Common Effluent Treatment Plants: Technical Eia Guidance Manual

Final Draft
TECHNICAL EIA GUIDANCE MANUAL

FORFOR
COMMON EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS
Prepared for
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Government of India
by
IL&FS Ecosmart Limited
Hyderabad
September 2009
PROJECT TEAM
Project Coordination Dr. (Mrs.) Nalini Bhat
Ministry of Environment & Forests Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Dr. (Mrs.) T. Chandni
Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Core Project Coordination Team Mr. Mahesh Babu

IL&FS Environment CEO
Mr. N. Sateesh Babu
Vice President & Project Director
Mr. B.S.V. Pavan Gopal
Manager –Technical
Mr. Vijaya Krishna. D
Senior Environmental Engineer
Ms. Chaitanya Vangeti
GIS Engineer
Ms. Suman Benedicta Thomas
Technical Writer
Resource Person Dr. V.R. Akella

Former Executive Vice President, Patancheru Enviro-Tech Limited
Expert Core & Peer Committee
Chairman Dr. V. Rajagopalan, IAS
Principal Secretary
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Core Members Dr. R. K. Garg
Former Chairman, EIA Committee, Ministry of Environment and
Forests
Mr. Paritosh C. Tyagi
Former Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board
Prof. S.P. Gautam
Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board
Dr. Tapan Chakraborti
Director, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
Mr. K. P. Nyati
Former Head, Environmental Policy, Confederation of Indian Industry
Dr. G.K. Pandey
Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Dr. (Mrs.) Nalini Bhat
Dr. G.V. Subramaniam
Dr. B. Sengupta
Former Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board
Dr. R. C. Trivedi
Former Scientist, Central Pollution Control Board
Peer Members Prof. Deepak Kantawala
Former Chairman, Research Council -National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute
Dr. Hosabettu
Former Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Mr. N. Raghu Babu
Sr. Programme Specialist, ASEM
Member Convener Mr. N. Sateesh Babu
Project Director
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNICAL EIA GUIDANCE MANUALS PROJECT ....... 1-1

1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................ 1-2
1.2 Project Implementation ....................................................................................................... 1-3
1.3 Additonal Information......................................................................................................... 1-3
2. CONCEPTUAL FACETS OF EIA............................................................................................. 2-1
2.1 Environment in EIA Context............................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Pollution Control Strategies ................................................................................................ 2-1
2.3 Tools for Preventive Environmental Management.............................................................. 2-2
2.3.1 Tools for Assessment and Analysis....................................................................... 2-2
2.3.2 Tools for action...................................................................................................... 2-5
2.3.3 Tools for communication..................................................................................... 2-10
2.4 Objectives of EIA.............................................................................................................. 2-10
2.5 Types of EIA ..................................................................................................................... 2-11
2.6 Basic EIA Principles ......................................................................................................... 2-12
2.7 Project Cycle ..................................................................................................................... 2-13
2.8 Environmental Impacts ..................................................................................................... 2-13
2.8.1 Direct impacts...................................................................................................... 2-14
2.8.2 Indirect impacts ................................................................................................... 2-14
2.8.3 Cumulative impacts ............................................................................................. 2-15
2.8.4 Induced impact .................................................................................................... 2-15
2.9 Significance of Impacts ..................................................................................................... 2-16
2.9.1 Criteria/methodology to determine the significance of the identified impacts.... 2-17
3. COMMON EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS ................................................................... 3-1
3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Planning of CETPs .............................................................................................................. 3-2
3.2.1 Categories of effluent generating industries .......................................................... 3-4
3.2.2 Qualitative/quantitative fluctuations of effluent .................................................... 3-5
3.2.3 Waste minimization............................................................................................... 3-7
3.2.4 Pre-treatment requirements.................................................................................... 3-7
3.2.5 Segregation of effluent streams at the individual member industry ...................... 3-8
3.2.6 Conveyance system ............................................................................................. 3-12
3.2.7 Treatability and choice of technology ................................................................. 3-14
3.2.8 Modes of disposal................................................................................................ 3-24
3.2.9 Cost analysis ........................................................................................................ 3-24
3.3 Hazards and Concerns in Wastewater Treatment Facilities .............................................. 3-25
3.3.1 Hazards ................................................................................................................ 3-25
3.3.2 Major concerns .................................................................................................... 3-31
3.3.3 Hazardous air pollution ....................................................................................... 3-32
3.3.4 Exposure pathways .............................................................................................. 3-34
3.4 Summary of Applicable National Regulations.................................................................. 3-35
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3.4.1 General description of major statutes .................................................................. 3-35

3.4.2 Inlet and Treated effluent quality standards for CETP ........................................ 3-35
4. Operational Aspects of EIA ......................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1 Coverage of CETPs under the Purview of Notification ...................................................... 4-1
4.2 Screening............................................................................................................................. 4-5
4.2.1 Applicable conditions for Category B projects ..................................................... 4-5
4.2.2 Criteria for classification of Category B1 and B2 projects.................................... 4-5
4.2.3 Application for prior Environmental Clearance .................................................... 4-6
4.2.4 Siting guidelines .................................................................................................... 4-6
4.3 Scoping for EIA Studies...................................................................................................... 4-8
4.3.1 Pre-feasibility report .............................................................................................. 4-9
4.3.2 Guidance for filling information in Form 1......................................................... 4-10
4.3.3 Identification of appropriate valued environmental components ........................ 4-11
4.3.4 Methods for identification of impacts.................................................................. 4-11
4.3.5 Testing the significance of impacts ..................................................................... 4-17
4.3.6 Terms of reference for EIA studies ..................................................................... 4-17
4.4 Environmental Impact Assessment ................................................................................... 4-23
4.4.1 EIA Team ............................................................................................................ 4-23
4.4.2 Baseline quality of the environment .................................................................... 4-24
4.4.3 Impact prediction tools ........................................................................................ 4-26
4.4.4 Significance of the impacts.................................................................................. 4-27
4.5 Social Impact Assessment ................................................................................................. 4-28
4.6 Risk Assessment and Disaster Management Plan ............................................................. 4-30
4.7 Mitigation Measures.......................................................................................................... 4-34
4.7.1 Important considerations for mitigation methods................................................ 4-34
4.7.2 Hierarchy of elements of mitigation plan ............................................................ 4-35
4.7.3 Typical mitigation measures................................................................................ 4-36
4.8 Environmental Management Plan ..................................................................................... 4-37
4.9 Reporting........................................................................................................................... 4-38
4.10 Public Consultation ........................................................................................................... 4-40
4.11 Appraisal ........................................................................................................................... 4-43
4.12 Decision-making ............................................................................................................... 4-44
4.13 Post Clearance Monitoring Protocol ................................................................................. 4-45
5. STAKEHOLDERS’ ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ....................................................... 5-1
5.1 SEIAA ................................................................................................................................. 5-4
5.2 EAC and SEAC................................................................................................................... 5-6
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3-1: Zone-wise Status of CETPs in India ..................................................................................3-1
Table 3-2: Inlet Effluent Quality Standards for CETPs .......................................................................3-8
Table 3-3: Wastewater Characteristics – Specific Treatment Options ..............................................3-14
Table 3-4: Industrial Wastewater Treatment Schemes ......................................................................3-17
Table 3-5: Disease Type Concentration.............................................................................................3-32
Table 3-6: Exposure Pathways...........................................................................................................3-34
Table 3-7: Inlet effluent quality standards for CETP.........................................................................3-36
Table 3-8: Treated Effluent Quality of Common Effluent Treatment Plant Concentration in mg/l
except pH and Temperature.............................................................................................3-36
Table 4-1: Advantages and Disadvantages of Impact Identification Methods ..................................4-11
Table 4-2: Matrix of Impacts .............................................................................................................4-14
Table 4-3: List of important Physical Environmental Components and Indicators of EBM ............4-25
Table 4-4: Guidance for Accidental Risk Assessment.......................................................................4-32
Table 4-5: Mitigation Measures for Construction Phase ...................................................................4-36
Table 4-6: Mitigation Measures for Operation Phase ........................................................................4-36
Table 4-7: Generic Structure of EIA Document ................................................................................4-38
Table 5-1: Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders Involved in Prior Environmental Clearance .5-1
Table 5-2: Organization-Specific Functions ........................................................................................5-2
Table 5-3: SEIAA: Eligibility Criteria for Chairperson / Members / Secretary ..................................5-5
Table 5-4: EAC/SEAC: Eligibility Criteria for Chairperson / Members / Secretary...........................5-9

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2-1: Inclusive Components of Sustainable Development.........................................................2-1
Figure 2-2: Types of Impacts .............................................................................................................2-14
Figure 2-3: Cumulative Impact ..........................................................................................................2-15
Figure 3-1: Planning Process of a CETP .............................................................................................3-3
Figure 3-2: Categories of Effluent Streams .........................................................................................3-9
Figure 3-3: Effluent stream-specific choice of treatment: A model case study .................................3-10
Figure 3-4: Sources and Treatment of TDS in Tanneries ..................................................................3-11
Figure 3-5: Wastewater Characteristics-Specific Treatment Options................................................3-12
Figure 3-6: Typical Collection and Preliminary Treatment at CETP ................................................3-20
Figure 3-7: Typical Chemical Dosing Process Flowchart .................................................................3-21
Figure 3-8: Typical Primary Treatment Flowchart ............................................................................3-21
Figure 3-9: Anaerobic Treatment Flowchart .....................................................................................3-22
Figure 3-10: Typical Biological Treatment Flowchart ......................................................................3-22
Figure 3-11: Typical Tertiary Treatment ...........................................................................................3-23
Figure 3-12: Typical Sludge Handling Flowchart .............................................................................3-23
Figure 4-1: Prior Environmental Clearance Process for Activities Falling Under Category B ..........4-3
Figure 4-2: Prior Environmental Clearance Process for Activities Falling Under Category A ..........4-4
Figure 4-3: Approach for EIA Study .................................................................................................4-23
Figure 4-4: Risk Assessment – Conceptual Framework ....................................................................4-31
Figure 4-5: Comprehensive Risk Assessment –At a Glance .............................................................4-33

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Figure 4-6: Hierarchy of Elements of Mitigation Plan ......................................................................4-35
LIST OF ANNEXURES
Annexure I
A compilation of Legal Instruments
Annexure II
Form 1 (Application form for Obtaining EIA Clearance)
Annexure III
Pre-feasibility Report
Annexure IV
Types of Monitoring and Network Design Considerations
Annexure V
Guidance for Assessment of Baseline Components and Attributes
Annexure VI
Sources of Secondary Data Collection
Annexure VII
Impact Prediction Tools
Annexure VIII
Form through which the State Governments/Administration of the Union Territories

Submit Nominations for SEIAA and SEAC for the consideration and Notification by the
Central Government)

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ACRONYMS
AAQ Ambient Air Quality
BAT Best Available Technology
BOD Biological oxygen demand
BOO Build-Operate-Own
BOT Build-Operate-Transfer
CCA Conventional Cost Accounting
CETP Common Effluent Treatment Plant
CFE Consent for Establishment
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
CRZ Coastal Regulatory Zone
CSNL Cashew Nut Shell Liquid
DO Dissolved Oxygen
EAC Expert Appraisal Committee
EBM Environmental Baseline Monitoring
EcE Economic-cum-Environmental
ECI Environmental Condition Indicators
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIS Environmental Information system
EPI Environmental performance indicators
EMS Environmental Management System
EMP Environmental Management Plan
FCA Full Cost Assessment
FSS Fixed Suspended Solids
GLC / HPLC Gas Liquid Chromatography / High Performance Liquid Chromatography
HAPs Hazardous Air Pollutants
HDPE High Density Poly Ethylene
HTL High Tide Line
IL&FS Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services
IMD India Meteorological Department
LDAR Leak Detection and Repair
LCA Life Cycle Assessment
LTL Low Tide Level
MBR Membrane Bioreactor
MEE Multi-effect Evaporator
MLSS Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids
MoEF Ministry of Environment & Forests
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MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets

O&M Operation and Maintenance
POTWs Publicly Owned Treatment Works
QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control
QRA Quantitative Risk Assessment
RO Reverse Osmosis
RSPM Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter
SBR Sequencing Batch Reactor
SMEs Small and Medium Entrepreneurs
SEAC State Level Expert Appraisal Committee
SEIAA State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities
SPCB State Pollution Control Board
SPM Suspended Particulate Matter
SS Suspended Solids
TA Technology assessment
TCA Total Cost Assessment
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
TEQM Total Environmental Quality Movement
TGM Technical EIA guidance manuals
TSDF Treatment Storage Disposal Facility
TSS Total Suspended Solids
UASB Up flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency’s
UTEIAA Union Territory Level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities
UTPCC Union Territory Pollution Control Committee
VEC Valued Environmental Components
VSS Volatile Suspended Solids
WBCSD World Business Council on Sustainable Development

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1.
INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNICAL EIA
GUIDANCE MANUALS PROJECT
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a process of identifying, predicting,

evaluating and mitigating the biophysical, social, and other relevant effects of
development proposals prior to major decisions being taken and commitments made.
These studies integrate the environmental concerns of developmental activities in to the
process of decision-making.
EIA has emerged as one of the successful policy innovations of the 20th Century in the
process of ensuring sustained development. Today, EIA is formalized as a regulatory tool
in more than 100 countries for effective integration of environmental concerns in the
economic development process. The EIA process in India was made mandatory and was
also given a legislative status through a Notification issued in January 1994. The
Notification, however, covered only a few selected industrial developmental activities.
While there are subsequent amendments, this Notification, issued on September 14, 2006
supersedes all the earlier Notifications, and has brought out structural changes in the
clearance mechanism.
The basic tenets of this EIA Notification could be summarized into following:
Pollution potential as the basis for prior environmental clearance based on pollution
potential instead of investment criteria; and
Decentralization of clearing powers to the State level/Union Territory (UT) level
Authorities for certain developmental activities to make the prior environmental
clearance process quicker, transparent and effective mechanism of clearance.
Devolution of the power to grant clearances at the state level for certain category of the
developmental activities / projects is a step forward to fulfill the basic tenets of the re-
engineering i.e., quicker, transparent and effective process but many issues come on its
way of functional efficiency. These issues could be in technical and operational domains
as listed below:
Technical Issues
Ensuring level playing ground to avoid arbitrariness in the decision-making process
Classification of projects which do not require public hearing and detailed EIA
(Category B2)
Variations in drawing the Terms of Reference (ToR) for EIA studies for a given
developmental activity across the States/UTs
Varying developmental-activity-specific expertise requirement for EIA studies and
their appraisal.
Availability of adequate sectoral experts and variations in competency levels
Inadequate data verification, cross checking tools and supporting institutional
framework
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Meeting time targets without compromising with the quality of assessments/ reviews
Varying knowledge and skill levels of regulators, consultants and experts
Newly added developmental activities for prior environmental clearance, etc
Operational Issues
State level /UT level EIA Authorities (SEIAA/UTEIAA) are formulated for the first
time and many are functioning
Varying roles and responsibilities of involved organizations
Varying supporting institutional strengths across the States/UTs
Varying manpower availability, etc.
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of developing these sector-specific technical EIA guidance manuals (TGMs)
is to provide clear and concise information on EIA to all the stakeholders i.e., the project
proponent, the consultant, the reviewer, and the public. TGMs are organized to cover the
following:
Conceptual facets of an EIA

Details on the developmental activity including environmental concerns and control
technologies, etc.
Operational aspects; and
Roles and responsibilities of various organizations involved in the process of prior
environmental clearance
For any given industry, each topic listed above could alone be the subject of a lengthy
volume. However, in order to produce a manageable document, this project focuses on
providing summary information for each topic. This format provides the reader with a
synopsis of each issue. Text within each section was researched from many sources, and
was usually condensed to specific topics.
The contents of the document are designed with a view to facilitate in addressing the
relevant technical and operational issues as mentioned in the earlier section. Besides,
facilitates various stakeholders involved in the EIA clearance process, i.e.
Project proponents will be fully aware of the procedures, common ToR for EIA
studies, timelines, monitoring needs, etc., in order to plan the projects/studies
appropriately.
Consultants across India will have similar understanding about a given sector, and
also the procedure for conducting the EIA studies, so that the quality of the EIA
reports gets improved and streamlined.
Reviewers across the States/UTs will have the same understanding about an industry
and would be able to draw a benchmark to establish the significant impacts for the
purpose of prescribing the ToR for EIA studies and also in the process of review and
appraisal.
Public who are concerned about a new or expansion projects, can have access to this
manual to know the manufacturing/production details, rejects/wastes from the
operations, choice of cleaner/control technologies, regulatory requirements, likely

