Guidance Manual. DRAFTGuidance Manualfor. Environmental Impact Assessment and Clearance of. River. Valley Projects(Inviting Comments)Ministry of Environment & Forests. Paryavaran Bhavan. CGO Complex. New Delhi- 1. NO. TOPICPAGE NO. INTRODUCTION 1. 1. PROLOGUE1. 2. WHAT. Stage (2) - . However, like any other developmental. Apart from the need for drinking, water is needed for producing. This great. need for water has brought into focus the fragility of environment associated. All great. civilizations had grown around water and many had perished with or without. The status of water in the environment is unique. Ever since the birth of. The increase in demand has brought tremendous. This has tended to disturb the status of. The disturbance, if not contained, may. Hence the need for sustainable development of water resources. ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN INDIAA good environmental sense has been one of the fundamental. India. The earth was called . Major rivers like the Ganga and the Yamuna. The environmental concerns were integrated into. LEGAL FRAMEWORKAdequate provisions for protection of environment and. Constitution of India. Article 4. 7 provides for. Article 4. 8A is directed towards. Article 5. 1 (A) says it is the duty of every citizen to protect and. Following the UN Conference on Human Environment. Stockholm, 1. 97. Constitution in Part IV- Directive. Principles and Part IV A- Fundamental Duties. ![]() ![]() A 9-year-old boy who received a diagnosis of attention deficit–hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at 7 years of age is brought to your office by his parents for a follow. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTSIn order to ensure sustainable development from water resources angle the. Government of India have enacted various Acts and. Legislations. Prominent among these is the Environment Protection Act, 1. Government has acquired wide powers for protecting the. Some other Acts related to Water and Environment are Water. Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1. Water. (Prevention and Control of Pollution) (Cess) Act. Central Ground Water Authority. According to the. Water Cess Act, 1. Central and State. Governments have to provide funds to the Boards for implementing this act. The. Forest Conservation Act, 1. The Environment. Protection Act, 1. The EIA Notification of 1. Its. amendment in 1. It was later supercededby. It. narrates the key agencies/persons which would be responsible for the. The selection of an appropriate method depends on. Adhoc method. Broad areas of possible impacts are identified and the nature of the. Bias can therefore occur.- . There are various versions of the matrix method which. If the relative priority of developmental activity is determined, then. An application of. Network. The network method is an attempt to analyse the. Conceptually, it has not yet been possible to develop environmental. Cost- Benefit Analysis. The ideal EIA methodology would be the one which accurately incorporates. Although, water used in the RVHP. Environmental. In order to assess the impact of the. Ministry of. Environment and forests (Mo. EF), Govt. These also include River. Valley projects including. The above. Notification was superceded by EIA Notification. Mo. EF on the 1. 4th September. Environmental safeguards/conditions generally. Mo. EF Govt. However, the important features are explained in the ensuing. The. classification for River. Valley projects asgiven in the. Schedule to the Notification is as under . The SEIAA shall base. State or Union. territory level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) as to be constituted for in. The applicant shall. A Pre- Feasibility. Report (PFR) may, on the basis of analysis of secondary information, establish. Environmental Clearance were to be accorded. These four stages in sequential order are: -. The projects. requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment shall be termed Category . For categorization of projects into B1 or B2. Ministry of Environment and Forests shall issue. II. Stage (2) - . The Expert Appraisal Committee or. State level Expert Appraisal Committee concerned shall determine the. Terms of Reference on the basis of the information furnished in the prescribed. Form. 1 and upon duly considering the Terms of Reference proposed by. A site visit by a sub- group of the EAC or the SEIAA concerned. Stage (3) - Public. Consultation: (i). All Category. . This appraisal shall be made by Expert Appraisal. Committee or State Level Expert Appraisal Committee concerned in a transparent. On conclusion of this proceeding, the Expert Appraisal. Committee or State Level Expert Appraisal Committee concerned shall make. The EAC. or the SEIAA, as is relevant, may also direct the applicant to re- do some of. EIA study without changing the TOR or improve upon the. EMP document if they are found wanting in certain respects.(ii). All the recommendations/conditions. Expert Committee (EC) have to be complied. Submission of six monthly reports is mandatory. Subject to the public interest, IAA can make. Case of the non- compliance of the stipulated. Chief Engineer ( EMO. CWC is the Vice- Chairman of the Committee. It is assisted by State Level Environmental. The earlier Notification was allowed to be operative for some. Notification viz. Necessary. soil conservation measures. The execution of the CAT plan at least over the directly. The sub- watersheds under very high and. CAT in a phased manner. The project. budget may have adequate provision for planning and executing CAT activities. National Water Policy (2. Govt of India. In deference to this declared. Go. I and in view of the hardship faced. This will be in addition to the water allocated for drinking for the. The project. proposal will be examined and if found acceptable, the CWC shall convey . If Scheduled. Tribe population is affected, the clearance of R& R plans will be obtained from. Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The DPR thus prepared will be examined in CWC. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). Case studies. These can be further. The. objective of approval of TOR by the EAC is to ensure that all the relevant. EIA/EMP, whether the study is carried out. Consultant. 4. 4. Often the. positive impacts related to improvements in productivity, facilities and services are well documented. PRE- PROJECT. BASELINE STUDYBefore the start of the project, it is essential to ascertain the. The baseline. status assessed as a part of EIA study involves both field work and review of. A concise description should be given of the pre- project ecological conditions. Based on the literature survey . For irrigation projects . These may include shortage of fuel wood, soil. The parameters to be analysed will be selected considering the local conditions. An illustrative list of parameters. Taste and odour- . Turbidity and colour - hardness - . Total solids/dissolved solids - . Chlorides/sulphates/nitrates/fluorides/phosphates - . Manganese/copper/zinc/chromium - cyanides - . Boron/selenium - SAR - . Coliform bacterial count (MPN) - bio- indicators 4. PROJECT. ACTIVITIES A concise summary should be. Concomitant. factors such as transport, human settlement, services, industrialisation. Adequate provisions for revegetation. Both. positive and negative effects should be described. An assessment of possible. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND. COST ESTIMATES With a knowledge. These projections should. An environmental management strategy will be developed to. The strategy will include evaluation of. Cost. estimates for each of the proposed mitigatory measure. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING The Environmental Impact Assessment is basically an evaluation of future. It is necessary to continue monitoring certain parameters identified as. This verifies the adequacy of Environmental Monitoring Plan. It will also allow. The consultant will design a post- project environmental monitoring programme for implementation, and then various parameters. The cost estimates and equipment. Inclusion of the following indicators in such a programme may be considered : - water. Land Use. Existing land use in the catchment u to. Agricultural land (ha) (ii) Forests . Labour(i) Estimated strength (peak) I (a) Skilled and Semi- skilled(b) Unskill(((. Total (ii) Availability. Skilled and Semi- skilled(b) Unskilled I(. Frequency of occurrence (i) tornadoes. Utility of cognitive neuropsychological assessment in attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Castellanos FX, Giedd JN, Marsh WL, Hamburger SD, Vaituzis AC, Dickstein DP, Sarfatti SE, Vauss YC, Snell JW, Lange N, Kaysen D, Krain AL, Ritchie GF, Rajapakse JC, Rapoport JL (1. Quantitative brain magnetic resonance imaging in attention- deficit hyperactivity disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry 5. Pub. Med. Cross. Ref.
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