Give a detail note on environment impact assessment studies
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Most statutory plans and significant developments now require Environmental Assessment under current planning legislation. The objective of Environmental Assessment is to identify and minimize potential adverse environmental impacts from plans and projects during the planning process.
Our team of experienced Environmental Assessment professionals can carryout out Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) of statutory plans and programs and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) of development projects. We can successfully guide our clients through these processes from project inception stage to public enquiry.
EIA services for thermal power projects include:
Screening of projects, plans and programs
Scoping studies
Environmental baseline condition assessments
Analysis of alternatives
Air pollution dispersion modeling AERMOD
Noise impact modeling and suggesting suitable
abatement plans
Fly ash handling, storage and disposal programs
Fly ash pond design, site assessments and monitoring plans
Wastewater minimization and recycling programs
Preparation of environmental management plan
Suggesting a comprehensive environmental monitoring program
Social impact assessment studies
Presentation of EIA reports at State level of Impact Assessment
Committees and Ministry of Environmental and Forests
Stakeholder Consultation
Management of public enquiry process
Sustainability appraisals and assessments for development
Environmental assessment (EA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences (positive and negative) of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "environmental impact assessment" (EIA) is usually used when applied to actual projects by individuals or companies and the term "strategic environmental assessment" (SEA) applies to policies, plans and programmes most often proposed by organs of state.[1][2] Environmental assessments may be governed by rules of administrative procedure regarding public participation and documentation of decision making, and may be subject to judicial review.
The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that decision makers consider the environmental impacts when deciding whether or not to proceed with a project. The International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) defines an environmental impact assessment as "the process of identifying, predicting, evaluating and mitigating the biophysical, social, and other relevant effects of development proposals prior to major decisions being taken and commitments made".[3] EIAs are unique in that they do not require adherence to a predetermined environmental outcome, but rather they require decision makers to account for environmental values in their decisions and to justify those decisions in light of detailed environmental studies and public comments on the potential environmental impacts