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environmental and social concerns, mitigation measures, etc., in order to seek

clarifications appropriately in the process of public consultation. The procedural
clarity in the document will further strengthen them to understand the stages involved
in clearance and roles and responsibilities of various organizations.
In addition, these manuals would substantially ease the pressure on reviewers at the
scoping stage and would bring in functional efficiency at the central and state levels.
1.2 Project Implementation
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government of India took up the task of
developing sector-specific TGMs for all the developmental activities listed in the re-
engineered EIA Notification. The Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS)
Ecosmart Limited, has been entrusted with the task of developing these manuals for 27
industrial and related sectors. Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) is one of these
sectors, for which this manual is prepared.
The ability to design comprehensive EIA studies for specific industries depends on the
knowledge of several interrelated topics. Therefore, it requires expert inputs from
multiple dimensions i.e., administrative, project management, technical, scientific, social,
economic, risk etc., in order to comprehensively analyze the issues of concern and to
draw logical interpretations. Thus, Ecosmart has designed a well-composed
implementation framework to factor inputs of the experts and stakeholders in the process
of finalization of these manuals.
The process of manual preparation involved collection & collation of the secondary
available information, technical review by sectoral resource person and critical review
and finalization by a competent Expert Committee composed of core and sectoral peer
members.
The MoEF appreciates the efforts of Ecosmart, Expert Core and Peer Committee,
resource persons and all those who have directly and indirectly contributed to this
Manual.
1.3 Additonal Information
This TGM is brought out by the MoEF to provide clarity to all the stakeholders involved
in of the ‘prior environmental clearance’ process. As such, the contents and clarifications
given in this document do not withstand in case of a conflict with the statutory provisions
of the Notifications and Executive Orders issued by the MoEF from time-to-time.
TGMs are not regulatory documents. Instead, these are the tools designed to assist in
successful completion of an EIA.
For the purposes of this project, the key elements considered under TGMs are: conceptual
aspects of EIA; developmental activity-specific information; operational aspects; and
roles and responsibilities of involved stakeholders.
This manual is prepared considering the Notification issued on September 14, 2006 and
the updates. For recent updates, if any, may please refer the website of the MoEF,
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2.
CONCEPTUAL FACETS OF EIA
2.1 Environment in EIA Context
‘Environment’ in EIA context mainly focuses, but is not limited to physical, chemical,
biological, geological, social, economical, and aesthetic dimensions along with their
complex interactions, which affect individuals, communities and ultimately determines
their forms, character, relationship, and survival. In the EIA context, ‘effect and ‘impact’
can often be used interchangeably. However, ‘impact’ is considered as a value judgment
of the significance of an effect.
Sustainable development is built on three basic premises i.e., economic growth,

ecological balance and social progress. Economic growth achieved in a way that does not
consider the environmental concerns will not be sustainable in the long run. Therefore,
sustainable development needs careful integration of environmental, economic, and social
needs in order to achieve both an increased standard of living in the short term, and a net
gain or equilibrium among human, natural, and economic resources to support future
generations in the long term.
“It is necessary to understand the links between environment and development in order to
make choices for development that will be economically efficient, socially equitable and
responsible, as well as environmentally sound.” Agenda 21
Figure 2-1: Inclusive Components of Sustainable Development
2.2 Pollution Control Strategies
Pollution control strategies can be broadly categorized in to preventive and reactive. The
reactive strategy refers to the steps that may be applied once the wastes are generated or
contamination of the receiving environment takes place. The control technology or a
combination of technologies to minimize the impact due to the process rejects/wastes
varies with the quantity and characteristics, desired control efficiency and economics.

Conceptual Facets of EIA
Many a number or combination of techniques could be adopted for treatment of a specific

waste or the contaminated receiving environment, but are often judged based on techno-
economic feasibility. Therefore, the best alternative is to take all possible steps to avoid
pollution it self. This preventive approach refers to a hierarchy that involves i) prevention
& reduction; ii) recycling and re-use; iii) treatment; and iv) disposal, respectively.
Therefore, there is a need to shift the emphasis from the reactive to preventive strategy
i.e., to promote preventive environmental management. Preventive environmental
management tools may be classified into following three groups:
Management Based Tools Process Based Tools Product Based Tools
Environmental Management Environmental Technology Assessment Industrial Ecology

System (EMS)
Toxic Use Reduction Extended Producers
Environmental Performance Responsibility
Best Operating Practices
Evaluation
Eco-labeling
Environmentally Best Practice
Environmental Audits
Design for
Best Available Technology (BAT)
Environmental Reporting Environment
and Communication Waste Minimization
Life Cycle Assessment
Total Cost Accounting Pollution Prevention (LCA)
Law and Policy Cleaner Production
Trade and Environment Cleaner Technology
Environmental Economics Eco-efficiency
These tools are precisely discussed in next sections.
2.3 Tools for Preventive Environmental Management
These tools for preventive environmental management can be broadly classified in to

following three groups.
Tools for assessment and analysis

Tools for action
Tools for communication
Specific tools under each group are discussed precisely in next sections.
2.3.1 Tools for Assessment and Analysis
2.3.1.1 Risk Assessment
Risk is associated with the frequency of failure and consequence effect. Predicting such
situations and evaluation of risk is essential to take appropriate preventive measures. The
major concern of the assessment is to identify the activities falling in a matrix of high &
low frequencies at which the failures occur and the degree of its impact. The high
frequency, low impact activities can be managed by regular maintenance i.e. Leak
detection and repair (LDAR) programmes. Whereas, the low frequency, high impact
activities are of major concern (accidents) in terms of risk assessment. As the frequency
is low, often the required precautions are not realized or maintained. However, the risk
assessment identifies the areas of major concerns which require additional preventive
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measures: likely consequence distances considering domino effects, which will give the
possible casualties and ecological loss in case of accidents. These magnitudes demand
the attention for preventive and disaster management plans (DMP). Thus is an essential
tool to ensure safety of operations.
2.3.1.2 Life cycle assessment
A broader approach followed to deal with environmental impacts during manufacturing is

called LCA. This approach recognizes that environmental concerns are associated with
every step of the processing w.r.t. the manufacturing of the products and also examines
environmental impacts of the product at all stages of the project life cycle. LCA includes
the product design, development, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, usage and
disposal. LCA is concerned with reducing environmental impacts at all the stages and
considering the total picture rather than just one stage of the production process.
By availing this concept, firms can minimize the costs incurred on the environmental
conservation throughout the project life cycle. LCA also provides sufficient scope to
think about cost-effective alternatives.
2.3.1.3 Total cost assessment
Total cost assessment (TCA) is an enhanced financial analysis tool that is used to assess
the profitability of alternative courses of action (e.g., raw material substitution to reduce
the costs of managing the wastes generated by process; an energy retrofit to reduce the
costs of energy consumption). This is particularly relevant for pollution prevention
options, because of their nature, often produce financial savings that are overlooked in
conventional financial analysis, either because they are misallocated, uncertain, hard to
quantify, or occur more than three to five years after the initial investment. TCA involves
all of the relevant costs and savings associated with an option so that it can compete for
scarce capital resources fairly, on a level playing field. The assessments are often
beneficial in respect of the following:
Identification of costly resource inefficiencies

Financial analysis of environmental activities/projects such as investment in cleaner
technologies
Prioritization of environmental activities/projects
Evaluation of product mix and product pricing
Bench marking against the performance of other processes or against the competitors
A comparison of cost assessments is given below:
Conventional Cost Accounting (CCA): Direct and indirect financial costs and
Recognized contingent costs
Total Cost Assessment (TCA): A broader range of direct, indirect, contingent and
less quantifiable costs
Full Cost assessment (FCA): TCA and External social costs borne by society
2.3.1.4 Environmental audit/statement
The key objectives of an environmental audit includes compliance verification, problems

identification, environmental impact measurement, environmental performance
measurement, conforming effectiveness of EMS, providing a database for corrective
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actions and future actions, developing companies’ environmental strategy,

communication and formulating environmental policy.
The MoEF, Government of India issued Notification on ‘Environmental Statements’ (ES)

in April, 1992 and further amended in April, 1993 – As per the Notification, the industries
are required to submit ES to the respective State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs). ES is
a pro-active tool for self-examination of the industry itself to reduce/minimize pollution
by adopting process modifications, recycling and reusing of the resources. The regular
submission of ES will indicate the systematic improvement in environmental pollution
control being achieved by the industry. In other way, the specific points in ES may be
used as environmental performance indicators for relative comparison, implementation
and to promote better practices.
2.3.1.5 Environmental benchmarking
Environmental performance and operational indicators could be used to navigate, manage

and communicate the significant aspects and give enough evidence of good
environmental house keeping. Besides prescribing standards, an insight to identify the
performance indicators and prescribing schedule for systematic improvement in
performance of these indicators will yield better results.
Relative indicators may be identified for different industrial sectors and be integrated in
the companies and organizations to monitor and manage the different environmental
aspects of the company, to benchmark and compare two or more companies from the
same sector. These could cover the water consumption, wastewater generation, energy
consumption, solid/hazardous waste generation, chemical consumption etc., per tonne of
final product. Once these bench marks are developed, the industries which are below
them may be guided and enforced to reach the level and those which are better than the
bench mark may be encouraged further by giving incentives, etc.
2.3.1.6 Environmental indicators
Indicators can be classified in to environmental performance indicators (EPI) and

environmental condition indicators (ECI). The EPIs can be further divided into two
categories i.e., operational performance indicators and management performance
indicators.
The operational performance indicators are related to the process and other operational
activities of the organization, these would typically address the issues of raw material
consumption, energy consumption, water consumption in the organization, quantities of
waste water generated, other solid wastes generated, emission from the organization, etc.
Management performance indicators are related to the management efforts to influence

the environmental performance of the organizations operations.
The environmental condition indicators provide information about the environment.

These indicators provide information about the local, regional, national or global
condition of the environment. This information helps the organization to understand the
environmental impacts of its activities and thus helps in taking decisions to improve the
environmental performance.
Indicators are basically used to evaluate environmental performance against the set
standards and thus indicate the direction in which to proceed. Selection of type of
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indicators for a firm or project depends upon its relevance, clarity and realistic cost of
collection and its development.
2.3.2 Tools for action
2.3.2.1 Environmental policy
An environmental policy is a statement of the organization’s overall aim and principles of

action w.r.t. the environment, including compliance with all relevant regulatory
requirements. It is a key tool in communicating the environmental priorities of the
organizations to all its employees. To ensure an organization’s commitment towards a
formulated environmental policy, it is essential for the top management be involved in the
process of formulating the policy and setting priorities. Therefore, the first step is to get
the commitment from the higher levels of management. The organization should then
conduct an initial environmental review and draft an environmental policy. This draft
should be discussed and approved by the board of directors and finally the approved
environmental policy statement must be communicated internally among all its
employees and must also be made available to the public.
2.3.2.2 Market-based economic instruments
Market based instruments are regulations that encourage behavior through market signals
rather than through explicit directives regarding pollution control levels. These policy
instruments such as tradable permits pollution charge are often described as harnessing
market forces. Market based instruments can be categorized in to the following four
major categories i.e.,
Pollution charge: Charge system will assess a fee or tax on the amount of pollution a
firm or source generates. It is worthwhile for the firm to reduce emissions to the
point, where its marginal abatement costs is equal to the tax rate. Thus firms control
pollution to different degrees i.e. High cost controllers – less; low-cost controllers-
more. The charge system encourages the industries to further reduce the pollutants.
The charges thus collected can form a fund for restoration of the environment.
Another form of pollution charge is a deposit refund system, where, consumers pay a
surcharge when purchasing a potentially polluting product, and receive a refund on
return of the product after useful life span at appropriate centers. The concept of
extended producers’ responsibility brought in to avoid accumulation of dangerous
products in the environment.
Tradable permits: Under this system, firms that achieve the emission levels below
their allotted level may sell the surplus permits. Similarly, the firms, which are
required to spend more to attain the required degree of treatment/allotted levels, can
purchase permits from others at lower costs and may be benefited.
Market barrier reductions: Three known market barrier reduction types are as
follows:
− Market creation: Measures that facilitate the voluntary exchange of water rights
and thus promote more efficient allocation of scarce water supplies.
− Liability concerns: Encourage firms to consider potential environmental damages

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− Information programmes: Eco-labeling and energy efficiency product labeling

requirements
Government subsidy reduction: Subsidies are the mirror images of taxes and in
theory, can provide incentive to address environmental problems. However, it has
been reported that the subsidies encourage economically inefficient and
environmentally unsound practices, and often leads to market distortions due to
differences in the area. However, in the national interest, subsidies are important to
sustain the expansion of production. In such cases, the subsidy may be comparable to
the net social benefit.
2.3.2.3 Innovative funding mechanism
There are many forums under which the fund is made available for the issues which are of
global/regional concern (GEF, OECD, Deutch green fund, etc.) i.e., climate change, Basal
convention and further fund sources are being explored for the persistent organic
pollutants convention. Besides the global funding mechanism, there needs to be localized
alternative mechanisms for boosting the investment in environmental pollution control.
For example, in India the Government has established mechanism to fund the common
effluent treatment plants, which are specifically serving the small and medium scale
enterprises i.e., 25% share by the State Government, matching grants from the Central
Government and surety for 25% soft loan. It means that the industries need to invest only
25% initially, thus encouraging for voluntary compliance.
There are some more options i.e., if the pollution tax/charge is imposed on the residual
pollution being caused by the industries, municipalities, etc., fund will automatically be
generated, which in turn, can be utilized back for funding the environmental improvement
programmes. The emerging concept of build-operate-transfer (BOT) and build-operate-
own (BOO) are an encouraging development, where there is a possibility to generate
revenue by application of advanced technologies, ex. the anaerobic treatment for
municipal wastewater do generate methane gas which can be utilized for power
generation, the manure can be marketed, etc. There are many opportunities which can be
explored. However, what is required is the paradigm shift and focused efforts.
2.3.2.4 EMS and ISO certification
EMS is that part of the overall management system which includes the organizational
structure, responsibilities, practices, procedures, process and resources for determining
and implementing the forms of overall aims, principles of action w.r.t the environment. It
encompasses the totality of organizational, administrative and policy provisions to be
taken by a firm to control its environmental influences. Common elements of an EMS are
the identification of the environmental impacts and legal obligations, the development of
a plan for management & improvement, the assignment of the responsibilities and
monitoring of the performance.
2.3.2.5 Total environment quality movement
Quality is regarded as
A product attribute that had to be set at an acceptable level and balanced against the
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Something delivered by technical systems engineered by experts rather than the

organization as a whole
Assured primarily through the findings and correction of mistakes at the end of the
production process
One expression of the total environment quality management (TEQM) is a system of
control called Kaizen. The principles of Kaizen are
Goal must be continuous improvement of quality instead of acceptable quality

