Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a policy and management tool for both planning and decision making. EIA assist to identify, predict and evaluate the foreseeable environmental consequences of proposed development projects, plans and policies. The outcome of an EIA study assists the decision maker and the general public to determine whether a project should be implemented and in what form. EIA does not make decisions but it is essential for those who do.
Environmental Management Plan
EMP is a description of the means of achieving environmental objectives and targets. The EMP document will contain the organisational structure, responsibilities, procedures and resources to deal with all relevant environmental issues. The plan will also outline the short and long term strategies for managing a range of environmental issues and progress indicators to monitor improvements made.
Environmental Monitoring Report
Environmental Monitoring Report is one of the tasks to ensure the success of the recommended plan. It is required when significant environmental impacts identified from the Project require follow-up study, control and/or monitoring.
An appropriate monitoring system is necessary when:
compliance must be followed up; and/or
· there are check items whose impact is not great to justify modification of the Project
Environmental Monitoring and enforcing strict supervision is essential throughout the implementation of the project in order to achieve high environmental standards, comply with the Department of Environment (DoE) regulations at all time and mitigate all the adverse impacts arising.