Environmental Impact Assessment

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Environmental Impact Assessment Syllabus — Unit-wise Content

The official GTU curriculum for Environmental Impact Assessment (subject code 4361303) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 6 divides the course into 4 units, covering 20 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.

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Unit 1 Concepts of Environmental Impact Assessment

1.1. Historical development and evolution of EIA in India
1.2. International and national laws, regulations, and guidelines for EIA
1.3. Environmental legislations in India
1.4. EIA Notification 2006

Unit 2 Environmental clearance process in India

2.1. Screening, scoping, Impact analysis, Mitigation, Reporting, Review, Decision making, Post monitoring
2.2. Category of projects
2.3. Generic structure of EIA report
2.4. Terms of Reference (ToR)
2.5. Types of EIA: strategic, regional, sectoral, project level- Rapid EIA and Comprehensive EIA- Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), SEA(Strategic Environment Assessment)
2.6. Difference between EIA and SEA
2.7. Comparative review of EIA procedures and practices in Developed countries, Developing countries and India

Unit 3 EIA Methods, Tools and Techniques

3.1. Ad-hoc method, maps and overlays, check lists, matrix, cause condition impacts. Environmental Base map, Environmental Impact statements
3.2. Impact Prediction, Evaluation and Mitigation-Prediction and assessment of the impact on water (surface water and groundwater), air, and noise environment- assessment of ecological impacts and Socio economic Impacts.
3.3. Procedure For EIA Clearance: EIA review and screening; state level screening, clearance from DOE and MOEF. Environmental Impact Assessment Course Code: 4361303
3.4. Environmental Management Plan (EMP): Goal and purpose- Importance of EMP- Content of an EMP

Unit 4 Application of Remote sensing and GIS for EIA

4.1. Concept of Environmental remote sensing
4.2. Basic principles of remote sensing
4.3. Application of RS in EIA of Linear projects/coastal zone studies/ Landuse Landcover studies
4.4. GIS concepts and techniques
4.5. GIS in screening, scoping and baseline studies, Impact prediction and mitigation

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