Finals Enumeration Flashcards
Aspects of the Environment
physical, biological, social
Components of Interest
Water
Soils
Fauna
Environment Health
Flora
Special Ecosystems
Describing the Baseline Situation
normal variability
current trends
Types of Impacts
Direct and Indirect
Short-Term and Long-Term
Adverse and Beneficial
Cumulative
Attributes of Impacts
Intensity
Direction
Spatial Extent
Duration
Frequency
Reversibility
Probability
Phase 1 EIA Process
Understand
Screen
Preliminary Assessment
Phase 2 EIA Process/Basic Steps for full EIA
- Scope
- Evaluate baseline situation
- Identify & choose alternatives
- Characterize proposed activities with each alternative
- Develop mitigation and monitoring
- ## Communicate and document
- Compare Alternatives
Risk Categories
Very Low Risk
Very High Risk
Moderate or Unknown Risk
Typical Preliminary Assessment Outline / Template for full EIA study
Background
Description of baseline situation
Evaluation of potential EI
Mitigation and monitoring
Recommend findings
3 Possible Findings in a preliminary assessment
Very Unlikely
Unlikely
Likely
(to cause significant adverse impacts)
preliminary assessment requires 3 steps
Identify, Predict, Judge
Who is involved in EIA?
Sponsor, regulatory agencies, broad-based public
Broad-based public
communities
civil society
private sector
to be effective, EIA must be
integral part of project development cycle
honest
transparent and accessible
EIS System Requirements
EIA, EIS report