Responsibility of the quality shall be shared by all members of an organization
Efforts should be focused on improving the whole process and design of the products
With some modifications, TEQM approach can be applied in the improvement of
corporate environmental performance in both process and product areas.
2.3.2.6 Eco-labeling
It is known as the practice of supplying information on the environmental characteristics

of a product or service to the general public. These labeling schemes can be grouped in to
three types:
Type I: Multiple criteria base; third party (Govt. or non-commercial private

organizations) programme claims overall environmental preferability.
Type II: Specific attribute of a product; often issued by a company/industrial
association
Type III: Agreed set of indices; provides quantified information; self declaration
Among the above, Type I are more reliable because they are established by a third party
and considers the environmental impacts of a product from cradle to grave. However, the
labeling program will only be effective if linked with complementary program of
consumer education and up on restriction of umbrella claims by the producers.
2.3.2.7 Cleaner production
Cleaner production is one of the tools, which has lot of bearing on environmental
pollution control. It is also seen that the approach is changing with time i.e., dumping-to-
control-to-recycle-to-prevention. Promotion of cleaner production principles involve an
insight into the production process not only to get desired yield but also to optimize on
raw material consumption i.e. resource conservation and implications of the waste
treatment and disposal.
2.3.2.8 4-R concept
The concept endorses utilization of the wastes as a by-product to the extent possible i.e.
Re-cycle, Recover, Re-use and Recharge. Recycling refers to using the wastes/by-
products in the process again as a raw material to maximize the production. Recovery
refers to engineering means such as solvent extraction, distillation, precipitation, etc., to
separate the useful constituents of the wastes, so that this recovered material can be used.
Re-use refers to the utilization of waste from one process as a raw material to other.
Recharging is an option in which the natural systems are used for renovation of waste for
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2.3.2.9 Eco-efficiency
The world business council on sustainable development (WBCSD) defines eco-efficiency

as “the delivery of competitively priced goods and services that satisfy human needs and
bring quality of life, while progressively reducing ecological impacts and resource
intensity throughout the life cycle, to a level at least in line with earth’s carrying
capacity”. The business implements the eco-efficiency on four levels i.e. optimized
processes, recycling of wastes, eco-innovation and new services. Fussler (1995) defined
six dimensions of eco efficiency, which are given below to understand/examine the
system.
Mass: There is an opportunity to significantly reduce mass burdens (raw materials,

fuels, utilities consumed during the life cycle)
Reduce energy use: The opportunity is to redesign the product or its use to provide
significant energy savings
Reduce environmental toxins: This is concern to the environmental quality and
human health. The opportunity here is to significantly control the dispersion of toxic
elements.
Recycle when practical: Designing for recyclability is important
Working with nature: Materials are borrowed and returned to the nature without
negatively affecting the balance of the ecosystem.
Make it last longer: It relates to useful life and functions of products. Increasing the
functionality of products also increase their eco efficiency.
The competitiveness among the companies and long-term survival will continue and the
successful implementation of eco efficiency will contribute to their success. There is a
need to shift towards responsible consumerism equal to the efficiency gains made by
corporations – doing more with less.
2.3.2.10 Industrial ecosystem or metabolism
Eco-industrial development is a new paradigm for achieving excellence in business and

environmental performance. It opens up innovative new avenues for managing business
and conducting economic development by creating linkages among local ‘resources’,
including businesses, non-profit groups, governments, unions, educational institutions,
and communities can creatively foster the dynamic and responsible growth. Antiquated
business strategies based on isolated enterprises are no longer responsive enough to
market, environmental and community requirements.
Sustainable eco-industrial development looks systematically at development, business

and environment attempting to stretch the boundaries of current practice - on one level, it
is as directly practical as making the right connections between the wastes and resources
needed for production and at the other level it is a whole new way of thinking about doing
business and interacting with communities. At a most basic level, it is each organization
seeking higher performance within itself. However, most eco-industrial activity is
moving to a new level by increasing the inter connections between the companies.
Strategic partnership, networked manufacturing and performed supplier arrangements are

all the examples of ways used by the businesses to ensure growth, contain costs and to
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For most businesses, the two essentials for success are the responsive markets and access
to cost-effective, quality resources for producing products or delivering services. In
absence of these two factors, virtually, every other incentive becomes a minor
consideration.
Transportation issues are important at two levels, the ability to get goods to market in an
expeditious way is essential to success in this day of just in time inventories. The use of
least impact transportation with due consideration of speed and cost supports business
success and addresses concerned in the community.
Eco-industrial development works because it consciously mixes a range of targeted

strategies shaped to the contours of the local community, most importantly, it works
because the communities wants nothing less than the best possible in or near their
neighborhoods. For companies it provides a path towards significantly higher operating
results and positive market presence. For our environment, it provides great hope that the
waste will be transformed in to valued product and that the stewardship will be a joint
pledge of both businesses and communities.
2.3.2.11 Eco-industrial park
An eco-industrial park is a community of manufacturing and service businesses seeking

enhanced environmental and economic performance through collaboration in managing
environment and resource issues including energy, water and raw materials. By working
together, the community of businesses seeks a collective benefit that is greater than some
of the individual benefits which could be optimized by improving individual
performance. The goal of an eco-industrial park is to improve economic performance of
the participating companies by minimizing their environmental impacts.
2.3.2.12 Voluntary agreements
Voluntary environmental agreements among the industries, government, public

representatives, NGOs and other concerned towards attaining certain future demands of
the environment are reported to be successful. Such agreements may be used as a tool
where Government would like to make the standards stringent in future (phase-wise-
stringent). These may be used as supplementary/ complimentary in implementation of
the regulation. The agreements may include:
Target objectives (emission limit values/standards)

Performance objectives (operating procedures)
R&D activities – Government and industry may have agreement to establish better
control technologies.
Monitoring & reporting of the agreement conditions by other agents (NGOs, public
participants, civil authority, etc.)
In India, the MoEF, has organized such programme popularly known as the corporate
responsibility for environment protection (CREP) considering identified 17 categories of
high pollution potential industrial sectors. Publication in this regard is available with the
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2.3.3 Tools for communication
2.3.3.1 State of environment
The Government of India brought out the state of environment report for entire country
and similar reports available for many of the states. These reports are published at regular
intervals to record trends and to identify the required interventions at various levels.
These reports consider the internationally accepted DPSIR framework for the presentation
of the information. DPSIR refers to:
¾ D – Driving forces – causes of concern i.e., industries, transportation, etc.
¾ P – Pressures – pollutants emanating from driving forces i.e., emission
¾ S – State – quality of environment i.e., air, water & soil quality
¾ I – Impact – Impact on health, ecosystem, materials, biodiversity, economic damage

etc.
¾ R – Responses – action for cleaner production, policies (including

standards/guidelines), targets, etc.
Environment reports including the above elements gives a comprehensive picture of

specific target area in order to take appropriate measures for improvement. Such reports
capture the concerns which could be considered in EIAs.
2.3.3.2 Corporate environmental reporting
Corporate environmental reports (CERs) are only one form of environmental reporting
defined as publicly available, stand alone reports, issued voluntarily by the industries on
their environmental activities (Borphy and Starkey-1996). CER is a means to
environmental improvement and greater accountability, not an end in itself.
Three categories of environmental disclosure are:
Involuntary disclosure: Without its permission and against its will (env. campaign,
press, etc.)
Mandatory disclosure: As required by law
Voluntary disclosure: The disclosure of information on a voluntary basis
2.4 Objectives of EIA
Objectives of EIA include the following:
¾ To ensure environmental considerations are explicitly addressed and incorporated

into the development decision-making process;
¾ To anticipate and avoid, minimize or offset the adverse significant biophysical, social
and other relevant effects of development proposals;
¾ To protect the productivity and capacity of natural systems and the ecological
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¾ To promote development that is sustainable and optimizes resource use and

management opportunities.
2.5 Types of EIA
Environmental assessments could be classified into four types i.e. strategic environmental
assessment, regional EIA, sectoral EIA and project level EIA. These are precisely
discussed below:
Strategic environmental assessment
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) refers to systematic analysis of the

environmental effects of development policies, plans, programmes and other proposed
strategic actions. SEA represents a proactive approach to integrating environmental
considerations into the higher levels of decision-making – beyond the project level, when
major alternatives are still open.
Regional EIA
EIA in the context of regional planning integrates environmental concerns into

development planning for a geographic region, normally at the sub-country level. Such
an approach is referred to as the economic-cum-environmental (EcE) development
planning (Asian Development Bank, 1993a). This approach facilitates adequate
integration of economic development with management of renewable natural resources
within the carrying capacity limitation to achieve sustainable development. It fulfils the
need for macro-level environmental integration, which the project-oriented EIA is unable
to address effectively. Regional EIA addresses the environmental impacts of regional
development plans and thus, the context for project-level EIA of the subsequent projects,
within the region. In addition, if environmental effects are considered at regional level,
then cumulative environmental effects of all the projects within the region can be
accounted.
Sectoral EIA
Instead of project-level-EIA, an EIA should take place in the context of regional and
sectoral level planning. Once sectoral level development plans have the integrated
sectoral environmental concerns addressed, the scope of project-level EIA will be quite
minimal. Sectoral EIA helps in addressing specific environmental problems that may be
encountered in planning and implementing sectoral development projects.
Project level EIA
Project level EIA refers to the developmental activity in isolation and the impacts that it
exerts on the receiving environment. Thus, it may not effectively integrate the
cumulative effects of the development in a region.
From the above discussion, it is clear that EIA shall be integrated at all the levels i.e.
strategic, regional, sectoral and the project level. Whereas, the strategic EIA is a
structural change in the way the things are evaluated for decision-making, the regional
EIA refers to substantial information processing and drawing complex inferences. The
project-level EIA is relatively simple and reaches to meaningful conclusions. Therefore
in India, largely, the project-level EIA studies are taking place and are being considered.
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a single clearance for the entire industrial estate for e.g., Leather parks, pharma cities etc.,
which is a step towards the regional approach.
As we progress and the resource planning concepts emerge in our decision-making

process, the integration of overall regional issues will become part of the impact
assessment studies.
2.6 Basic EIA Principles
By integrating the environmental impacts of the development activities and their

mitigation early in the project planning cycle, the benefits of EIA could be realized in all
stages of a project, from exploration and planning, through construction, operations,
decommissioning, and beyond site closure.
A properly-conducted-EIA also lessens conflicts by promoting community participation,

informing decision makers, and also helps in laying the base for environmentally sound
projects. An EIA should meet at least three core values (EIA Training Resource Manual,
UNEP 2002,):
Integrity: The EIA process should be fair, objective, unbiased and balanced
Utility: The EIA process should provide balanced, credible information for decision-
making
Sustainability: The EIA process should result in environmental safeguards
Ideally an EIA process should be:
Purposive - should inform decision makers and result in appropriate levels of

environmental protection and community well-being.
Rigorous - should apply ‘best practicable’ science, employing methodologies and
techniques appropriate to address the problems being investigated.
Practical - should result in providing information and outputs which assist with
problem solving and are acceptable to and able to be implemented by proponents.
Relevant- should provide sufficient, reliable and usable information for development
planning and decision making.
Cost-effective - should impose the minimum cost burdens in terms of time and
finance on proponents and participants consistent with meeting accepted requirements
and objectives of EIA.
Efficient -.should achieve the objectives of EIA within the limits of available
information, time, resources and methodology.
Focused - should concentrate on significant environmental effects and key issues; i.e.,
the matters that need to be taken into account in making decisions.
Adaptive - should be adjusted to the realities, issues and circumstances of the
proposals under review without compromising the integrity of the process, and be
iterative, incorporating lessons learned throughout the project life cycle.
Participative - should provide appropriate opportunities to inform and involve the
interested and affected publics, and their inputs and concerns should be addressed
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Inter-disciplinary - should ensure that the appropriate techniques and experts in the
relevant bio-physical and socio-economic disciplines are employed, including use of
traditional knowledge as relevant.
Credible - should be carried out with professionalism, rigor, fairness, objectivity,
impartiality and balance, and be subject to independent checks and verification.
Integrated - should address the interrelationships of social, economic and biophysical
aspects.
Transparent - should have clear, easily understood requirements for EIA content;
ensure public access to information; identify the factors that are to be taken into
account in decision making; and acknowledge limitations and difficulties.
Systematic - should result in full consideration of all relevant information on the
affected environment, of proposed alternatives and their impacts, and of the measures
necessary to monitor and investigate residual effects.
2.7 Project Cycle
The generic project cycle including that of CETP has six main stages:
1. Project concept
2. Pre-feasibility
3. Feasibility
4. Design and engineering
5. Implementation
6. Monitoring and evaluation.
It is important to consider the environmental factors on an equal basis with technical and
economic factors throughout the project planning, assessment and implementation phases.
EIA should be introduced at the earliest in the project cycle and must be an integral part
of the project pre-feasibility and feasibility stage. If the EIA considerations are given due
respect in the site selection process by the project proponent, the subsequent stages of the
clearance process would get simplified and would also facilitate easy compliance to the
mitigation measures through out the project life cycle.
A project’s feasibility study should include a detailed assessment of significant impacts,

the prediction and quantification of impacts and delineation of Environmental
Management Plan (EMP). Findings of the EIA study should preferably be incorporated
in the project design stage so that the project as well as the site alternatives is studied and
necessary changes, if required, are incorporated in the project design stage. This practice
will also help the management in assessing the negative impacts and in designing cost-
effective remedial measures. In general, EIA enhances the project quality and improves
the project planning process.
2.8 Environmental Impacts
Environmental impacts resulting from proposed actions can be grouped into following
categories:
Beneficial or detrimental
Naturally reversible or irreversible
Repairable via management practices or irreparable
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Temporary or continuous
Occurring during construction phase or operational phase
Local, regional, national or global
Accidental or planned (recognized before hand)
Direct (primary) or Indirect (secondary)
Cumulative or single
The category of impact as stated above, and the significance will facilitate the expert
appraisal committee (EAC)/State level EAC (SEAC) to take a view on the ToR for EIA
studies, as well as in decision making process about the developmental activity.
Figure 2-2: Types of Impacts
The nature of impacts could fall within three broad classifications namely direct, indirect
and cumulative, based on the characteristics of impacts. The assessment of direct,
indirect and cumulative impacts should not be considered in isolation or considered as
separate stages in the EIA. Ideally, the assessment of such impacts should form an
integral part of all stages of the EIA. The TGM does not recommend a single method to
assess the types of impacts, but suggests a practical framework/approach that can be
adapted and combined to suit a particular project and the nature of impacts.
2.8.1 Direct impacts
Direct impacts occur through direct interaction of an activity with an environmental,

social, or economic component. For example, discharge of any industry or effluent from
the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) into a river may lead to a decline in water quality in
terms of high biological oxygen demand (BOD) or dissolved oxygen (DO) or rise of
water toxins or rise of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), etc.
2.8.2 Indirect impacts
Indirect impacts on the environment are those which are not a direct result of the project,
often produced away from or as a result of a complex impact pathway. The indirect
impacts are also known as secondary or even tertiary impacts. For example, ambient air
SO2 rise due to stack emissions may deposit on land as SO4 and cause acidic soils.
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Another example of indirect impact is the decline in water quality due to rise in
temperature of water bodies receiving cooling water discharge from the nearby industry.
This, in turn, may lead to a secondary indirect impact on aquatic flora in that water body
and may further cause reduction in fish population. Reduction in fishing harvests,
affecting the incomes of fishermen is a third level impact. Such impacts are characterized
as socio-economic (third level) impacts. The indirect impacts may also include growth-
inducing impacts and other effects related to induced changes to the pattern of land use or
additional road network, population density or growth rate (e.g. around a CETP project).
In the process, air, water and other natural systems including the ecosystem may also be
affected.
2.8.3 Cumulative impacts
Cumulative impact consists of an impact that is created as a result of the combination of

the project evaluated in the EIA together with other projects in the same vicinity causing
related impacts. These impacts occur when the incremental impact of the project is
combined with the cumulative effects of other past, present and reasonably foreseeable
future projects. Figure 2-3 depicts the same. Respective EAC may exercise their
discretion on a case-by-case basis for considering the cumulative impacts.
Figure 2-3: Cumulative Impact
2.8.4 Induced impact
The cumulative impacts can be due to induced actions of projects and activities that may
occur if the action under assessment is implemented such as growth-inducing impacts and
other effects related to induced changes to the pattern of future land use or additional road
network, population density or growth rate (e.g. excess growth may be induced in the
zone of influence around a CETP project, and in the process causing additional effects on
air, water and other natural ecosystems). Induced actions may not be officially
announced or be part of any official plan. Increase in workforce and nearby communities
contributes to this effect.
They usually have no direct relationship with the action under assessment, and represent
the growth-inducing potential of an action. New roads leading from those constructed for
a project, increased recreational activities (e.g., hunting, fishing), and construction of new
service facilities are examples of induced actions.
However, the cumulative impacts due to induced development or third level or even
secondary indirect impacts are difficult to be quantified. Because of higher levels of
uncertainties, these impacts cannot normally be assessed over a long time horizon. An
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EIA practitioner usually can only guess as to what such induced impacts may be and the
possible extent of their implications on the environmental factors. Respective EAC may
exercise their discretion on a case-by-case basis for considering the induced impacts.
2.9 Significance of Impacts
This TGM establishes the significance of impacts first and proceeds to delineate the
associated mitigation measures. So the significance here reflects the ‘worst-case
scenario’ before mitigation is applied, and therefore provides an understanding of what
may happen if mitigation fails or is not as effective as predicted. For establishing
significance of different impacts, understanding the responses and interaction of the
environment system is essential. Hence, the impact interactions and pathways are to be
understood and established first. Such an understanding will help in the assessment
process to quantify the impact as accurately as possible. Complex interactions,
particularly in case of certain indirect or cumulative impacts, may give rise to non-linear
responses which are often difficult to understand and therefore their significance is
difficult to assess. It is hence understood that indirect or cumulative impacts are more
complex than the direct impacts. Currently the impact assessments are limited to direct
impacts. In case mitigation measures are delineated before determining significance of
the effect, the significance represents the residual effects.
However, the ultimate objective of an EIA is to achieve sustainable development. The

development process shall invariably cause some residual impacts even after
implementing an EMP effectively. Environmentalists today are faced with a vital, not-
easy-to-answer question—“What is the tolerable level of environmental impact within the
sustainable development framework?” As such, it has been recognized that every
ecosystem has a threshold for absorbing deterioration and a certain capacity for self-
regeneration. These thresholds based on concept of carrying capacity are as follows:
Waste emissions from a project should be within the assimilative capacity of the local
environment to absorb without unacceptable degradation of its future waste
absorptive capacity or other important services.
Harvest rates of renewable resource inputs should be within the regenerative capacity
of the natural system that generates them; depletion rates of non-renewable inputs
should be equal to the rate at which renewable substitutes are developed by human
invention and investment.
The aim of this model is to curb over-consumption and unacceptable environmental
degradation. But because of limitation in available scientific basis, this definition
provides only general guidelines for determining the sustainable use of inputs and
outputs. To establish the level of significance for each identified impact, a three-stage
analysis may be referred:
First, an impact is qualified as being either negative or positive.

