1. MADE BY– APOORVAMATHUR
CLASS- 11th ‘A’
ENVIRONMENTIMPACT
ASSESSMENT :-

2. ENVIRONMENTALIMPACT
ASSESSMENT
An environmental impact assessment is a formal
process used to predictthe environmental
consequences of aplan ,policy, program ofproject
priorthe implementation decision, itproposes
measures to adjust impacts to acceptable levels or to
investigate new technologicalsolution.
INTRODUCTION:-

3. 1) E.I.As beganto beused inthe year
1960 as part of rational
decisionmakingprocess.
2) It involved atechnical evaluation
that worldlead to objectivedecision
making.
3) E.I.Awas made legislation inthe
US inthe NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTALPOLICY ACT
(nepa) in 1969.

4. *NEED OF E.I.A :-
1) To maintain quality of
environment it is necessary to
study impacts of project on
environment.
2) This also suggests remedial
measures for development of
projects.

5. MAIN STEPS IN E.I.A’s
PROCESS : -
1) screening
2) scoping
3) prediction & mitigation
4) audit

6. *1) SCREENING-Screeningoften
results in a categorization of the
project and from this a decisionis
made on whether or not a full
E.I.A is to be carried out.
2) SCOPING-Itis the process of
determiningwhich are the most
critica