Distillieries - Environmental Clearance

Operational Aspects of an EIA2. description of recommended mitigation measures3. description of monitoring programme to ensure compliance with relevant standardsand residual impacts4. allocation of resources and responsibilities for plan implementation5. implementation schedule and reporting procedures6. contingency plan when impacts are greater than expectedSummary of impacts: The predicted adverse environmental and social impacts for whichmitigation measures are identified in earlier sections to be briefly summarized with crossreferencing to the corresponding sections in EIA report.Description of mitigation measures: Each mitigation measure should be brieflydescribed w.r.t the impact to which it relates and the conditions under which it is required.These should be accompanied by, or referenced to, project design and operatingprocedures which elaborate on the technical aspects of implementing the variousmeasures.Description of monitoring programme to ensure compliance with relevant standardsand residual impacts: Environmental monitoring refers to compliance monitoring andresidual impact monitoring. Compliance monitoring refers to meeting the industryspecificstatutory compliance requirements (Ref. Applicable National regulations asdetailed in Chapter 3).Residual impact monitoring refers to monitoring of identified sensitive locations withadequate number of samples and frequency. The monitoring programme should clearlyindicate the linkages between impacts identified in the EIA report, measurementindicators, detection limits (where appropriate), and definition of thresholds that signalthe need for corrective actions.Allocation of resources and responsibilities for plan implementation: These should bespecified for both the initial investment and recurring expenses for implementing allmeasures contained in the EMP, integrated into the total project costs, and factored intoloan negotiation.The EMP should contain commitments that are binding on the proponent in differentphases of project implementation i.e., pre-construction or site clearance, construction,operation, decommissioning.Responsibilities for mitigation and monitoring should be clearly defined, includingarrangements for coordination between various actors responsible for mitigation. Detailsshould be provided w.r.t deployment of staff (detailed organogram), monitoring networkdesign, parameters to be monitored, analysis methods, associated equipments, etc.Implementation schedule and reporting procedures: The timing, frequency andduration of mitigation measure should be specified in an implementation schedule,showing links with overall project implementation. Procedures to provide information onprogress and results of mitigation and monitoring measures should also be clearlyspecified.Contingency Plan when the impacts are greater than expected: There shall be acontingency plan for attending to the situations where the monitoring results showsresidual impacts are higher than expected. It is an imperative requirement for all theTGM for Distillery Industry August 20104-41