Second, the nature of impacts such as direct, indirect, or cumulative is determined
using the impact network
Third, a scale is used to determine the severity of the effect; for example, an impact is
of low, medium, or high significance.
It is not sufficient to simply state the significance of the effect. This determination must
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must be described in the methodology section of the report. There are many recognized
methodologies to determine the significance of effects.
2.9.1 Criteria/methodology to determine the significance of the identified

impacts
The criteria can be determined by answering some questions regarding the factors
affecting the significance. This will help the EIA stakeholders, the practitioner, in
particular, to determine the significance of the identified impacts eventually. Typical
examples of such factors (one approach reported by Duval and Vonk 1994) include the
following:
Exceedance of a threshold: Significance may increase if a threshold is exceeded. e.g.,

Emissions PM10 exceed the permissible threshold.
Effectiveness of mitigation: Significance may increase as the effectiveness of
mitigation measures decreases. e.g., control technologies, which may not assure
consistent compliance to the requirements.
Size of study area: Significance may increase as the zone of effects increases
Incremental contribution of Effects from Action under Review: Significance may
increase as the relative contribution of an action increases.
Relative contribution of effects of other actions: Significance may decrease as the
significance of nearby larger actions increase.
Relative rarity of species: Significance may increase as a species becomes
increasingly rare or threatened.
Significance of local effects: Significance may increase as the significance of local
effects is high.
Magnitude of change relative to natural background variability: Significance may
decrease if effects are within natural assimilative capacity or variability.
Creation of induced actions: Significance may increase as a induced activities also
highly significant and
Degree of existing disturbance: Significance may increase if the surrounding
environment is pristine.
For determining significance of impacts, it is important to remember that secondary and
higher order effects can also occur as a result of a primary interaction between a project
activity and the local environment. Wherever a primary effect is identified, the
practitioner should always think if secondary or tertiary effects on other aspects of the
environment could also arise.
The EIA should also consider the effects that could arise from the project due to induced
developments, which take place as a consequence of the project. Ex. Population density
and associated infrastructure and jobs for people attracted to the area by the project. It
also requires consideration of cumulative effects that could arise from a combination of
the effects due to other projects with those of other existing or planned developments in
the surrounding area. So the necessity to formulate a qualitative checklist is suggested to
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3.
COMMON EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS
3.1 Introduction
Inorder to minimize environmental pollution due to the small and medium-scale

industries, cleaner production technologies and formation of waste minimization circles
are being encouraged in India. Besides, collective treatment at a centralized facility,
known as the CETP is considered as a viable treatment solution, to overcome the
constraints associated with effluent treatment in small to medium enterprises.
Till 1990, only one CETP at Jeedimetla, Hyderabad was in operation. In 1991, the
Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government of India initiated an innovative
financial support scheme for CETPs to ensure the growth of the small and medium
entrepreneurs (SMEs) in an environmentally compatible manner. The provision of the
scheme for fund support is as follows:
State Government subsidy- 25% of the project capital cost

Central government matching grants-25%
Loans from financial institutions- 30% of the project capital cost, and
Contribution from the SMEs- 20% of the project capital cost
While this scheme is designed for an initial period of 10 years, considering the need,
extended further. Besides, the MoEF, the Ministry of Commerce and other funding
schemes supported in establishment of new and augmentation of the existing CETPs.
The concept of CETP was adopted as a way to achieve end-of-the-pipe treatment of

combined wastewater to avail the benefit of scale of operation. In addition, the CETP
also facilitates in reduction of number of discharge points in an industrial estate for better
enforcement and also to make available the skilled man power for proper treatment of
effluent.
A total of 130 CETPs have come-up in the country, either established or in the process of
establishment, to cater to the needs of the industrial clusters/group of industries. Of
which, 91 CETPs are in operation. The status of zone-wise CETPs in the country is given
in Table: 3-1.
Table 3-1: Zone-wise Status of CETPs in India
Zone Number of CETPs
Northern Zone (UP – 3, Haryana – 1, Punjab –2, Delhi 16

– 10 complete, 2under construction, 3 kept in abeyance
Western Zone (Gujarat – 19, Maharashtra – 12) 31
Eastern Zone (WB-1) 1
Central Zone (Rajasthan – 5, MP- 1) 6
South Zone (T.N – 33, AP – 2, Karnataka – 2) 37
Source: CPCB (Year 2006)

Common Effluent Treatment Plants
Advantages of CETPs
facilitates ‘economy of scale’ in waste treatment, thereby reducing the cost of
pollution abatement for individual SMEs
addresses the ‘lack of space’ issue – CETP can be planned in advance to ensure that
adequate space is available including plans for expansion in future
homogenization of wastewater
relatively better hydraulic stability
professional control over treatment can be affordable
facilitates small scale units, which often can not internalize the externalities due to
control of pollution
eliminates multiple discharges in the area, provides opportunity for better
enforcement i.e., proper treatment and disposal
provides opportunity to improve the recycling and reuse possibilities
facilitates better organization of treated effluent and sludge disposal etc.
Problems and constraints

Consistency in compliance to the prescribed standards by the CETPs is constrained by
many reasons, such as:
operating on ‘one-size-fits-all-basis’
lack of access to capital investments, working capitals, specialized technical skills,
inconsistent effluent quality from member industries
improper management of treatment units at common facility
varied nature and scale of the industries, along with the addition of industries in a
haphazard manner, without proper planning
no provision to tackle the fluctuations in the pollution load and quantities, at
individual member industries
no separate treatment units to deal with hazardous and toxic effluents, etc.
CETPs serving similar kind of industries will have greater operational ease due to their
similar nature of characteristics, which will also facilitate in choosing the right treatment
scheme with greater certainty. Whereas, the CETPs serving effluents from heterogeneous
industries require greater knowledge and skill for consistent compliance to the prescribed
standards.
3.2 Planning of CETPs
Establishment of CETP requires a proper planning inorder to avoid the shortfallls as

discussed in previous Section. Sequence of steps in planning for CETPs is shown in
Figure 3-1.

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Figure 3-1: Planning Process of a CETP
Factors, which influence the proper planning and operation of the CETPs include
following:
i) categories of effluent generating member industries

ii) qualitative/quantitative fluctuations of effluent (equalization/ homogenization /
modules)
iii) pre-treatment requirements
iv) segregation of effluent streams at individual member industry
v) collection and monitoring mechanism
vi) treatability choice of technology and bio degradability, interferences
vii) mode of disposal; and
viii) charging system
Each of the above factors is discussed in subsequent sections.

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3.2.1 Categories of effluent generating industries
Treatability of mixed effluent streams generated from various types of industries is a

complex issue in respect providing a treatment scheme and for its operation. CETPs can
be classified based on the combination of industries that it serves i.e.
those serving homogenous industries (textiles, tanneries, etc.) – all member industries
falls in same industry sector and involves in similar operations; and
those serving heterogeneous industries including chemical industries
While for homogeneous industries, the quantitative and qualitative fluctuations may be in
the predictable range due to similar process operations, the heterogeneous industries
demand a greater flexibility with respect to the treatment units to handle wide range of
such fluctuations.
As such, a detailed inventory of the member industries is an essential first step in the
process of planning a CETP to understand the nature of operations and likely constituents
of the effluent.
Wastewater inventory
Before proposing a new CETP, a wastewater inventory has to be developed. This process
involves:
identifying the potential users of CETP, their type and number of industries in the
geographic area
identifying the type (organic/inorganic/toxic) and volume of wastewater generation
likely to generate (concentrated/dilute, etc.)
estimating future waste loads on CETP – helps in designing the plant capacity on a
modular basis
identifying treatment options – examining the compatibility and identifying the
treatment options
evaluating cleaner technologies – recommending changes in the raw material,
manufacturing process, reducing waste generation, etc., in individual member
industries, in order to facilitate smooth functioning of CETPs
The inventory may be broadly classified into dry inventory; and wet inventory (involves
sampling), and are discussed as follows:
Dry inventory: The dry inventory refers to the collection of information through
questionnaire survey w.r.t. raw materials used, intermediates and final products, water use
profile, wastewater generation, likely characteristics, proposed pre-treatment etc. While
forwarding the questionnaire, industry may furnish the use of specific chemicals which
are normally less or non-biodegradable and are likely to interfere with biological
treatment system. Once the data is compiled, an interaction meet with prospective
industries will facilitate the acquisition of remaining information/data gaps, if any,
including specific characteristics, volumes, frequency of discharges, product change
patterns, predictable/ unpredictable volumes, etc., which also facilitates a comparison
with similar kind of industries, where possible, as a reliability check.
Wet inventory: Grab and composite samples are collected (from the existing units) and
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The treatment of industrial wastewaters to meet the ultimate discharge standards for given
specific mode of disposal, often requires segregation of wastewater streams at source
(individual industry level); and grouping of the streams based on their compatibility and
in consultation with the CETP management, in order to stream line the treatment schemes
and their operation to the desired efficiencies.
Wet inventory specifically aims at the wastewater streams which can not be mixed with
the conventional biological treatment and to specifically design the additional treatment
requirements either at central facility or at the individual unit based on techno-economic
considerations.
Most of the CETPs, which are located in and around metros/cities are availing sewage for
either enhancing treatability or dilution - often both. (Specifically facilitates in respect of
COD and TDS).
The emerging treatment technologies and combination of treatment options offer

flexibility to treat various pollutants of higher concentration. Therefore, CETP inlet
standards shall be based on the designed inlet concentrations. Often retro-fitting
centralized treatment facilities for additional specific pollutants such as ammonical
nitrogen treatment, is a prudent option, than control many individual member industries.
3.2.2 Qualitative/quantitative fluctuations of effluent
Quantitative fluctuations specify the volume of equalization tank. Besides, modular

design of effluent treatment plant (ETP) is an important aspect for proper handling of
varying hydraulic load (frequent product changes-corresponding hydraulic loads, etc.).
Qualitative fluctuations specify/correct the capacity of holding/equalization tanks to

homogenize the influent characteristics or to avoid shock loads.
A. Quantity of effluent
The effluent quantity can be assessed based on the product details furnished by the
individual industry with a comparison from literature values or from the water balance
submitted by individual industry to SPCB in their consent application. Also, while
arriving at the size of the CETP w.r.t. flow, the various unit operations considered shall
be sized and layout is prepared to add additional units in future depending on the
projected growth rate of the specific (type/nature) industries in the region.
B. Flow rate
Flow rate is important in determining the size of CETP. Minimum and maximum flows
should be computed as they decide the hydraulic computations and the size of pipe
distribution. Anticipated future increase should also be incorporated. Temporal flow
variations require use of equalization ponds to allow a constant flow rate through
downstream processes. Mixing of wastewaters including sewage often helps in reducing
concentration of the pollutants on treatment processes.
C. Effluent characteristics
Analysis of effluent characteristics to determine the units in a treatment process scheme is
a critical step. Effluent characteristics, which are of importance in the design of CETP
can be grouped into physical and chemical characteristics.
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i. Physical characteristics of the effluent
Temperature – Observation of temperature of effluents is useful in indicating the

solubility of oxygen which affects oxygen transfer capacity of aeration equipments
and rate of biological activity.
Colour and odour – Indicates the colloidal portion and need for specific treatments
chemical/membrane units.
Total and volatile suspended solids - Total solids include both the suspended solids
and the dissolved solids which are obtained by separating the solid and liquid phase
by evaporation.
− Suspended solids are a combination of settleable solids and non-settleable solids,
which are usually determined by filtering a wastewater sample through a glass
fiber filter contained in a Gooch crucible or through a membrane filter. Settleable
solids are those which usually settle in sedimentation tanks during a normal
detention period. This fraction is determined by measuring the volume of sludge
in the bottom of an Imhoff cone after one hour of settling.
− Solids remaining after evaporation or filtration are dried, weighed, and then
ignited. The loss of weight by ignition at 500°C±50 °C is a measure of the
volatile solids, which are classed as organic material. The remaining solids are
the fixed solids, which are considered as inorganic (mineral) matter. The
suspended solids associated with volatile fraction are termed volatile suspended
solids (VSS), and the suspended solids associated with the mineral fraction are
termed fixed suspended solids (FSS).
ii. Chemical characteristics of effluents
pH - The biological treatment units at CETP are sensitive to pH of the effluent. Thus,
it carries high importance. Besides, acidic effluents cause corrosion related problems
also.
Carbonaceous substrates - Carbonaceous constituents are measured by BOD, COD or
TOC analysis. While the BOD has been the common parameter to characterize
carbonaceous material in wastewater, COD is becoming more common in most
current comprehensive computer simulation design models.
− The BOD test gives a measure of oxygen utilized by bacteria during the oxidation
of organic material contained in a wastewater sample. The test is based on the
premise that all the biodegradable organic material contained in the wastewater
sample will be oxidized to CO2 and H2O, using molecular oxygen as the electron
acceptor. Hence, it is a direct measure of oxygen requirements and an indirect
measure of biodegradable organic matter.
− The COD test is based on the principle that most organic compounds are oxidized
to CO2 and H2O by strong oxidizing agents under acidic conditions. COD will
always be equal or higher than BOD, as the test is under strong oxidizing agent,
which oxidizes to greater extent, including inorganics.
− Total organic carbon (TOC): The total carbon analyzer allows a total soluble
carbon analysis to be made directly on an aqueous sample. In many cases, TOC
can be correlated with COD and occasionally with BOD values. As the time
required for carbon analysis is generally short, such co-relations are extremely
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Toxic metals and compounds - Some heavy metals and compounds such as
chromium, copper, etc., will determine the precipitation of biological treatment.
Various considerations will determine the choice of treatment.
3.2.3 Waste minimization
An important aspect of waste management is waste minimization. In other words, rather

than attempting to treat the wastes as they are produced, maximum efforts can be made in
avoiding, minimizing and/or using the byproducts. The basic principles of waste
minimization considering the order of acceptability are as follows.
Avoiding or eliminating the production of waste – can be carried out by choosing an

alternative process when designing a production unit.
Reduction and minimization of waste within the industry – can be achieved by
considering all the processes and activities which may lead to production of waste.
3.2.4 Pre-treatment requirements
In initial times, CETPs were mere sinks of raw effluents from the industries and suffered
lack of discipline in pre-treatment at the industries, scientific understanding of complex
characteristics of collection, segregation and corresponding treatability studies of waste
streams, particularly where varieties of products were manufactured in member
industries. Therefore, inlet effluent standards were brought in with an understanding that
suspended solids and biodegradable matter will be removed at CETP facilities.
Any biological system warrants consistency in influent quality. Therefore, additional pre-
treatment facilities may be established at CETP premise or individual industries may be
asked to send only those effluents, which can be treated at the CETP. In any case, the
effluent from the individual industries shall meet the requirement of the collection system
protection specifications (pipeline/tankers). Therefore, in case of heterogeneous
industrial complexes, pre-treatment is a more reliable relief, in operation & maintenance
(O&M) of CETP. But poor managerial and monitoring control, in the initial stages of
establishment of CETPs, lead to exploitation of common facilities by the member
industries, resulting in poor performance of CETPs.
Pre-treatment standards - Effluent from industrial processes requires some form of pre-
treatment prior to sending the effluents for further treatment at CETP. This is mainly
required when wastewater is carried through gravity lines to minimize corrosion &
clogging; and to prevent reductions in biological treatment process efficiency due to toxic
constituents.
Pre-treatment standards for sulphides, sulphates and pH are concerned with preventing
corrosion of concrete parts in gravity pipes and also the anaerobic conditions leading to
the formation of hydrogen sulphide leading to the fire accidents. Limits for the discharge
of oil, grease, grit and heavy sediments are prescribed inorder to prevent clogging of
pipelines. Limits to heavy metals and toxic organics would ensure proper performance of
biological treatment and minimize accumulation of contaminants in residual sludge.
Standards are prescribed for inlet effluent quality as well as treated effluent quality for
CETPs. The inlet effluent standards are given in the table 3-2.

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Table 3-2: Inlet Effluent Quality Standards for CETPs
Parameter Concentration
pH 5.5 - 9.0
Temperature (oC) 45.0
Oil and grease 20.0
Cyanide (as CN) 2.0
Ammoniacal nitrogen(as N) 50.0
Phenolic compounds (as
C6H5OH) 5.0
Hexavalent Chromium 2.0
Total chromium 2.0
Copper 3.0
Nickel 3.0
Zinc 15.0
Lead 1.0
Arsenic 0.2
Mercury 0.01
Cadmium 1.0
Selenium 0.05
Fluoride 15.0
Boron 2.0
Radioactive Materials
Alfa emitters, Hc/ml 10-7
Beta emitters, Hc/ml 10-8
Source: Guidelines for management, operation and
maintenance of common effluent treatment plants,
CPCB publications, programme objective series:
problems/81/2001-2002
Note:
1. These standards apply to the small-scale industries, i.e. total discharge up to 25 kld
2. For each CETP and its constituent units, the state Board will prescribe standards as per the
local needs and conditions; these can be more stringent than those prescribed above. However, in
case of clusters of units, the State Board with the concurrence of CPCB in writing may prescribe
suitable limits.
3.2.5 Segregation of effluent streams at the individual member industry
Effluent streams could be broadly segregated for combining appropriately, based on their
suitability for a specific treatment choice. A typical model approach for segregation of
streams is given in Figure 3-2 and choice of treatment options based on the segregation
streams is discussed in section 3.2.7.2.

