EIA and EIS

Friday, 13 April 2018

12:47 PM

An Environmental Impact Assessment is a process of assessing the potential impacts of a proposed development or activity

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What is EIA ?... A Process that 
Forces the "Proponent" to consider 
• Environmentally sustainable design principles 
• necessity of the project 
• alternatives to the project 
• conformance to other regional strategic policies 
• The impacts and the mitigation of these 
Is transparent 
"Allows/insists upon public participation 
• Thomas 1998, Chapter 4, p67, Table 4.1

 

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The EIA Process 
Screening — if/why an EIS is necessary 
Scoping — determining likely impacts 
Public Participation — engaging the community 
Assessment — making judgements about the needs, risks, 
alternatives and mitigating actions

 

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Figure 7.1: General stages of the EIA process 
Proponent examines the potential 
environmental impacts 
SCREENING 
SCOPING 
DIRECT PUBLIC 
CONSULTATION 
ASSESSMENT 
Thomas 
(2005) 
Significant impacts or unsure 
about the im acts 
Advice of government agency 
officials responsible for EIA 
Significant impacts or 
unsure about the im acts 
Preparation of EIA documents or 
similar type of report 
Scope of EIS determined 
Information collected and analysed 
EIS written 
EIS released for public comment 
No significant 
im acts 
NO significant 
impacts 
Normal planning for 
Sometimes a public inquiry is held 
Assessment Of the EIS and the 
impacts is prepared by the 
The Assessment Report is provided 
to all decision-makers and the 
Proponent decides whether to act 
on the advice Of the assessment 
reoort 
UNSW

 

An Environmental Impact Statement is a document legally required for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment".

 

An EIS is a tool for decision making.

 

It describes the positive and negative environmental effects of a proposed action, and it usually also lists one or more alternative actions that may be chosen instead of the action described in the EIS.

 

 

 

 

Machine generated alternative text:
EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment 
• "process" included in the planning of a project 
EIS = Environmental Impact Statement 
• A "report' that may or may not be legally required in the 
EIA for a particular project, a "tool" of EIA 
• Describes both positives and negatives 
• Offers alternative actions 
UNSW

 

 

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