PTCCE333 Environmental Impact Assessment Syllabus:
PTCCE333 Environmental Impact Assessment Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To expose the students to the need, methodology, documentation and usefulness of environmental impact assessment and to develop the skill to prepare environmental management plan.
To participate in the performance of an environmental assessment process (EIA or SEA), given the disciplinary knowledge and skills in natural sciences and engineering the student have achieved in other courses.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION
Historical development of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Environmental Clearance- EIA in project cycle. legal and regulatory aspects in India – types and limitations of EIA –EIA process screening – scoping – terms of reference in EIA- setting – analysis – mitigation. Cross sectoral issues –public hearing in EIA- EIA consultant accreditation.
UNIT II IMPACT INDENTIFICATION AND PREDICTION
Matrices – networks – checklists – cost benefit analysis – analysis of alternatives – expert systems in EIA. prediction tools for EIA – mathematical modelling for impact prediction – assessment of impacts – air – water – soil – noise – biological –– cumulative impact assessment
UNIT III SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Socio-economic impact assessment – relationship between social impacts and change in community and institutional arrangements. factors and methodologies- individual and family level impacts. communities in transition-rehabilitation
UNIT IV EIA DOCUMENTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Environmental management plan – preparation, implementation and review – mitigation and rehabilitation plans – policy and guidelines for planning and monitoring programmes – post project audit – documentation of EIA findings – ethical and quality aspects of environmental impact assessment
UNIT V CASE STUDIES
Mining, power plants, cement plants, highways, petroleum refining industry, storage & handling of hazardous chemicals, common hazardous waste facilities, CETPs, CMSWMF, building and construction projects
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 carry out scoping and screening of developmental projects for environmental and social assessments
CO2 explain different methodologies for environmental impact prediction and assessment
CO3 asses socio-economic investigation of the environment in a project
CO4 plan environmental impact assessments and environmental management plans
CO5 knowledge to prepare environmental impact assessment reports for various projects
REFERENCES:
1. Canter, L.W., “Environmental Impact Assessment”, McGraw Hill, New York. 1996
2. Lawrence, D.P., “Environmental Impact Assessment – Practical solutions to recurrent problems”, Wiley-Interscience, New Jersey. 2003
3. World Bank –Source book on EIA
4. Cutter, S.L., “Environmental Risk and Hazards”, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.
5. Kolluru Rao, Bartell Steven, Pitblado R and Stricoff “Risk Assessment and Management Handbook”, McGraw Hill Inc., New York,1996.
6. K. V. Raghavan and A A. Khan, “Methodologies in Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment”, Manual by CLRI, 1990.
7. Sam Mannan, Lees’ Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control, 4th Edition, Butterworth Heineman, 2012.