Project Environmental Impact Assessments
Table of Contents
1 Scope............................................................ 2
2 Applicable Documents.................................. 2
3 Instructions.................................................... 3
4 Responsibilities............................................. 8
5 Approvals..................................................... 11
Appendix A - Brief Description of Standards and Specifications............... 12
Appendix B - Checklist of Potential Environmental Pollutants and Pollution Sources...................................................................................................16
Appendix C1 - Minimum Content of Environmental Impact Assessment for a Category 1 Project………………………………………………….……... 18
Appendix C2 - Minimum Content of Environmental Impact Assessment for a Category 2 Project………………….................................................................................. 20
Appendix C3 - Minimum Content of Environmental Impact Assessment for a Category 3 Project…………………………………………………………... 2
- Scope
EP-EN outlines the procedure necessary to prepare the required Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), included in the Design Basis Scoping Papers (DBSPs) for major capital projects, and in the expenditure requests for Miscellaneous Capital Items. This B.V. also outlines the procedure necessary to prepare the required Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for major projects with a significant environmental impact.
The primary objective of both the EIS and the EIA is to document the scope of environmental issues very early in the project in order to consider project alternatives, energy efficiency measures and resource conservation potentials. The EIA should recommend appropriate, cost-effective measures, which will mitigate significant environmental impacts.
A brief EIS shall be required as part of every DBSP. The EIS shall describe the potential impacts (positive & negative) that the project might have on the environment during construction and operation. It shall classify the project into one of the three categories defined in Section 3 based on the potential environmental impacts. It shall describe project alternatives that would better protect the environment and evaluate the energy efficiency and resource conservation potential of the project.
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