Distillieries - Environmental Clearance

Operational Aspects of an EIAaddressing all relevant environmental concerns for the preparation of an EIA Report for aparticular project.Project proponent shall submit the application to the concerned Authority. Theapplication (Form 1 as given in Annexure IV) shall be attached with pre-feasibilityreport and proposed ToR for EIA Studies. The proposed sequence to arrive at thedraft ToR is discussed below:- Pre-feasibility report provides a summary of project details and also the likelyenvironmental concerns based on secondary information, which will be availedfor filling Form 1.- From pre-feasibility report and Form 1, valued environmental components(VECs) may be identified for a given project (receiving environment/socialcomponents, which are likely to get effected due to the projectoperations/activities).- Once the project details from the pre-feasibility report & Form 1; and VECs areidentified, a matrix establishing the interactions which can lead to theeffects/impacts could be developed (Qualitative analysis).- For each identified possible effect in the matrix, significance analysis could beconducted to identify the impacts, which need to be studied further (quantitativeanalysis) in subsequent EIA studies. All such points find a mention in the draftToR to be proposed by the project proponent. The draft ToR shall includeapplicable baseline parameters (refer annexure VIII) and impact prediction tools(refer annexure X) proposed to be applied.- The information to be provided in pre-feasibility report, guidelines for fillingForm 1 and guidelines for developing draft ToR is summarized in subsequentsections.- Authority consults the respective EAC/SEAC to reply to the proponent. TheEAC/SEAC concerned reviews the application form, pre-feasibility report andproposed draft ToR by the proponent and make necessary additions/deletions tomake it a comprehensive ToR that suits the statutory requirements for conductingthe EIA studies.The concerned EAC/SEAC may constitute a sub- committee for a site visit, ifconsidered necessary. The sub-committee will act up on receiving a written approvalfrom the chairperson of EAC/SEAC concerned. Project proponent will facilitate suchsite visits of the sub-committees.EAC/SEAC shall provide an opportunity to the project proponent for presentation anddiscussions on the proposed project and related issues as well as the proposed ToR forEIA studies. If the State Government desires to present their views on any specificproject in the scoping stage, it can depute an officer for the same at the scoping stageto EAC, as an invitee but not as a member of EAC. However, non-appearance of theproject proponent before EAC/SEAC at any stage will not be a ground for rejection ofthe application for the prior environmental clearance.If a new or expansion project is proposed in a problem area as identified by theCPCB, then the Ministry may invite a representative of SEIAA to the EAC to presenttheir views, if any at the stage of scoping.TGM for Distillery Industry 4-8 August 2010