analysis and Prediction
  5. Public Involvement in EIA
  6. Role of Capacity Building in Improving EIA

3 Assessment of EIA

  1. Steps involved in EIA
  2. EIA Contents
  3. Impact Assessment Methodology
  4. Cost-Benefit Analysis

4 Cumulative and strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

  1. Overview of Strategic Environmental Assessment Process
  2. Benefits of SEA
  3. SEA Procedures and Guidelines
  4. Post-SEA Monitoring

5 Legislative Framework of EIA

  1. GOI-EIA System
  2. EIA Process and Procedures
  3. EIA Policy & Legislation EP Acts, Rules
  4. EIA Notification 1994
  5. EIA Notification 2006

6 Governance of EIA

  1. Recent Advances in EIA Governance
  2. Difference Between the Old & New EIA Notification
  3. Contents of EIA Report

7 Challenges, Future Prospects and Scope

  1. Barriers and Recommendations
  2. Future for EIA
  3. EIA Practitioner
  4. EIA and Sustainable Development

8 Classification of Industries

  1. Classification of Industries
  2. Factors Affecting the Location of Industries
  3. Categorization of Industries
  4. Siting and Setting Criteria for EIA Projects
  5. Site Planning and Development

9 Description of the Environmental Setting

  1. Inclusion and Exclusion of Environmental Items
  2. Approaches for Developing a List of Environmental Factors
  3. Informational Sources for Environmental Factors
  4. Purpose of Information Collection
  5. Methods of Information Collection

10 Decision making in EIA

  1. Decision Making
  2. Terms of Reference (TOR)
  3. Terms of Reference for Several Projects
  4. Mitigation and Control Measures
  5. Environmental Management Plan

11 EIA Reporting

  1. EIA Reporting
  2. EIA Quality
  3. Structure & Elements of EIA Report
  4. EIA Review Process
  5. Procedures for Evaluating EIA Reports

12 Introduction to EIS

  1. Environmental Impact Assessment Notification (1994)
  2. Environmental Clearance Procedure
  3. Public Hearing Committee
  4. Public Hearing Procedure
  5. Content of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

13 Introduction to Risk Assessment

  1. Scope of Risk Assessment
  2. Project Planning
  3. Stages of Risk Assessment
  4. Exposure Assessment
  5. Risk Communication
  6. Characterization of Risk
  7. Human Risk Assessment
  8. Ecological Risk Assessment

14 Risk Assessment Methods

  1. Risk Assessment and Types
  2. Risk Assessment Methods
  3. What-if Analysis
  4. Fault Tree Analysis
  5. Checklist