PEOPLE IN EIA
➢ The responsibilities of individuals and groups of individuals who participate
in the EIA vary from country to country.
➢ The following comments about the various players in the EIA process are:
1. Decision maker- can be a head of state, a group of ministers,
elected body or a single designated individual.
2. Assessor- is the person, agency or company having
responsibility for preparing the EIA.
3. Proponent- can be a government agency or a private firm
wishing to initiate the project.
4. Reviewer- is the person, agency or board with responsibility
for reviewing the EIA and assuring compliance with
published guidelines or regulations.
5. Other government agencies- are agencies with a special
interest in the project. They may be components of the
national government services or they may be associated with
provinces, states, cities or villages.
6. Expert advisors- are persons with the specialize knowledge
required to evaluate the proposed action. They may come
from within or outside the government service.
7. Special interest groups- include environmental
organizations, labour unions, professional societies and local
associations.
8. International- refer to neighbouring countries or
intergovernmental bodies, indicates the need is some cases
for consultations with these bodies.
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING STEPS
INVOLVED
Plan 01: Establishment of goals:
• Government set goals.
• Goals may be general.
• e.g: economic development or human welfare, a detailed five
year plan
• Goals implemented within the policies, programmes and
actions.
• EIA procedure is a way to achieve the adequate attention in
the planning and implementation of environmental
condensations.
, Plan 02 and 03: Establishment of policy and programme:
• Goal setting process may be an action (policy) a programme
activities.
• Environmental considerations are taken by the decision
makers in the planning process just before the final decision.
Plan 04: Actions:
• Actions may originate in several ways.
• Classes of action include:
a) Engineering schemes such as construction of river
valley projects, pipelines or transportation systems
b) Administrative actions such as the reorganization of
governmental services for management
c) Legislative actions such as laws relating to land use or
assessment policies.
Plan 05: Determination of significant impact:
• The evaluation of whether a proposal will effect the environment.
• First screening of the proposal to decide whether EIA is required.
• Simple judgement by the responsible official or advisory body.
• It is a formal document.
• It is relevant.
• It is prepared by small group of specialists.
• If the responsible person or group ecides that a proposed action
will not significantly affect the environment, then called negative
determination.
Plan 06: EIA:
• If a proposed action is believed to have potentially significant
impact on the environment, then an EIA is performed on the
proposed action on feasible alternatives.
• Both the general public and special interest groups may provide
input into the process.
• Result of the EIA process is the development of new alternatives
that may lessen the environmental impacts.
• These will be fed back into plan 06, so that process may allow the
project to proceed to plan08.
➢ The responsibilities of individuals and groups of individuals who participate
in the EIA vary from country to country.
➢ The following comments about the various players in the EIA process are:
1. Decision maker- can be a head of state, a group of ministers,
elected body or a single designated individual.
2. Assessor- is the person, agency or company having
responsibility for preparing the EIA.
3. Proponent- can be a government agency or a private firm
wishing to initiate the project.
4. Reviewer- is the person, agency or board with responsibility
for reviewing the EIA and assuring compliance with
published guidelines or regulations.
5. Other government agencies- are agencies with a special
interest in the project. They may be components of the
national government services or they may be associated with
provinces, states, cities or villages.
6. Expert advisors- are persons with the specialize knowledge
required to evaluate the proposed action. They may come
from within or outside the government service.
7. Special interest groups- include environmental
organizations, labour unions, professional societies and local
associations.
8. International- refer to neighbouring countries or
intergovernmental bodies, indicates the need is some cases
for consultations with these bodies.
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING STEPS
INVOLVED
Plan 01: Establishment of goals:
• Government set goals.
• Goals may be general.
• e.g: economic development or human welfare, a detailed five
year plan
• Goals implemented within the policies, programmes and
actions.
• EIA procedure is a way to achieve the adequate attention in
the planning and implementation of environmental
condensations.
, Plan 02 and 03: Establishment of policy and programme:
• Goal setting process may be an action (policy) a programme
activities.
• Environmental considerations are taken by the decision
makers in the planning process just before the final decision.
Plan 04: Actions:
• Actions may originate in several ways.
• Classes of action include:
a) Engineering schemes such as construction of river
valley projects, pipelines or transportation systems
b) Administrative actions such as the reorganization of
governmental services for management
c) Legislative actions such as laws relating to land use or
assessment policies.
Plan 05: Determination of significant impact:
• The evaluation of whether a proposal will effect the environment.
• First screening of the proposal to decide whether EIA is required.
• Simple judgement by the responsible official or advisory body.
• It is a formal document.
• It is relevant.
• It is prepared by small group of specialists.
• If the responsible person or group ecides that a proposed action
will not significantly affect the environment, then called negative
determination.
Plan 06: EIA:
• If a proposed action is believed to have potentially significant
impact on the environment, then an EIA is performed on the
proposed action on feasible alternatives.
• Both the general public and special interest groups may provide
input into the process.
• Result of the EIA process is the development of new alternatives
that may lessen the environmental impacts.
• These will be fed back into plan 06, so that process may allow the
project to proceed to plan08.
