Project Management

PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3(1+2)

Lesson 10 : Environmental Impact Analysis

Scope

• The EIS is a document prepared by an expert agency on the environmental impacts of a proposed action / project that significantly affects the quality of environment.
• The EIS is used mainly as a tool for decision – making.
• At times, the EIA and EIS are used interchangeably as synonyms. But both are different activities with a lot of commonalities and with a common purpose.
• The basic difference between the two is that the EIA is carried out by the expert agency while the EIS as a tool is given to the decision – makers in different formats. EIS is the outcome of EIA.
• It is better to consider the environmental consequences during the project planning and design stage itself so as to avoid higher costs of future remedial actions by prudent planning and early preventive measures.