Aerial Ropeways - Environmental Clearance

7ADDITIONAL STUDIES7.0 GeneralTOR to be adopted for aerial ropeway projects as commonly applicable is prepared and attachedto this manual as Annexure 1. It may however, be necessary consider specific issues asapplicable to individual projects. The proponent or the regulatory authority may either identifysuch issues during the scoping process or other stakeholders including the public during publicconsultation. The EIA report and EMP should therefore address such issues also7.1 Items Identified by the ProponentThe proponent may be able to identify issues beyond those included in the common TOR as maybe specifically considered by him important from environmental point of view. In such cases theproponent shall include such issues as additional studies under TOR and pursue them in the EIAstudy after the regulatory authority approves TOR.77.2 Items Identified by the Regulatory AuthorityDuring the scoping process, the regulatory authority may direct specific issues, beyond those isincluded in the TOR proposed by the proponent, as may be specifically considered importantfrom environmental point of view. In such cases the proponent should pursue those issues asadditional studies in the EIA report after the regulatory authority approves TOR.7.3 Items Identified by the Public and Other StakeholdersAfter completion of the public consultation, the applicant shall address all the materialenvironmental concerns expressed during the process, and make appropriate changes in thedraft EIA and EMP. The final EIA report, so prepared, shall be submitted by the applicant to theconcerned regulatory authority for appraisal. The applicant may alternatively submit asupplementary report to draft EIA and EMP addressing all the concerns expressed during thepublic consultation. A statement of the issues raised by the public and the comments of theapplicant shall also be prepared in the local language and in English and annexed to theproceedings.7.4 Risk Assessment and Disaster Management PlanRopeways are liable to suffer from environmentally induced threats, risks and hazards as well ashuman -caused occurrences.Disasters due to technical failures and natural causes should be identified. Natural disastersinclude earthquakes, landslides, rock falls, storms, avalanches, lightening etc and technical failuresmay include rope with broken wires in service, drive / return sheave shaft failure / tensionsystem failure, mount assembly parts failure, over speeding of ropeway / brake failure, rollback,