Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
The EIA reports sponsored by the international companies and by the MDBs
have proven to be very valuable for training of DC/EIA practitioners, who prepare
the reports with supervision by consulting experts furnished by the IAA. Each
such report has been, in effect, valuable as a demonstration on how to understand
the essence of the EIA concept and, accordingly, to prepare a competent EIA
report. Preparation of the reports has been especially valuable in developing
team
mechanics
by which the various expert disciplines included in the IEA team,
including environmental engineers, economists, ecologists, and sociologists, learn
how to function together to produce an integrated EIA report.
The methodology for using the EIA process in the DCs has evolved to maxi-
mize its usefulness, especially the development of the requirement beginning in
the 1990s for a final chapter in the EIA report, which requires established of
an Environmental Management Office (staffing/offices/equipment/budget) by the
project owner as a part of the overall project management system
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. Experience
had shown that establishment of the EMO is essential if it is to be expected that
the EPMs specified in the EIA report will actually be implemented.
Recommended EIA Report Components
For DE/EIA reports, the recommended EIA report TOR, designed to meet World
Bank, ADB, and other IAA requirements, is shown in Box 4.7, “Procedure for
Approval of EIA Reports for New Projects to be Financed by Multilateral Devel-
opment Topics”
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. Explanatory notes are as follows:
Summaries:
Each chapter's final section is a summary of the findings and
conclusions of the chapter. The Executive Summary is readily prepared by
combining these summaries.
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Item 2.6 (Due Diligence):
This is to ensure that there are no “hidden”
aspects that could be later found to the detriment of the project. The primary
concern is whether the project site soils contain toxic/hazardous substances
from previous uses of the site.
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Item 7.1 (Public Participation):
This has become a major requirement
beginning in the 1990s. It requires (1) consultations with concerned
governmental agencies (all levels) and with local “people leaders” and
NGOs, and (2) making the EIA report draft available for public inspection
at selected local libraries, to obtain public comments (with radio/television
announcements on where to find the draft).
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Item 7.3 (Poverty Poor):
The intention here is to ensure that the project
gives fair consideration to the needs of the general public and, especially,
the poverty poor.
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Item 2.8 (Use of Local Staff):
Provisions for use of local people for project
staffing (including training) (to extent feasible).
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Item 2.9 (Special Amenities):
To gain local approval, it may be necessary
for the project to furnish some special amenities (e.g., schools, water wells,
roads, etc.) to the affected communities.
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