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Figure 3-2: Categories of Effluent Streams
3.2.5.1 Segregation of effluent streams in synthetic organic chemical

industry
When the member industries of CETP comprise of chemical industries or multiple

industrial categories, the complexity w.r.t the O&M is high and thus demands specific
skills. It has been largely felt that the member industries need to have qualitative
assessment of their effluent streams and must segregate the effluent generated into the
following streams:
highly inorganic streams (TDS)

highly concentrated effluents/non-degradable/toxics
mixed (organic & inorganic) streams
As discussed earlier, the treatment envisaged at CETP is primarily for the separation of
suspended solids and organic matter through biological treatment systems (pre-treatment
standards refer to just this expectation). Therefore, only those streams which can be
treated at CETPs may be sent and others require specific treatment at the individual
industry level. In other words, additional treatment either at CETP or at individual
member industries is required. An example of effluent segregation and corresponding
treatment in a synthetic organic chemical unit is shown in Figure.3-3..
If such segregation is not practiced at the individual-member-industry-level, effluent

treatment at common treatment facilities gets complicated with only primary and
secondary (biological) treatment facilities (general condition of effluent standards for
CETP inlet).

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Figure 3-3: Effluent stream-specific choice of treatment: A model case study
3.2.5.2 Segregation of effluent streams in tanneries
CETPs serving tanneries are unable to comply with the TDS standard of 2100 milligrams
per litre (mg/l) with existing treatment units in the CETP. In general, only double-stage
biological treatment system is provided if the industries are involved in processing of
leather/skin/hide from raw to finish. If the processing is from semi-synthetic to synthetic,
single-stage biological treatment units are provided. With these treatment systems, TDS
could not be brought down to the prescribed standard. The diagram shown below
illustrates the cause for consistent violation w.r.t. the TDS parameter.

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Figure 3-4: Sources and Treatment of TDS in Tanneries
In general, wastewater from soaking and pickling is collected separately and sent to the
solar evaporation ponds. In case of chrome tanning, the wastewater is sent to the chrome
recovery and then sent to the solar evaporation ponds. All other wastewater streams are
sent to the ETP/CETPs. The diagram is constructed based on the prevailing
concentrations and volume of wastewater per tonne of hides/skin processing. The
diagram reveals that for each tonne of hides/skin processing, about 100 kilograms (kg) of
TDS is in excess of what is desired through the standard. Therefore, the options would be
to explore cleaner technologies in the member industries and/or providing terminal TDS
separation technologies. The influencing factors include following:
segregation of soak, pickle and chrome liquors at source

adopted waste minimization / cleaner technologies at member industries (desalting,
enzymatic unhairing, green flushing, use of better quality chemicals etc., Reycling/
reuse of wash liquor after liming/de-liming, counter current soaking etc.)
pre-treatment for floating and readily settleable solids
capacity utilization of CETPs – mostly under loaded
treatment units
physico-chemical treatment- quality of lime and alum
type and efficiency of equipment used in treatment (ejectors vs. floating aerators,
fixed vs. diffused aeration system; sludge dewatering by chamber filter press vs.
sludge drying beds)
O&M of CETP – tanners themselves - personnel, power, chemical, etc.
skilled manpower

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3.2.5.3 Segregation of effluent streams in Textile Industry
The wet operations in textile units include scouring, bleaching and dyeing processes. As
these processes involve handling of considerable amounts of salts, the effluent exert high
TDS besides organics. CETPs carry out physico-chemical treatment using lime, ferrous
sulphate, polyelectrolyte for colour removal and thus generating sizeable quantities of
lime sludge. Thus, the colour is removed but neither TDS nor BOD are removed.
Effluent from textile industries can be classified into two sets, i.e., dye-bath effluent (in
general 10% of the total quantity of effluents) and other washings. Considering this
distinct qualitative variation, following scheme is adopted for recovery of salts, water and
management of rejects by evaporation to achieve zero discharge. The schemes adopted
include, nano-filtration for recovery of salts (colour-free sodium chloride [NaCl] with
more or less same concentration of the feed) from the dye-bath effluents; recovery of
water from the effluent and rejects management by the multiple effective evaporator
(MEE).
Figure 3-5: Wastewater Characteristics-Specific Treatment Options
3.2.6 Conveyance system
Conveyance system plays an essential role in cost-effectiveness of the treatment besides

ease in plant operations. Prevailing modes of collection of effluents from individual
industries to CETP are as follows
Tankers
Pipes
Open channels
Combination of the above

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Each of the above modes of transport has some advantages and disadvantages. The
choice of the conveyance system shall be based on topography of the area, nature of
effluent to be conveyed, location of treatment plant in the area and the cost.
The collection and transportation system is one which cannot be easily and economically
expanded at a later stage (unlike treatment and disposal system). Therefore, the collection
system has to be provided with adequate spare capacity to meet future requirements. On
the other hand, if collection system is erected in early stages of development (provided
with extra capacity for future requirements), lot of money gets blocked without much
return. Secondly, since the system would be over designed with respect to the present
flow, settling of suspended solids may occur within the piping systems. In such
situations, conveyance of effluent by tankers may be a better choice. At many places,
topography of the area may permit use of only tanker conveyance system.
Tankers
If the industrial estate is in early stage of development and accommodates mostly small
scale industries, tankers are probably the best alternative. Moreover, over short distances
a tanker system may be cheaper than other systems. The design elements of this tanker
system include selection of container material which suits all types of wastes to be
transported, choosing types and sizes of vehicles that are suitable for the transport routes,
choosing the number of vehicles and developing safe operating procedures for handling
hazardous materials. Tankers are more reliable in terms of ensuring the quality, but
causes traffic and related impacts, long waiting of tankers till the effluent quality
conforms to the influent quality, illegal disposals, etc.
Piping system
This option would be feasible in case of homogeneous member industries. Transfer of

pre-treated wastewater by underground piping network from individual industry is
practical when participating firms are located close to the CETP. Piping system is
especially suitable where all the individual units are located close to each other or when
the industrial estate is completely developed and fully occupied with industrial units.
Design of the piping system for CETP requires attention to the sulphide and sulphate
content in the inlet effluent in order to prevent corrosion of pipes. Selection of pipes and
joints must be done considering the anticipated pressure of influent flow and properties.
In case of gravity pipelines, provision of manholes of suitable size at every 30 metre (m)
interval and at directional changes will help in cleaning / maintenance.
However, in this system, each individual industry has to make provision for storage of
pre-treated effluents in their premises with sufficient detention time and locking
arrangement.
Open channel system
Open channel system is vulnerable for rainwater entry and may impose excessive
loadings on treatment plant during rainy season. Open channels covered with concrete
generally turn out to be economical as compared to sewers.
A combination of these three systems may be adopted in actual practice depending on

local conditions e.g., open channel with factory premises, tanker conveyance up to
terminal pumping station and terminal pumping station to CETP by pumping system.
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If the industrial estate is divided into many phases or blocks, individual collection system
and collection sump can be designed for each phase or block. The wastewater can then be
pumped from these collection tanks to a main tank for onward conveyance.
Final design of a collection network takes into consideration the topography, undulations,
road alignments, flow characteristics, groundwater table, infiltration, flushing
requirements, appurtenances, etc.
3.2.7 Treatability and choice of technology
3.2.7.1 Treatability
Treatability studies are conducted to facilitate in characterizing the physical, chemical and
biological nature of the liquid waste streams of interest and devise effective, economical
ways to treat and manage such wastewater to meet the regulatory criteria for safe disposal
and for reuse.
Based on the stream-wise chemical composition, and the data provided by the member
industries, CETP promoter/ operator has to conduct the treatability studies to determine
the specific treatment and recycling technologies as well as to arrive at the capital and
operational costs.
Objectives of the treatability studies include:
− converting the chemical composition of the wastewaters into environmental

parameters to understand the nature of the effluent.
− conceptualizing the possible treatment schemes by conducting lab-scale studies to
support the hypothesis in respect of the conceptual treatment scheme and also to
arrive the operating parameters.
3.2.7.2 Choice of technologies
Based on characteristics, the appropriate technologies can be identified to arrive at the

probable combination of treatment technologies in a treatment scheme. One such
guidance matrix is as follows:
Table 3-3: Wastewater Characteristics – Specific Treatment Options
Combination Quality of Effluent Treatment options
High TDS, and high Waste is not easily Thermal decomposition (based on
COD and biodegradable but toxic calorific value)
equivalently high
Chemical oxidation by hydrogen
BOD
peroxide, ozone etc.
Evaporation + secured landfill
High TDS, High May be toxic; not Chemical treatment (recovery,
COD and high suitable for biological precipitation etc.)
difference between treatment; mostly
Evaporation + secured landfill of
COD and BOD inorganic salts
evaporated residue

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Combination Quality of Effluent Treatment options
High TDS, high Highly organic effluent Anaerobic + Aerobic treatment

BOD and low fully biodegradable
If quantity is less, incineration (based
difference between
on calorific value) + secure landfill
COD & BOD
of incineration ash
High TDS, low Only inorganic salts, no Solar evaporation
BOD and low BOD need for biological
Forced evaporation (after separation
& COD difference treatment
of volatile organic matter)
Membrane technologies
Low TDS, and high Highly organic effluent, Thermal decomposition
COD and may not be easily
Chemical oxidation by hydrogen
equivalently high biodegradable
peroxide or ozone or sodium hypo-
BOD
chlorite etc.
Chemical + biological treatment
Low TDS, High Highly inorganic Chemical recovery
COD and high effluent, not suitable
Chemical oxidation + biological
difference between for biological treatment
treatment
COD and BOD
Low TDS, high Organic effluent, fully Anaerobic + aerobic treatment
BOD and low biodegradable
difference between
COD & BOD
Low TDS, low Low organic and low Recycle and reuse (after preliminary
BOD and low BOD inorganic effluent treatment)
& COD difference
The approach to provide effluent treatment at low cost is an important factor to be

considered and depends on appropriate designs which are diverse in nature and scale of
operations. Typically for small scale units, low capital investment, and lower O&M costs
for treatment, are the prime factors. Considering these factors,
mechanical and chemical processes are more prefarable to reduce the suspended solid
concentration in effluents before biological treatment
UASB (one of the anaerobic techniques) with less hydraulic retention and less space
requirement can be one of the possible options.
in order to obviate the need of excessive civil work at CETP in making huge
equalization and settling units, the member units can be provided with settling and
neutralization of their individual waste.
to minimize the electrical cost, the possibility of substituting bio-energy should be
explored to the extent possible.
proper management of sludge with its nutritive value would mobilize resources to
substitute the operational cost, especially from secondary biological treatment.
to reduce down-time for maintenance during design of the plant, less manpower with
high technical skills would be an added advantage.

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3.2.7.3 Vulnerability to shock loads
The general practice is to receive wastewater in neutral state as there will not be any
problem in the receiving section. Alternately, if planned at the design stage to receive
acidic wastes and provide for neutralization, the sump should be provided with acid
resistant bricks and not tiles; also they should provide brick on edge preferably in two
lengths in a zigzag position so that no two joints come at one point. It is advisable to use
CSNL liquid for joining to have longer life. In case of highly alkaline wastes, the
concrete or metal surfaces should be coated with coal tar epoxy or better with FRP with
mat reinforcement. Further, it is always advisable to use caustic for reducing the pH and
dilute sulphuric acid for increasing the pH for ease and safety of storage, handling and
operations, if they do not pose problem in subsequent treatment units and/or in
compliance.
To avoid the shock loads, key characteristics of wastewater must be considered in

designing CETPs which include flow rate, physical, chemical, and biological
characteristics of the wastewater. Wastewater flow, commonly expressed as cubic metres
per day (m3/day), determines the size of the CETP. Minimum and maximum flow rates
should be estimated as precisely as possible because they affect hydraulic computations
and sizing of channels and distribution pipes. Design flows should also incorporate
anticipated future upgrades. Large temporal flow variations (e.g., inflow/infiltration
response to rainfall) may require use of equalization tanks to allow a constant or nearly
constant flow rate through the downstream treatment processes. Benefit of equalization
tanks is to reduce the effect of toxic shock on treatment processes caused by accidental
releases of toxic substances. This reduction is accomplished by blending wastewater with
lower concentrations in the equalization tank.
3.2.7.4 Wastewater treatment
Industrial wastewater operations can range from pre-treatment to full-scale treatment

processes. In a typical pre-treatment facility, process and/or sanitary wastewater and/or
stormwater runoff is collected, equalized, and/or neutralized and then discharged to a
wastewater treatment plant with specific characteristics like TDS, COD, NH4 – N, etc.,
where it is then typically treated further.
Wastewater treatment can be divided into four/five major categories or steps based on
design, and O&M:
Segregation at source of generation as explained earlier Sections.

Preliminary treatment - It involves a number of unit processes to eliminate
undesirable characteristics of wastewater. Processes include use of screen, grit
chambers for removal of sand and large particles, communitors for grinding of coarse
solids, pre-aeration for odour control and removal of oil and grease.
Primary treatment- It involves removal of settable solids prior to biological treatment.
The general treatment units include: flash mixer + flocculator + sedimentation
Secondary treatment- It involves purification of wastewater primarily with dissolved
organic matter by microbial action. A number of processes are available but the ones
that are mainly used are anaerobic and /or aerobic treatment methods.
Tertiary treatment - This mainly includes physical and chemical treatment processes
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Design of the actual treatment system for a CETP involves selection of alternative
processes based on the requirement/ability of individual treatment processes to remove
specific waste constituents.
Various technologies available for treating industrial wastewater are given in the
following table.
Table 3-4: Industrial Wastewater Treatment Schemes
PRECISE DESCRIPTION
Preliminary Treatment
Screening It is adopted to remove floating matter and shall be provided at the
intake point
Grit Removal Used when WWTP has to deal with rainwater which normally
entrains a considerable amount of sand
Oil and grease Oil and grease are skimmed-off by passing the waste water through
removal skimming tank. This process can be rendered more efficient by
dissolved air flotation or vacuum flotation
Primary Treatment
Equalization Applicable for wastewaters having different characteristics at
different intervals of time and where uniform treatment is required
Each unit volume of waste is mixed thoroughly with other unit
volumes of other wastes to produce homogeneous and equalized
effluent
Gives better mixing of different unit volumes of effluents
Neutralization Applicable for highly acidic and highly alkaline effluents
Acidic effluents may be neutralized by treatment with lime or lime
slurry or caustic soda
Alkaline waste may be neutralized by treatment with acids
Sedimentation Separation of suspended particles by gravitational settling and
floating material
Clarifies collected rainwater from solid content (sand or dust)
Clarifies wastewater from inert contents (sand or comparable
particles)
Clarifies wastewater from reaction material (emulsified metal
compounds, polymers and their monomers)
Separates heavy metals or other dissolved components after
preceding flocculation process
Removes suspended solids in the primary clarifier
Removes biological sludge in secondary clarifier of a biological
WWTP
Secondary Treatment
Aerobic Treatment

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PRECISE DESCRIPTION
Activated Applicable to all biodegradable industrial wastewater streams.
Sludge Process
The effluent from primary treatment processes are collected in
aeration tank and are aerated with mechanical devices such as fixed/
floating/diffused aeration/ oxygen injection etc.
Aerated The effluent from primary treatment processes are collected in
Lagoons lagoons and are aerated with mechanical devices such as floating/
fixed aerators.
Trickling In the trickling or percolating filter process the microorganisms are
Filters/Bio attached to a highly permeable medium through which the waste
filters water is trickled – or percolated
Trickling filters are effectively used for the treatment of industrial
waste water
Used to treat urban and some industrial wastewater
Used when effluent is highly loaded with COD
Used to upgrade an existing activated sludge plant
Sequential The operation is in sequence of “fill , aerate , settle and waste
Batch sludge and draw treated waste water but not with secondary clarifier
Reactors
(SBR )
Sub merged This technology utilizes an aerobic fixed film process that is a
Aerobic Fixed combination of submerged attached growth and activated sludge
Film reactor process. This system is designed to be installed into a two
compartment, where the first compartment provides majority of
BOD removal, and the second compartment polishes the BOD.
Rigid block-type media is submerged within the treatment module,
providing surface area for microbial growth.
Membrane Treats municipal and industrial waste water
Bioreactor
It is particularly suitable for effluents with high COD and /or
ammoniacal nitrogen loads ; envisaging recycling of waste water,
stringent discharge regulations, sensitive receiving water bodies,
sludges which are hard to settle, upgrading existing plants, compact
installations
Anaerobic Treatment
Used only as Pretreatment for waste water which is characterized by high organic load
(>2 g/l)
Applicable mostly for effluents of high BOD loads
Anaerobic Anaerobic contact process (ACP) waste water is mixed with
Contact recycled sludge and digested in a sealed reactor, the waste water /
Reactor (ACR) sludge mixture externally separated (sedimentation, or vacuum fine
screening flotation) and the supernatant discharged for further
downstream treatment.
Up flow In the UASB process, waste water is introduced at the bottom of the
Anaerobic reactor, from where it flows upward through a sludge blanket
Sludge Blanket composed of biologically formed granules or particles.
(UASB)
Fixed-bed In the fixed-bed or anaerobic filter process, waste water flows
Reactor upward or downward (depending on the solids content of the
influent) through a column with various types of solid media on

