Draft Detailed Project Report

Technology Centre Systems Program – Draft DPR for New TC at Rohtak
Environmental screening
TCs are like mini industries; hence planning, development and management of the TCs involve several
critical environmental, health and safety obligations. Good environment practices and processes are
required to be an integral part of any expansion or development of any green-field TC. The foremost
and most essential stage of environment management is to conduct an environmental screening that
highlights appropriate level and type of Environmental aspects and their likely associated
environmental impact. The screening process aims to quickly identify those projects in which no
potential environmental and social issues exist, so that only those with potential environmental and
social implications will undergo a more detailed screening process. As a consequence, the outcome
of the screening process will be a categorization of the project into one or more of the following
categories:
► Category 1: No further action is needed, either because no significant environmental impact and
risks were identified, or because sufficient environmental review has already been conducted and
environmental management recommendations have been incorporated into the project;
► Category 2: Environmental sustainability elements need to be integrated into project design
because there are possible environmental and social benefits, impact, and/or risks associated with
the project (or a project component) but these are limited in nature, predominantly indirect or
very long-term and so extremely difficult or impossible to directly identify and assess.
► Category 3: Further environmental and social review and management is needed because
potential environmental and social impact or risks are associated with the project (or a project
component) and it is possible to identify these with a reasonable degree of certainty. In some
cases, determining the significance of these impact or risks will require environmental and social
assessment which, in turn, will lead to the identification of specific environmental and social
management measures that need to be incorporated into the project.
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The methodology for screening includes desk study, site visit and study of
available literature.
► Desk study involves collection and review of the secondary data available in the public domain.
This may involve the seismic activity of the area where new TC is proposed, soil type, land use
pattern, etc. This will enable one to decide the methodology and level of Environment assessment
and distributing the responsibility amongst the team members.
► Site visit/s is/are conducted to collect first hand data/information about the new site. This
enables a cross check of the secondary data available during the desk review and assessing the
likely environmental aspects and health and safety hazards. Also, this involves interaction with
different stakeholder in the region to gauge any possibility of conflict related to TC.
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