Distillieries - Environmental Clearance

Operational Aspects of an EIAEnvironmental ComponentEnvironmental Indicators Noise due to heavy equipment operations Duration and variations in noise over time, etc.Coastal dynamics and Wave patternsmorphology Currents Shoreline morphology – near shore, foreshore Sediment – characteristics and transport, etc.Biological Species composition of flora and fauna Flora – type, density, exploitation, etc. Fauna – distribution, abundance, rarity, migratory,species diversity, habitat requirements, habitat resilience,economic significance, commercial value, etc. Fisheries – migratory species, species with commercial/recreational value, etc.Landuse Landuse pattern, etc.Guidance for assessment of baseline components and attributes describing samplingnetwork, sampling frequency, method of measurement is given in Annexure VIII.Infrastructure requirements for EBMIn addition to devising a monitoring network design and monitoring plans/program, it isalso necessary to ensure adequate resources in terms of staffing and skills, equipment,training, budget, etc., for its implementation. Besides assigning institutionalresponsibility, reporting requirements, QA/QC plans and its enforcement capability areessential. A monitoring program that does not have an infrastructural support andQA/QC component will have little chance of success.Defining data statistics/analyses requirementsThe data analyses to be conducted are dictated by the objectives of the environmentalmonitoring program. Statistical methods used to analyze data should be described indetail prior to data collection. This is important because repetitive observations arerecorded in time and space. Besides, the statistical methods could also be chosen so thatuncertainty or error estimates in the data can be quantified. For e.g., statistical methodsuseful in an environmental monitoring program include: 1) frequency distributionanalysis; 2) analysis of variance; 3) analysis of covariance; 4) cluster analysis; 5) multipleregression analysis; 6) time series analysis; 7) the application of statistical models (ADB-Green, 1979).Use of secondary dataThe EBM program for EIA can at best address temporal and/or spatial variations limitedto a limited extent because of cost implications and time limitations. Therefore analysisof all available information or data is essential to establish the regional profiles. So allthe relevant secondary data available for different environmental components should becollated and analyzed.To facilitate stake-holders, IL&FS Ecosmart Ltd., has made an attempt to compile the listof information required for EIA studies and sources of secondary data, which are given inAnnexure IXA and Annexure IXB.TGM for Distillery Industry August 20104-24