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which anaerobic micro-organisms grow and are retained
Biological Removal of Sulphur Compounds / Heavy Metals
Much lower solubility of metal sulphides compared to their hydroxides
Applicable to all waste water streams that contain a considerable amount of sulphate
Tertiary Treatment
Sand Filters Removes undissolved pollutants such as suspended solids,
undissolved phosphate and attached organics
Flexible for modifications in basic design structure to accommodate
site specific criteria.
Carbon Filters activated carbon adsorbs organics
Flexible for modifications in basic design structure to accommodate
site specific criteria.
Micro Applied when a solid free waste water for downstream facilities is
Filtration desired such as reverse osmosis or complete removal of hazardous
contaminants
Used in metal particle recovery
Used in metal plating waste water treatment
Used in sludge separation after activated sludge process in a central
biological WWTP, replacing secondary clarifier
Ultra Removes pollutants such as proteins and other macromolecular
Filtration compounds and toxic non-degradable components
Separates heavy metals after complexation or precipitation
Separates components not readily degradable in sewage treatment
effluents which are subsequently recycled to the biological stage
It is a pretreatment step prior to reverse osmosis or ion exchange
Removes SS along with attached COD as a polishing step and
avoiding secondary clarification
Retention Used to avoid hydraulic overload of downstream facilities
ponds
Separates solid pollutants (such as sediment, organic matter,
dissolved metal compounds and nutrients) from rainwater
Applied to industrial sites with highly contaminated surfaces
NanoFiltration Applied to remove larger organic molecules and multivalent ions in
order to recycle and reuse the waste water or reduce its volume
Increase the concentration of contaminants to such an extent that
subsequent destruction processes are feasible
Reverse Separates water and dissolved constituents down to ionic species
Osmosis (RO)
It is applied when a high purity water is required
The segregated water phase is recycled and reused such as
desalination, final removal of degradable components if biological
treatment is not available, heavy metals, toxic components and
segregation of pollutants with the aim of concentrating or further
processing

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PRECISE DESCRIPTION
It is often used in combination with post treatment techniques for the

permeate
Ion Exchange Applied to remove unwanted ionic and ionisable species from waste
water
Its greatest value lies in recovery potential
It recovers rinse water and process chemicals
Examples:
Heavy metal ions – cationic or anionic, e.g. Cr3+ or cadmium and its
compounds, with low feed concentrations
Ionisable inorganic compounds, such as H3BO3
Soluble, ionic or ionisable organic compounds, e.g. carboxylic acids,
sulphonic acids, some phenols, amines as acid salt, quaternary
amines, alkylsulphates and organic mercury can be removed.
Ion Exchange is the removal of undesired or hazardous ionic
constituents of waste water and their replacement by more
acceptable ions from an ion exchange resin, where they are
temporarily retained and afterwards released into a regeneration or
backwashing liquid.
Evaporation It is applicable to remove or concentrate inorganics
Figure 3-6: Typical Collection and Preliminary Treatment at CETP

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Figure 3-7: Typical Chemical Dosing Process Flowchart
Figure 3-8: Typical Primary Treatment Flowchart

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Figure 3-9: Anaerobic Treatment Flowchart
Figure 3-10: Typical Biological Treatment Flowchart

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Figure 3-11: Typical Tertiary Treatment
PSF- Pressurized Solution Feed, ACF- Activated Carbon Filters, RO-Reverse Osmosis
MEE- Multiple Effect Evaporator
Figure 3-12: Typical Sludge Handling Flowchart

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3.2.8 Modes of disposal
The disposal modes for treated effluents from a CETP’s are as follows:
Surface water bodies

On land for irrigation
Marine outfall
Public sewers
Local conditions, topography etc. of a given location, determines the cost effective
disposal option. Disposal mode-specific treated effluent standards are available i.e. for
discharge into surface water bodies, for on land treatment and for marine disposal. Fore
discharge in to public sewers, the general standards for discharge of effluents may be
referred.
Disposal of Sludge
Availing CETP sludge for agricultural use is acceptable, only when it is free from
hazardous constituents. The primary sludge in general due to its constituents, falls under
the purview of regulatory provisions, for proper disposal into TSDF. The secondary
sludge from biological treatment predominantly contains nutrients, thus could be availed
as manure, especially for dry land or forest disposal at controlled rates, as long as the
concentrations fo the constituents are within the acceptable ranges. This has to be studied
on a case-to-case basis and with the permission from the regulatory bodies. Both primary
and secondary sludge will have to be dewatered to reduce the amount of sludge. Any
sludge suspected of still containing hazardous material will be disposed of in proper
TSDF, after required analysis and if further required, needs stabilization prior to land
disposal.
3.2.9 Cost analysis
The cost estimates (capital and O&M) for all the treatment options and annual estimates
may be assessed. In general, treatment costs would include regular collection and
treatment charges. To ensure financial flow and stability, certain portion of the equity
shall be collected from the member industry, as a non-refundable membership charge.
Often a regulatory mechanism shall be established to check the defaulting member
industries in respect of payment. The attributes to be considered for cost calculations
include following:
A) Capital Cost
Land
Process know-how
Equipment and electrical
Civil including administrative building and process units and internal roads and / or
approaches
Stand-by DG Sets
Piping (preferably HDPE of suitable pressure rating)
Instrumentation (plant) such as
− flow meters (at entry, to Aeration tanks and outlet)
− D.O. meters in aeration tanks
− TOC meter
− TDS meter
− VOC meter, etc., as required by SPCB
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Laboratory equipment for analysis including instrumental analysis

Piping in the industrial estate or for tankers
B) Operational Cost
Power (state electricity Board and Diesel for stand-by DG Sets)

Fresh drinking water / bore water for chemical solution preparation
Transportation charges of effluent if planned to collect by gravity after collection of
sample and analysis or road tankers
Sewage water charges (if provided)
Plant maintenance and repairs
− Mechanical
− Electrical
− Instruments
Sludge disposal charges
Laboratory chemicals and glassware
Plant process chemicals (consumables) like lime, alum, poly electrolyte, etc.
Effluent and sludge analysis charges by external agency once in 6 months by a MoEF
approved laboratory for comparison with in-house analysis
Electrical spares
Mechanical spares
Consultancy charges (if required)
R&D activity expenditure
C) Administrative and others
Salaries and benefits

Overtime
Auditors charges
Bonus, medical and other benefits
3.3 Hazards and Concerns in Wastewater Treatment Facilities
3.3.1 Hazards
Several hazards may endanger the treatment plant, health and safety of workers and may
cause danger to the surrounding environment. These hazards are as follows and discussed
in the following sections.
Natural hazards
− Floods
− Earthquakes
− Lightening
Accidental hazards
− Fire & explosion hazards
− Electricity
− Slips, trips and falls at work
Chemical hazards
Biological hazards
Ergonomic and psychological hazards

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3.3.1.1 Natural hazards
Floods
Flooding can cause serious problems for CETPs. During high floods, the plant may be
inundated with water as CETPs are usually located in low lying areas for easy flow of
water under gravity to the plant. Also, there might be the risk of stormwater flooding in
case of the structures built underground often partially below the flood water levels.
Therefore, an analysis has to be made on flood water levels, peak hourly wastewater flow
rates, hydraulic capacity of the works and effluent pumping systems. Water levels and
flow rates in the works shall be controlled by proper systems. During flooding the most
common problems are as follows.
Power outage – Use of generators in emergency situations avoiding by passing

Lift pump failures – Inspection and servicing the lift pumps at regular intervals to
operate at peak efficiency as flow begins to rise. Availability of spare replacement
parts on hand in emergency situations
Treatment system problem
Earthquakes
CETPs are faced with extensive damage during the earthquakes. Also, the workers may
result in fatal injuries. Therefore preventive measures shall be taken before, during and
after earthquake.
Lightning
Electrical energy from lightning will flow out in all directions of lowest electrical
impedance to equalize the electrical potential. This energy may strike things on the
ground at high risk and water pipes area real good path which can damage electronic
equipment. Ensure that the building is well grounded and every conductive path is
bonded to the ground system.
3.3.1.2 Accidental hazards
Enclosed CETPs
Enclosed CETPs may cause problems associated with condensation, corrosion,

temperature control and odour emission. These problems can be alleviated by controlling
toxic, flammable gases and bio-aerosols. In particular, if ventilation is provided to dilute
hydrogen sulphide emissions and hazardous air pollutants to acceptable levels, then it
ensures that further measures to control these problems are unnecessary. However, in
some circumstances, additional ventilation may be required.
Fire and explosion hazards
Burns and explosions are mainly due to chemicals in the workplace. Flammable and
explosive chemicals lead to major accidental hazards. Therefore, to prevent fires and
explosions, special precautions must be taken before handling, sorting or transporting
these chemicals.
The flammable substance may be accidentally ignited by the following sources:

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Direct flames because of matches, cigarettes, soldering, welding or cutting torches,

Heat radiation from all sources of heat emitting radiation which may ignite a
flammable material at a distance
Electrical sparks produced from electrical current in a number of ways such as
electric arc welding, power supplies (sockets, switches, sliding contacts), electric
motors, ignition systems of internal combustion engines, lightening, generation of
static electricity between two non-conducting materials (belts on a pulley, rubber
tyres on the ground or liquids pumped or pores through pipes).
Fire fighting equipments must be used to control and/or extinguish these fires and
explosions. There are two types of fire fighting equipments – fixed and portable. Type of
flooring, leaks proof dykes, alarms at appropriate locations are significant factors to be
considered during fire fighting.
In case of enclosed works, the fire could spread rapidly endangering the lives of the
workers, damaging the treatment plant and the structures. The spread of fire and smoke
can be prevented by:
selection of surface materials with low rates of surface spread of flame and low rates
of heat production
choosing elements of the structure with specified minimum periods of fire resistance
use of non-combustible materials, wherever possible
compartmentalization of building into units of restricted floor area and capacity
protection of openings from doors, pipes, water channels. Ventilation ducts, flues
between compartments
restricting the spread of fire through hidden voids in the building
specifying construction methods for external walls and roofs and the separation
between buildings
special measures to protect spaces connecting compartments
Electricity
Fatalities can arise due to electric shocks, burns and when contacted with overhead or
underground power cables. Non fatal shocks can cause severe and permanent injuries.
Shocks from faulty equipments may lead to falls from ladders, scaffolds or any other
platforms. Poor electrical installations and faulty electrical appliances can lead to fires
which may also cause death or injury to others. Careful planning and straightforward
precautions can avoid these accidents.
Risk assessment should be carried out in order to identify the needs in handling these
hazards. Risk assessment shall include:
Identifying the possible hazards

The Receptors who would be harmed because of the hazards
Adequacy of the existing precautionary measures
Reviewing and revising the assessment from time to time
Identifying the greater risk of damage
Testing the electrical appliances regularly
After completion of risk assessment, following findings can be used for reducing the
risks.
Safe installation of electrical appliances at standards

Use of safe and suitable equipments for the working environment
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Provision for safety devices for detecting faults

Preventive maintenance by testing the equipments and visual inspection
Safe working conditions
Considering underground power cables
Overhead power lines
Slips, trips and falls at work

These are the most common causes of non-fatal injuries at work but may cost workers
heavily. Slip and trip hazards can be reduced through good health and safety
arrangements of the workers/employers. The actions brought as a result of these injuries
can be extremely damaging to business, especially where the public is involved. There
should be adequate information on appropriate use of the safety equipments provided. A
good management system for health and safety shall include:
planning for minimizing or removing risks by identifying the risk areas

organization setup with responsibilities to ensure safe working conditions
control on working practices and processes by record keeping and maintenance to
ensure good health and safety
monitoring and reviewing the reports regularly based on experience and improving
the existing conditions.
good working practices by choosing suitable floor surfaces, lighting levels, provision
for footwear, removing obstructions, warn signs, etc.
3.3.1.3 Chemical hazards
Sources of chemical hazards can be exposure to chemicals and toxic effects of chemicals.
Exposure to chemicals
The heaviest exposure to some chemicals often occurs during industrial activities. The
four main exposure routes where chemicals enter the body are through inhalation
(breathing), absorption (skin or eye), ingestion (swallowing, eating), transplacental
transfer (across the placenta of the pregnant women to the foetus). Most of the chemicals
in the workplace have the potential to be dispersed into the air as dust, droplets or as gas
or vapor or inhalation. The most important routes of exposure in the workplace leading to
systemic effects are inhalation and skin absorption. Also, ingestion is a potential source
through contaminated food or drink in the workplace.
Toxic effects of chemicals
The toxicity in chemicals may poison the body of the person exposed. The toxic
chemical exposure may lead to acute, chronic, reversible, irreversible, local, systematic
and synergism effect. The toxicity of chemicals can be classified as corrosive, irritant,
sensitizer, asphyxiant, carcinogen, mutagen, teratogen and fetotoxicant.
To avoid these toxic risk assessment should be carried out which involves identification
of hazard based on chemicals of concern, adverse effects, target populations, risk
characterization, assessing, exposure and estimating the risk.

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Safe use of chemicals
The safety of a chemical in the context of human health is the extent to which a chemical
may be used in the amount necessary for the intended purpose with a minimum risk of
adverse health effects. Therefore it is important to answer the statements like “is this
chemical safe?” or “is there any safety level when using this chemical?”.
Prevention and control of chemical hazards
Identification of hazard – workers are required to know the possible health effects
of chemicals, other substances, work processes and health and safety procedures
Evaluation of hazard and risk - employers, manufacturers and suppliers of
chemical products are required to
− Development of material safety data sheets (MSDS) for all the chemicals used in
the workplace
− Chemical products should be clearly to indicate their harmful effects and provide
guidance on how to use the products as safely as possible
− Instructing workers on labels and MSDS
− Workers should have the right to refuse to work with chemicals which does not
have safety information about the chemical
Organization to prevent, control or eliminate the risk – all the workers are required to
implement effective safety procedures for protection against chemical hazards agreed
jointly by employer and workers through
− Regular inspections with standard checklists for particular chemicals and
chemical processes
− Investigations of workers complaints
− Use of accident and sickness records
− Regular survey of workers health
− Environmental and biological monitoring
− Assessment of government inspectors/consultants reports
− Investigation of causes of accidents and their prevention
− Development of as workplace chemical register
Controlling the hazard through specific actions – the most effective way is to
remove the chemical entirely and replace it with less hazardous chemical, wherever
possible. Similarly, dangerous processes can also be substituted to avoid the
production of toxic intermediates.
Engineering controls – In case, the chemical hazard cannot be removed from the
workplace by substitution then the best solution is to physically enclose the hazard to
prevent it from coming into contact with either workers or the environment. Dilute or
local exhaust ventilation systems can be used to remove contaminated air from the
workplace.
3.3.1.4 Biological hazards
Exposure to wastewater may result in number of illnesses when entered into the body.
Some of these illnesses are:
Gastroenteritis – Cramping stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting

Weil’s disease – Flu like illness with persistent and severe headache, transmitted by
rat urine. Damage to liver, kidneys and blood.

