Question

What is the impact of environmental impact assessment (eia) elaborate the indian environmental laws?

Answer 1

Environmental impact
1.Decentralization of regulatory functions through State Level Environment Impact Assessment Agencies (SEIAAs). SEIAAs oversee smaller scale Category B projects. MoEF continues to regulate larger scale Category A projects.
2.MoEF or SEIAA give the final approval for any project. However, they need to base their approval on the recommendations of State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) and Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC). These arebodies of experts that review the impact assessment made by regulatory authorities.
3.The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) or the Union Territory Pollution Control Committee (UTPCC) conduct a public hearing. This takes the responsibility of such hearing away from the project proponents. Public hearing is a platform where public can express and record their project grievances.

.1.Screening: In this initial stage, the SEAC shall scrutinise the application submitted by the project proponent, and determine whether or not the project or activity requires the preparation of an EIA. The projects requiring an EIA are termed as B1 and the remaining projects are termed B2.
2.Scoping: In this stage, the Appraisal Committees determine the TOR for thepreparation of an EIA report addressing all relevant environmental concernsfor the preparation of an EIA report. Certain activities such as building and construction, area development and town planning and highway expansion projects are excluded from scoping.
3.Public consultation: Public consultation is a process by which the concerns of local affected persons and others who have a plausible stake in the environmental impacts of the project or activity are ascertained with a view by taking into account all the material concerns in the projects or activity design as appropriate. Six kinds of projects are excluded from public consultation.4.Appraisal:Appraisal involves the detailed scrutiny by the Appraisal Committee of the application, final EIA report, outcome of public consultations etc. Following which, it shall make categorical recommendations to the regulatory authority concerned either for grant of prior environmental clearance on stipulated terms and conditions, or rejection of application with reasons. The appraisal has to be completed within sixty days from the receipt of final EIA report.