environmental impact assessment definition

environmental impact assessment means a systematic examination conducted to determine whether or not a programme, activity or project will have any adverse impacts on the environment;

environmental impact assessment means a national procedure for evaluating the likely impact of a proposed activity on the environment;

environmental impact assessment means an environmental study comprising collection of data, prediction of qualitative and quantitative impacts, comparison of alternatives, evaluation of preventive, mitigatory and compensatory measures, formulation of environmental management and training plans and monitoring arrangements, and framing of recommendations and such other components as may be prescribed;

Examples of environmental impact assessment in a sentence

• The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for contract package shall be submitted as a part of the main report.

• Unless an Environmental Authorisation can be granted following the evaluation of an Environmental Impact Assessment and an Environmental Management Programme report in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (Act 107 of 1998) (NEMA), it cannot be concluded that the said activities will not result in unacceptable pollution, ecological degradation or damage to the environment.

• Within four (4) weeks of the order to commence work, the Contractor shall prepare and submit a specific Environmental Management Plan for the project and his operations, relating to the approved Environmental Impact Assessment.

• Where development is proposed to be carried out, being development which is of a class for the time being specified under Article 24 (First Schedule) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, the information on the state of the existing environment should be addressed in the EIS.

• The Bill is the culmination of nearly six years of work, including an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the results of which were reported in an Environmental Statement (ES) submitted alongside the Bill.

More Definitions of environmental impact assessment

environmental impact assessment or “EIA” means the environmental impact assessment for the Project, including any update thereto, prepared and submitted by HMG and cleared by ADB;

environmental impact assessment means a detailed public disclosure statement of potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with a proposed project. Such disclosure is a matter of public record and provides detailed information to public agencies and the general public about the effect that a proposed project is likely to have on the environment and ways in which the significant effects of such a project might be minimized, and to indicate alternatives to such a project.

environmental impact assessment means a systematic process of identifying, assessing and reporting environmental impacts associated with an activity and includes basic assessment and S&EIR;

environmental impact assessment. (EIA) means an assessment carried out in accordance with the municipality’s guidelines for outdoor advertising;

environmental impact assessment means a process consisting of:

environmental impact assessment means a systematic examination conducted to determine whether or not a project will have any adverse impact on the environment;

environmental impact assessment. Means the set of technical and scientific activities aimed at the identification, prediction and control of the environmental impacts of a project and its alternatives, presented in the form of a technical report and carried out according to the criteria established by the regulations in force.