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Hepatitis – Inflammation of the liver and jaundice

Occupational Asthma - Attacks of breathlessness, chest tightness and wheezing and
produced by inhalation of living or dead organisms
Infection to skin or eyes
Rarely allergic alveolitis (inflammation of the lung) with fever, breathlessness, dry
cough and aching muscles and joints.
As the micro-organisms are inherent in wastewater they cannot be removed or eliminated.
However, exposure to wastewater can be minimized to avoid these biological hazards.
The following measures can be taken to reduce risk of infection and illness:
awareness on risks through instructions, training and supervision

use of personal protective equipment such as water proof gloves, footwear, eye and
respiratory protection, face visors, etc.
workers should be of 20 to 50 years age group and must not have asthma and
tuberculosis
provide the workers with adequate welfare facilities such as clean water, soaps,
disposable paper towels, showers, etc.
inspection and maintenance of safety equipments
provision for adequate first aid facilities
effective arrangements for monitoring health and safety
3.3.1.5 Ergonomic and psychological hazards
These hazards can be raised due to stress during work. Some of the problems which may
lead to stress are:
boring job
repetitive job
too little or too much work to do
too little time
too little or too much training for the job
selecting right person to fit into the task
poor relationship with others
bullying, racial or sexual harassment
inflexible work schedules
poor physical working conditions
lack of communication and consultation
lack of support for individuals to develop their skills
lack of control over work activities
negative work culture
These hazards can be minimized by following:
clarity in defined objectives and responsibilities of an individual linked to business

objectives
selection of appropriate person for the assigned tasks
prioritizing the jobs
training the individuals based on interpersonal skills and increasing the scope of work
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increase the variety of tasks

rearrange people between the jobs in order not to get bored with the single task
working in group to improve the performance
setting up of an effective system to prevent and stop harassments
working in shifts to ensure flexible working hours
provision for regular health checkups
provision for adequate control measures
opportunity to contribute individual ideas in planning and organizing the jobs
introducing clear business objectives, good communications and employee
involvement particularly during period of change
any individual should be honest and respect others
support the individuals to develop their skills
3.3.2 Major concerns
3.3.2.1 Mercury
Mercury is usually found three different areas of the CETP- in the equipment, as an
ingredient in chemicals and as a contaminant in treatment chemicals. Safety guidelines
shall be followed while handling mercury.
There will be possibility of the chemical getting contaminated with mercury in the liquid
flow of the stream. To prevent this environmental contamination mercury analysis of the
product should be carried out by the chemical supplier and certification should be taken
that the product is mercury free.
It is important to handle mercury and mercury containing devices carefully. To avoid

mercury contamination following tips can be followed.
use of mercury in uncarpeted and well ventilated areas

there should be a room reserved for mercury use only
provide troughs on smooth surfaced tables and benches to collect mercury spills
workers handling mercury should wear mercury vapor respirators and protective
clothing, gloves, disposable gowns and shoe coverings
prohibiting smoking and eating in or near exposed areas
training the workers on dangers and precautions for handling and disposing mercury
clean and calibrate all mercury containing equipment to the specification of the
manufacturer
properly document and label containers containing mercury in addition to having
MSDS
in case of spills, use emergency spill and containment plan
avoid chemicals which react with mercury (Ex. chlorine dioxide, nitric acid, nitrates,
ethylene oxide, chlorine and methylazide)
ensure that mercury is away from biological waste or anything else that will be
incinerated since incineration puts mercury vapor into the air.

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3.3.2.2 Endotoxins
Many respiratory health effects related to workers in wastewater facility expose to large
doses of endotoxins. These endotoxins are produced by bacteria, especially gram-
negative bacteria during growth, division or death. Daily exposure to these bacteria may
not be healthy. Exposure to endotoxins may lead to fever, cough, shortness of breath,
headache, nose and throat irritation, nausea, chest tightness, acute airway flow restriction
and inflammation. Even low doses of endotoxins may cause changes in body
temperature, metabolism, hematological (blood making), immune and endocrine systems
of the body.
As endotoxins are prevalent in wastewater, it is difficult to control them. However

following measures can be taken to prevent its exposure.
minimizing the uncontrolled flow of wastewater in populated areas

cleaning up of any releases
ventilation to draw aerosolized water away from breathing zone of the employee
use of special filtration systems to collect airborne droplets
wearing respirators equipped with a dust, mist and fume cartridge
Air sampling is carried out to know the endotoxin concentrations. Sampling for
endotoxins may also include placement of sampling water and dust in endotoxin-free
containers. No enforceable standards have been established to date in the world including
India. Therefore water exposure results have to be compared to guidelines based on
challenge studies and field studies. One study conducted by a leading authority on
endotoxins, Dr. Ragnar Rylander, establishes a ‘no-effect-level’ less than 10 milligrams
per cubic metre (mg/m3). The following table indicates the expected health effects when
exposed to the listed concentration.
Table 3-5: Disease Type Concentration
Disease Type Concentration (µg/m3)
Airway inflammation 10
Systemic effects 100
Toxic pneumonitis (toxic inflammation of the lungs) 200
Source: Guidelines for Health and Safety of Workers in Wastewater Treatment
Facilities, CPCB, MoEF, October, 2001
Note:
1 µg/m3 Endotoxin is approximately equal to 10 to 15 Endotoxin units (EU)
3.3.3 Hazardous air pollution
Solvents in huge quantities are used in pharmaceutical, chemical, dyes & dye
intermediate units. The recovery and reuse of these solvents in such units is very poor
because of the indigenous technology, equipment adds to pollution load in CETP. This
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CETP is considered as one of the major sources of HAP emissions. HAPs have adverse
health impacts of methylene chloride and benzene in animals and human beings
respectively.
HAPs entering CETP can be biodegraded, adhere to sludge, volatile to air or pass through
to receiving waters. During the process of effluent treatment in CETP, HAPs are emitted.
Apart from various components of CETP, effluent collection systems may cause HAP
emissions. These primary HAPs (xylenes, methylene chloride, toluene, ethyl benzene,
chloroform, tetra chloroethylene, benzene and nepthalene) would be emitted from ETPs
when the compounds are present in the influent in sufficient concentrations and treatment
units are uncontrolled for air emissions. These HAPs may be shifted from one medium to
another medium (liquid to air to sludge to liquid) or destroyed through bio-degradation.
In addition, volatization of HAP may occur in effluent collection and transportation
system prior to reaching CETP.
Control of HAPs
HAP can be controlled either by add-on controls or pre-treatment. CETP may have
covers on their existing treatment units either
vented using a high ventilation rate – does not suppress HAPs

vented using a low ventilation rate – suppresses HAPs but suppressed HAPs
emissions are likely to re-occur in the next physical process in the effluent treatment
not vented
The covers are vented to odour control devices such as scrubbers and granulated activated
carbon (GAC) absorption units. These scrubbers will reduce HAP-emission
concentrations to 95 %. Also, bio-filtration is used to adsorb to HAPs.
Member industries of a CETP shall control the concentrations of HAPs; if uncontrolled,

the HAPs may cause treatment process inhibition (adversely affecting the bio-treatment of
organisms) or present a safety/health hazard to CETP workers. SPCBs/UTPCCs may
prescribe emission standards to CETP companies regarding concentration of HAPs in
effluent and sludge.
In case of enclosed works HAP emissions can be controlled by:
controlling the quantities of toxic or flammable materials discharged into the

pipelines/rising main sewers.
discouraging the formation of toxic gases within the pipelines and rising main sewers
isolating the end of pipelines, rising mains, sewers from treatment works building
selecting unit operations and operating practices that minimize the emissions within
the treatment works
preventing emissions from the works by enclosure and operation at negative pressure
containing emission sources wherever possible
apply local ventilation measures wherever possible
restricting the spread of emissions through the works by compartmentalization
applying general ventilation to dilute emissions to acceptable levels
treat ventilation air before discharge and
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disperse treated air to dilute it to acceptable concentrations outside the plant

In case the CETP is not equipped with closed vent system and control devices, it should
have facilities to minimize the HAP emissions. If a CETP has a potential to emit 10
tonnes per year T/yr or more of any single HAP compound or 25 T/yr or greater of any
combination of HAP compounds, then the CETP becomes a major source of HAP
emission and has to be dealt with.
3.3.4 Exposure pathways
Exposure pathway is the path due to which exposure of the receptor takes place.
“Exposure” has been defined as contact with a chemical or physical agent. It is the
process by which an organism acquires a dose (Suter, 1993). The estimation of exposure
of a target organism requires an exposure scenario that answers to four questions (Suter,
1993):
given the output of fate models (see section 4.2.2 on mass balance equation for water
quality), which media (ecosystem components) are significantly contaminated?
to which contaminated media are the target organisms exposed?
how are they exposed (pathways and rates of exposure)?
given an initial exposure, will the organism modify its behavior to modify exposure
pathways or rates (attraction or avoidance)?
For environmental risk management there are three major risk factors and exposure
pathway is one of the three factors. To determine whether risk management actions are
warranted, the following assessment approach should be applied to establish whether the
three risk factors of ‘contaminants’, ‘receptors’, and ‘exposure pathways’ co-exist, or are
likely to co-exist, at the project site after the operational phase of the proposed
development.
Contaminant(s): Presence of pollutants and toxic gases in the waste in any

environmental media above permissible concentrations
Receptor(s): Actual or likely contact of humans, wildlife, plants, and other living
organisms with the contaminants of concern
Exposure Pathway(s): A combination of the route of migration of the contaminant
from its point of release (e.g., leaching into potable groundwater) and exposure routes
Table 3-6 identifies some of the major exposure pathways.
Table 3-6: Exposure Pathways
Media Pathways Comment
Air (Carbon Respiration Assuming accurate fate model

emissions) estimates, exposure is relatively
predictable based on assumption of
homogenous distribution in air
Water Near by surface water bodies and Assuming accurate fate model
(Leachate) ground water estimates, exposure is relatively
predictable based on assumption of
homogenous distribution in water

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Media Pathways Comment
Soil (Solid Benthic animals absorb chemicals, Processes are very complicated and
waste dump) respire pore water or food or food from usually simplifying assumptions are
the water column. Plants rooted in the required
sediment may take up material from
sediments, surface water and air
Soil (solids, Organisms in soils may absorb material Processes are very complicated and
pore water from soil, pore water, pore air, ingest usually simplifying assumptions are
and pore air) soil, soil – associated food. required.
Ingested food Consumption by fish and wildlife Assume the test animal
and water consumption rates in laboratory for
a given availability of food or water
are the same as those occurring
naturally in the environment.
Multimedia More than one of the above pathways It is often possible to assume one
pathway is dominant. In some
cases, it will be necessary to
estimate the combined dosage.
Emissions from the solid waste (gaseous, solid & hazardous as well as liquid effluents)
can cause damage to human health, aquatic and terrestrial ecology as well as material due
to various exposure routes (pathways). For example, adverse effects of solid waste open
dump on human health can derive from the direct impact of noxious gases on the
organism and/or their indirect impact via the food chain and changes in the environment.
Especially in connection with high levels of fine particulates, noxious gases like methane,
CO2, SO2 and NOx can lead to respiratory diseases. The duration of exposure is decisive.
Injurious heavy metals (e.g., lead, mercury and cadmium) can enter the food chain and,
hence, the human organism by way of drinking water and vegetable and animal products.
Climatic changes such as warming and acidification of surface waters, forest depletion,
etc., can occur due to acid rain and/or the greenhouse effect of methane and CO2 and
other trace gases can have long-term detrimental effects on human health. Similarly
important are the effects of climatic changes on agriculture and forestry (and thus on
people’s standard of living), e.g., large-scale shifts of cultivation to other regions and/or
deterioration of crop yields due to climate change impacts.
3.4 Summary of Applicable National Regulations
3.4.1 General description of major statutes
A comprehensive list of all the laws, rules, regulations, decrees and other legal
instruments applicable to CETP is attached as Annexure I.
3.4.2 Inlet and Treated effluent quality standards for CETP
According to the CPCB, inlet and treated effluent quality standards that shall be
maintained for CETP is as given in the following tables.

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Table 3-7: Inlet effluent quality standards for CETP
S. No Parameter Concentration in mg/l

1 pH 5.5 – 9.0
o
2 Temperature C 45
3 Oil & Grease 20
4 Phenolic Compounds (as C6H5OH) 5.0
5 Ammonical Nitrogen (as N) 50
6 Cynide (as CN) 2.0
7 Chromium Hexavalent (as Cr6+) 2.0
8 Chromium (Total) (as Cr) 2.0
9 Copper (as Cu) 3.0
10 Lead (as Pb) 1.0
11 Nickel (as Ni) 3.0
12 Zinc (as Zn) 15
13 Arsenic (as As) 0.2
14 Mercury (as Hg) 0.01
15 Cadmium (as Cd) 1.0
16 Selenium (as Se) 0.05
17 Fluoride (as F) 15
18 Boron (as B) 2.0
19 Radioactive Materials
19 Alpha emitters, Hc/ml 10-7
20 Beta emitters, He/ml 10-8
Note:
1. These standards apply to small-scale industries i.e. total discharge upto 25 KLD.
2. For each CETP and its constituent units, the State Board will prescribe standards as per the
local needs and conditions; these can be more stringent than those prescribed above. However in
case the cluster of units, the State Board with the concurrence of CPCB in writing may prescribe
suitable limits.
Table 3-8: Treated Effluent Quality of Common Effluent Treatment Plant

Concentration in mg/l except pH and Temperature
S. No Parameter Into inland surface On land for Into Marine Coastal

waters Irrigation areas
(a) (b) (c)
1 pH 5.5 – 9.0 5.5 – 9.0 5.5 – 9.0
o
2 BOD5 20 C 30 100 100

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3 Oil & Grease 10 10 20

4 Temperature oC Shall no exceed - 45oC at the point of
40oC in any section discharge
of the stream within
15 meters down-
stream from the
effluent outlet
5 Suspended Solids 100 200 (a) For process
wastewaters -100
(b) For cooling water
effluents 10% above
total suspended matter
of effluent cooling
water
6 Dissolved Solids 2100 2100 -
(inorganic)
7 Total residual 1.0 - 1.0
Chlorine
8 Ammonical 50 - 50
nitrogen (as N)
9 Total Kjeldahl 100 - 100
nitrogen (as N)
10 Chemical Oxygen 250 - 250
Demand (COD)
11 Arsenic (as As) 0.2 0.2 0.2
12 Mercury (as Hg) 0.01 - 0.01
13 Lead (as Pb) 0.1 - 0.1
14 Cadmium (as Cd) 1.0 - 2.0
(a) (b) (c)
15 Total Chromium (as 2.0 - 2.0
Cr)
16 Copper (as Cu) 3.0 - 3.0
17 Zinc (as Zn) 5.0 - 15
18 Selenium (as Se) 0.05 - 0.05
19 Nickel (as Ni) 3.0 - 5.0
20 Boron (as B) 2.0 2.0 -
21 Percent Sodium - 60 -
22 Cynide (as CN) 0.2 0.2 0.2
23 Chloride (as Cl) 1000 600 -
24 Fluoride (as F) 2.0 - 15
25 Sulphate (SO4) 1000 1000 -
26 Sulphide (as S) 2.8 - 5.0
27 Pesticides Absent Absent Absent

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28 Phenolic Compound 1.0 - 5.0

(as C6H5OH)
Note:
All efforts should be made to remove color and unpleasant odor as far as possible

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4.
OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF EIA
Prior environmental clearance process has been revised in the Notification issued on 14th
September, 2006 into following four major stages i.e., screening, scoping, public
consultation and appraisal. Each stage has certain procedures to be followed. This
section deals with all the procedural and technical guidance for conducting objective-
oriented EIA studies, its review and decision-making. Besides, the Notification classified
projects into Category A and Category B, which requires prior environmental clearance
from the MoEF and SEIAA/UTEIAA respectively.
Consistency with other requirements

Clearance from other regulatory bodies is not a pre-requisite for obtaining the prior
environmental clearance and all such clearances will be treated as parallel statutory
requirements
Consent for establishment (CFE) and prior Environmental Clearance are two different
legal requirements, a project proponent is required to obtain. Therefore, these two
activities can be initiated and proceeded with simultaneously.
If a project is covered by the provisions of Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) and EIA
Notifications, then the project proponent is required to take separate clearances from
the concerned Authorities.
Rehabilitation and Resettlement issues need not be dealt under the EIA Notification
as other statutory bodies deal with these issues. However, socio-economic studies
may be considered while taking environmental decisions.
4.1 Coverage of CETPs under the Purview of Notification
All the new CETP projects including expansion and modernization require prior
environmental clearance.
The Notification covers treatment plants which serve different industries not in the same
premises for common/combined wastewater. The Notification excludes ETPs serving
different production units within the same individual industry premises, which are
integrated to operation.
Category B: All projects irrespective of the capacities are covered under Category B
Note: If any CETP falls under the purview of General Condition (GC), then such projects
will be treated as Category A projects. This condition is discussed in subsequent section.
It also covers sludge handling, discharging pipeline and disposal point studies.
It covers combined wastewater treatment plants i.e., CETPs accepting sewage also along
with industrial effluents for better treatability. For clarity, any treatment plant having
more than 10% of industrial contributions by volume shall be treated as a combined
treatment plant.

Operational Aspects of EIA
The sequence of steps in the process of prior environmental clearance for Category A and
Category B projects are shown in Figure 4.1 and Figure 4.2 respectively. Each stage in
the process of prior environmental clearance for the CETP is discussed in subsequent
sections.
In case of Expansion or Modernization of the developmental Activity:
Any developmental activity, which was issued EIA clearance (existing project), when
undergoes expansion or modernization (change in process or technology) with
increase in production capacity or any change in product mix beyond the list of
products cleared in the issued clearance is required to submit new application for EIA
clearance.
Any developmental activity, which is listed in Schedule of the EIA Notification and
after expansion due to its total capacity, if falls under the purview of either Category
B or Category A, then such developmental activities requires clearance from
respective authorities.

