Eia 2020

EIA 2020, EIA, Environment engineering, Climate, impact, eia
draft,

1. EnvironmentImpact AssessmentDraft 2020
Submitted by –
Adarsh Singh (2K19/ENE/07)
M.TECH 3rdsemester
Environmental Engineering
Delhi Technological University

2. Introduction
•EIA is the process of predicting the effect of proposed
project on environment.
•Since the introduction of EIA in India many amendment
has been made by policymakers to improve or sometimes
to dilute the EIA process as they try to balance
environmental growth with economic growth.
START
Site
selection
Review
by EAC
AcceptedFINIHDECISION
Conduct
EIA
Apply for
NOC
Public
hearing
RejectedChange
suggested
Project Proponent apply for EC,
submitting required documents (EIA ,NOC)
Fig.1 Generalized process flow sheet of EIA process
Policymaker
Source:
Centre for science and environment (CSE)

3. Important Amendments of EIA 2006 notification
1.Divided projects in 2 categories-
a)Category A –requires EC from Central Govt.
b)Category B –requires EC from State Govt.
i.B1-EIA reports are to be made
ii.B2-exempted from EIA process
*(These division are same in 2020 draft also)
2.Public consultation was allowed only after EIA report is submitted
3.2006 draft was on the basis of size or capacity of the project & not on level of investment
4.Decentralized a lot of process to the state government
a)It reduces time for getting environment clearance
5.Compliance report to be submitted to government every 6 months.
Source: EIA draft 2006

4. Key point of concern with new EIA 2020 draft
1.Post-facto approval
i.It applies to ongoing or completed project for which an EIA clearance was never sought or granted
and construction of the project took place regardless.
ii.Where such Post facto clearance were granted previously, court cracked down on them as illegal.
2.Public response time
i.Time period for public to give response reduced from 30 to 20 days
3.Relaxation of monitoring requirements
i.Compliance report to be submitted only once a year not every 6 months
4.Loophole
i.No need for EIA if govt. deems the project strategic.This will be misused or creates a way to by pass
the whole EIA process
Source: EIA draft 2020

5. Several Exemptions (addition to B2 list)
Project nameEIA 2020
B1 list B2 list
EIA 2006
Offshore and onshore oil, gas
and shale exploration
- All projectUnder category A
Hydroelectric projectGreater than 25 MW till 75
MW
upto 25 MW>50 MW in A
b/w 25 -50 MW in B
Irrigation project>10,000 hectares and
<50,000 hectares of
culturable command area.
2000-10000 Ha of command
area
No separate norms
Mineral Beneficiation All projectSmall and medium enterprise
MSME
≥ 0.1million ton/annum
mineral throughput ----A
< 0.1million ton/annum
mineral throughput -----B
Project Modernizationonly those involving more than 25% increase requiring EIA, and
over 50% attracting public consultation.
Earlier require prior EC
Building and construction >1,50,000 sq. m of built-up
area and or total land area of
> 50 hectare
(i) Up to to 1,50,000 sq. mUpto 20,000 sq. m doesn’t
require EIA
Aerial ropewayAll projectAll under category B

6. EIA 2020 –The Apprehension
The present draft EIA Notification
goes against the concept of
polluter pays principle,
sustainable environment and
precautionary principles
established by the court.
-The Quint
DraftEIANotification2020could
spelldisasterforWesternGhats
-TheHindu
Environment takes a backseat
-Live mint
The draft EIA 2020 , brought
changes that are both anti-
environment and anti-people. It
should, thus, be rejected to secure
the socio-ecological future of the
north-eastern states.
-Down to earth
Can’t agree to many recommendations
of EIA draft notification
-Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala CM

7. Recent Accidents
AfterthegasleakatLGPolymers
inVisakhapatnaminMay2020,
theEnvironmentMinistrytoldthe
NationalGreenTribunalthatthe
unitlackedenvironment
clearance,exposingthelow
effectivenessofrules.

8. References
•Centre for science and environment
•EIA draft 2006
•EIA draft 2020
•Down to earth
•The Hindu
•The Quint
•Live mint

9. Thank You.