Distillieries - Environmental Clearance

Conceptual Facets of EIAsoils. Another example of indirect impact, is the decline in water quality due to rise intemperature of water bodies receiving cooling water discharge from the nearby industry.This, in turn, may lead to a secondary indirect impact on aquatic flora in that water bodyand may further cause reduction in fish population. Reduction in fishing harvests,affecting the incomes of fishermen is a third level impact. Such impacts are characterizedas socio-economic (third level) impacts. The indirect impacts may also include growthinducingimpacts and other effects related to induced changes to the pattern of land use oradditional road network, population density or growth rate. In the process, air, water andother natural systems including the ecosystem may also be affected.2.8.3 Cumulative impactsCumulative impact consists of an impact that is created as a result of the combination ofthe project evaluated in the EIA together with other projects in the same vicinity causingrelated impacts. These impacts occur when the incremental impact of the project iscombined with the cumulative effects of other past, present and reasonably foreseeablefuture projects. Figure 2-3 depicts the same. Respective EAC may exercise theirdiscretion on a case-by-case basis for considering the cumulative impacts.2.8.4 Induced impactsFigure 2-3: Cumulative ImpactThe cumulative impacts can be due to induced actions of projects and activities that mayoccur if the action under assessment is implemented such as growth-inducing impacts andother effects related to induced changes to the pattern of future land use or additional roadnetwork, population density or growth rate (e.g. excess growth may be induced in thezone of influence around a distillery project, and in the process causing additional effectson air, water and other natural ecosystems). Induced actions may not be officiallyannounced or be a part of any official plan. Increase in workforce and nearbycommunities contributes to this effect.They usually have no direct relationship with the action under assessment, and representthe growth-inducing potential of an action. New roads leading from those constructed fora project, increased recreational activities (e.g., hunting, fishing), and construction of newservice facilities are examples of induced actions.However, the cumulative impacts due to induced development or third level or evensecondary indirect impacts are difficult to be quantified. Because of higher levels ofuncertainties, these impacts cannot normally be assessed over a long time horizon. AnEIA practitioner usually can only guess as to what such induced impacts may be and theTGM for Distillery Industry August 20102-15