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Figure 4-1: Prior Environmental Clearance Process for Activities

Falling Under Category B

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Figure 4-2: Prior Environmental Clearance Process for Activities

Falling Under Category A

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4.2 Screening
Screening of the project shall be performed at the initial stage of the project development
so that proponents are aware of their obligations before deciding on the budget, project
design and execution plan.
This stage is applicable only for Category ‘B’ developmental activity. Besides, screening
also refers to the classification of Category B projects into either Category B1 or
Category B2. Category B1 projects require to follow all the stages applicable for a
Category A projects, but are processed at the SEIAAs/UTEIAAs. Whereas, Category B2
projects do not require either EIA or public consultation. However, if the general
condition mentioned in the Notification is applicable to a Category B project, it will be
considered as a Category A project.
As per the Notification, classification of the Category B projects falls under the purview
of the SEAC. This manual provides certain guidelines to the stakeholders for
classification of Category B1 and Category B2.
4.2.1 Applicable conditions for Category B projects
General condition:
Any CETP project that is usually falling under Category B will be treated as Category
A, if located in whole or in part within 10 km from the boundary of:
− Protected areas notified under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
− Critically Polluted areas as notified by the CPCB from time to time.
− Notified eco-sensitive areas
− Inter-State boundaries and international boundaries. Provided that the
requirement regarding distance of 10 km of the inter-state boundaries can be
reduced or completely done away with by an agreement between the respective
States/UTs sharing the common boundary.
The SEIAA shall base its decision on the recommendations of a State/UT level EAC
for the purpose of Environmental Clearance.
In absence of a duly constituted SEIAA or SEAC, a Category B project shall be
treated as a Category ‘A’ project
The EAC at the State/UT level shall screen the projects or activities in Category B.
SEAC shall meet at least once every month
If any Category B CETP project/activity, after proposed expansion of capacity/
production or fuel change, falls under the purview of Category A in terms of
production capacity, then clearance is required from the Central Government.
4.2.2 Criteria for classification of Category B1 and B2 projects
The classification of Category B projects into Category B1 or B2 will be determined

based on whether or not the project or activity requires further environmental studies for
preparation of an EIA for its appraisal prior to the grant of Environmental Clearance. The
necessity of which will be decided, depending upon the nature and location specificity of
the project by the SEAC after scrutiny of the applications seeking Environmental
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CETP projects in case of new industrial estates may be treated as parallel projects for
consideration instead of inclusion in the entire industrial estate for the purpose of
clearance, to offer the flexibility and to optimize the time in establishing the CETP, if
desired by the proponents.
All the Category B1 projects requires EIA studies and public consultation. Whereas,
Category B2 projects do not require EIA report and public consultation.
Situations which could be considered for Category B2 are:
CETPs proposing to achieve zero-discharge with convincing treatment scheme and

treated water utilization in the same industrial estate may be treated as Category B2,
if it does not associate with odour issues.
4.2.3 Application for prior Environmental Clearance
The project proponent, after identifying the site and carrying out a pre-feasibility
study, is required to apply for the prior Environmental Clearance in Form 1 given in
Annexure II. The proponent has to submit filled in Form 1 along with pre-feasibility
report and draft ToR for EIA studies to the concerned Authority i.e., MoEF,
Government of India for Category A projects and SEIAA in case of Category B
projects. Subsequent sections can be referred for the ifnromation on how to fill Form
1, contents of pre-feasibility report and sector-specific ToRs.
Prior Environmental Clearance is required before any construction work, or
preparation of land is started on the identified site/project or activity by the project
management, except for securing the land.
If the application is made for a specific developmental activity, which has an inherent
area development component as a part of its project proposal and the same project
also attracts the construction and area development provisions under 8a and 8b of the
Schedule, then the project will be seen as a developmental activity other than 8a and
8b of the Schedule.
4.2.4 Siting guidelines
These are the guidelines, stakeholders may consider while siting the developmental
projects, to minimize the possible associated environmental impacts. In some situations,
completely sticking to these guidelines is difficult and unwarranted. Therefore these
guidelines may be kept in the background, as far as possible, while taking the decisions.
Areas preferably be avoided

In siting industries, care should be taken to minimize the adverse impact of the industries
on the immediate neighborhood as well as distant places. Some of the natural life
sustaining systems and some specific land uses are sensitive to industrial impacts because
of the nature and extent of fragility. In order to protect such sites, the industries shall
maintain the following distances, as far as possible from the specific areas listed:
Ecologically and/or otherwise sensitive areas: Preferably 5 km; depending on the geo-
climatic conditions the requisite distance shall have to be increased by the appropriate
agency.
Coastal Areas: Preferably ½ km from high tide line.

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Flood plain of the riverine system: Preferably ½ km from flood plain or modified
flood plain affected by dam in the upstream or by flood control systems.
Transport/communication system: Preferably ½ km. from highway and railway.
Major settlements (3,00,000 population): Distance from settlements is difficult to
maintain because of urban sprawl. At the time of siting of the industry, if the notified
limit of any major settlement is found to be within 20 km from the project boundary,
the spatial direction of growth of the settlement for at least a decade must be assessed.
Subsequently, the industry shall be sited at least 10 km from the projected growth
boundary of the settlement
Note:
Ecological and/or otherwise sensitive areas include (i) Religious and Historic Places; (ii)
Archaeological Monuments (e.g. identified zone around Taj Mahal); (iii) Scenic Areas; (iv) Hill
Resorts; (v) Beach Resorts; (vi) Health Resorts; (vii) Coastal Areas rich in Corals, Mangroves,
Breeding Grounds of Specific Species; (viii) Estuaries rich in Mangroves, Breeding grounds of
Specific Species; (ix) Gulf Areas; (x) Biosphere Reserves; (xi) National Parks and Sanctuaries;
(xii) Natural lakes, Swamps; (xiii) Seismic Zones; (xiv) Tribal Settlements; (xv) Areas of Scientific
and Geological Interest; (xvi) Defence Installations, specially those of security importance and
sensitive to pollution; (xvii) Border Areas (International) and (xviii) Airports.
Pre-requisite: State and Central Governments are required to identify such areas on a priority
basis.
General siting factors
In any particular selected site, the following factors must also be recognized:
No forest land shall be converted into non-forest activity for the sustenance of the
industry (Ref: Forest Conversation Act, 1980).
No prime agricultural land shall be converted into industrial site.
Within the acquired site the industry must locate itself at the lowest location to remain
obscure from general sight.
Land acquired shall be sufficiently large to provide space for appropriate green cover
including green belt around the battery limit of the industry.
Enough space should be provided for storage of recyclable solid wastes so that these
could be available for possible reuse.
Layout of the industry that may come up in the area must conform to the landscape of
the area without affecting the scenic features of that place.
Associated township of the industry may be created at a space having physiographic
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4.3 Scoping for EIA Studies
Scoping exercise is taken up soon after the project contours are defined. The primary
purpose of scoping is to identify concerns and issues which are important to project
decisions. Besides, scoping defines EIA study requirements and boundaries. The results
of the scoping exercise form the basis for the rest of the EIA process.
Scoping refers to the process by which the EAC in the case of Category ‘A’ projects or
activities, and the SEAC in the case of Category ‘B1’ projects, including applications for
expansion and/or modernization of existing projects, determines the ToR for EIA studies
addressing all relevant environmental concerns for the preparation of an EIA report for a
particular project.
Project proponent shall submit the application to the concerned Authority. The
application (Form 1 as given in Annexure II) shall be attached with pre-feasibility
report and proposed ToR for EIA studies. The proposed sequence to arrive at the
draft ToR is discussed below:
− Precisely, the pre-feasibility report summarizes the project details and also the
likely environmental concerns based on the secondary information, which will
be availed for filling the Form 1.
− From the pre-feasibility report and the Form 1, valued environmental

components (VECs) may be identified for a given project (the receiving
environment/social components, which are likely to get affected due to the
project operations/activities).
− Once the project details from the pre-feasibility report and Form 1; and VECs
are identified, a matrix establishing the interactions which can lead to the
effects/impacts could be developed (qualitative analysis).
− For each identified possible effect in the matrix, significance analysis could be
conducted to identify the impacts, which needs to be further studied
(quantitative analysis) in the subsequent EIA studies. All such points will
become the part of the draft ToR to be proposed by the project proponent along
with the application form.
− The information to be provided in pre-feasibility report, guidelines for filling

Form 1 and guidelines for developing draft ToR is summarized in the
subsequent sections.
− Authority consults the respective EAC/SEAC to reply to the proponent. The

EAC/SEAC concerned reviews the application form, pre-feasibility report and
proposed draft ToR by the proponent and make necessary additions/deletions
to make it a comprehensive ToR that suits the statutory requirements for
conducting EIA studies.
A site visit by sub-committees of EAC/SEAC concerned will be planned, only if

considered necessary by the EAC/SEAC with the written approval of the Chairperson
of EAC/SEAC concerned. Project proponent will facilitate such site visits of the sub-
committees.
EAC/SEAC shall provide an opportunity to the project proponent for presentation and
discussions on the proposed project and related issues as well as the proposed ToR for
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EIA studies. If the State Government desires to present their views on any specific
project, they can depute an officer for the same at the scoping stage to EAC, as an
invitee but not as a member of EAC. However, non-appearance of the project
proponent before EAC/SEAC at any stage will not be a ground for rejection of the
application for the prior Environmental Clearance.
In case of a new or expansion project in an area identified as problematic by the
CPCB, the MoEF may invite the SEIAA representative to present its views, if any, at
the stage of scoping, to the EAC.
The final set of ToRs for EIA studies shall be conveyed to the proponent by the
EAC/SEAC within sixty days of the receipt of Form 1 and pre-feasibility report. If
the finalized ToR for EIA studies is not conveyed to the proponent within sixty days
of the receipt of Form 1, the ToR for EIA studies suggested by the proponent shall be
deemed as the final and will be approved for the EIA studies.
The final ToR for EIA studies shall be displayed on the websites of the
MoEF/SEIAA.
Applications for prior Environmental Clearance may be rejected by the concerned
Authority based on the recommendation of the concerned EAC/SEAC at this stage
itself. In case of such rejection, the decision along with the reasons for the same shall
be communicated to the proponent in writing within sixty days of the receipt of the
application.
The final EIA report and the other relevant documents submitted by the applicant
shall be scrutinized by the concerned Authority with strict reference to the approved
ToR for EIA studies.
4.3.1 Pre-feasibility report
The pre-feasibility report should include, but may not limited to highlight the proposed
project information, considering the environmental sensitivities of the selected site,
influent wastewater, technology options (based on alternatives analysis), wastewater
availability, interconnectivity with other STP treated wastewater, system reliability,
efficiency, availability, flexibility for vulnerable shock loads to opt for combinations of
different chemical characteristics of wastewater. The information required in the pre-
feasibility report varies from case-to-case even in the same sector depending upon the
local environmental setting within which the project is located. However, the
environmental information which may be furnished in the pre-feasibility report for
evolving ToR includes:
Description of the project, including in particular:

− a description of the physical characteristics of the whole project and the landuse
requirements during the construction and operational phases
− details of raw materials, including the intermediates, for instance, chemicals used,
description of the main characteristics of the wastewater, the treatment processes,
nature and quantity of the wastewater generated, etc.
− an estimate, by type and quantity, of expected residues and emissions (air, noise,
vibration , etc.) resulting from the operation of the proposed CETP.
An outline of the main alternatives studied by the developer and an indication of the
main reasons for this choice, taking into account the environmental effects.
A description of the aspects of the environment likely to be significantly affected by
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climatic factors, material assets, including the architectural and archaeological

heritage, landscape and the inter-relationship between the above factors.
A description of the likely significant effects of the proposed project on the
environment resulting from:
− the existence of the project
− the use of natural resources – specific consumptions
− the emission of pollutants, the creation of nuisances and the elimination of waste,
and the description by the developer of the forecasting methods used to assess the
effects on the environment.
A description of the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and where possible offset
any significant adverse effects on the environment
A technical summary of the information provided under the above headings.
An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiencies or lack of know-how)
encountered by the developer in compiling the required information.
Some pre-feasibility reports are based on various studies and data collection. These
reports address in detail the concerns as technical & economical; analysis and detailed
feasibility level design of equipment, process optimization, transportation of products,
financial, social and environmental investigations, cost estimates with detailed bill of
quantities (BOQ). The components identified here focus on the requirements of scoping
for EIA study. Annexure III can be referred for preferable structure of the pre-feasibility
report.
4.3.2 Guidance for filling information in Form 1
The information given in specifically designed pre-feasibility report for this

developmental activity may also be availed for filling Form 1.
Form 1 is designed to help users identify the likely significant environmental effects of
proposed projects during scoping. There are two stages for providing information under
two columns:
First - identifying the relevant project activities from the list given in column 2 of
Form 1. Start with the checklist of questions set out below and complete Column 3
by answering:
− Yes - if the activity is likely to occur during implementation of the project;
− No - if it is not expected to occur;
− May be - if it is uncertain at this stage whether it will occur or not.
Second – For each activity for which the answer in Column 3 is “Yes” the next step is
to refer to the fourth column which quantifies the volume of activity which could be
judged as significant impact on the local environmental characteristics, and identify
the areas that could be affected by that activity during construction /operation /
decommissioning of the project. The Form 1 requires information within 15 km
around the project, whereas actual study area for EIA studies will be as prescribed by
respective EAC/SEAC. Information will be needed about the surrounding VECs in
order to complete this Form 1.

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4.3.3 Identification of appropriate valued environmental components
VECs are the components of the natural resources and human world that are considered
valuable and are likely to be affected by the project activities. Value may be attributed for
economic, social, environmental, aesthetic or ethical reasons. VECs represent the
investigative focal point for further EIA process. The indirect and/or cumulative effects
can be concerned with indirect, additive or even synergistic effects due to other projects
or activities or even induced developments on the same environmental components as
would be considered direct effects. But such impacts tend to involve larger scale VECs
such as within entire region, river basins or watersheds; and, broad social and economic
VECs such as quality of life and the regional economy. Once VECs are identified,
appropriate indicators are selected for EIA on the respective VECs.
4.3.4 Methods for identification of impacts
There are number of factors which will influence the approach adopted for the assessment
of direct, indirect, cumulative impacts, etc. for a particular project. The method should be
practical and suitable for the project given the data, time and financial resources available.
However, the method adopted should be able to provide a meaningful conclusion from
which it would be possible to develop, where necessary, mitigation measures and
monitoring. Key points to consider when choosing the method(s) include:
Nature of the impact(s)

Availability and quality of data
Availability of resources (time, finance and staff)
The method chosen should not be complex, but should aim at presenting the results in a
way that can be easily understood by the developer, decision maker and the public. A
comparative analysis of major impact identification methods is given in the following
Table 4-1:
Table 4-1: Advantages and Disadvantages of Impact Identification Methods
Description Advantages Disadvantages

Checklists Annotate the Simple to Do not
environmental features understand and use distinguish
that need to be addressed Good for site between direct
when identifying the selection and and indirect
impacts of activities in priority setting impacts
the project Simple ranking and Do not link
weighting action and
impact
The process of
incorporating
values can be
controversial
Matrices Grid like table that Link action to Difficult to
identify the interaction impact distinguish direct
between project activities Good method for and indirect
(along one axis) and displaying EIA impacts
environmental results Significant
characteristics (along potential for
other axis) double-counting
Entries are made in the of impacts

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Description Advantages Disadvantages

cells which highlights
impact severity in the
form of symbols or
numbers or descriptive
comments
Networks Illustrate cause effect Link action to Can become
relationship of project impact very complex if
activities and Useful in used beyond
environmental simplified form for simplified
characteristics checking for version
Useful in identifying second order
secondary impacts impacts
Useful for establishing Handles direct and
impact hypothesis and indirect impacts
other structured science
based approaches to EIA
Overlays Maps the impacts Easy to understand Address only
spatially and display them Good to display direct impacts
pictorially method Do not address
Useful for comparing site Good siting tool impact duration
and planning alternatives or probability
for routing linear
developments
Can address cumulative
effects
Information incentive
GIS Maps the impacts Easy to understand Do not address
spatially and display them Good to display impact duration
pictorially method or probability
Useful for comparing site Good siting tool Heavy reliance
and planning alternatives Excellent for on knowledge
for routing linear impact and data
developments identification and Often complex
Can address cumulative analysis and expensive
effects
Information incentive
Expert Assist diagnosis, problem Excellent for Heavy reliance
System solving and decision impact on knowledge
making identification and and data
Needs inputs from user analysis Often complex
by answering Good for and expensive
systematically developed experimenting
questions to identify
impacts and determine
their mitigability and
significance
Information intensive,
high investment methods
of analysis
The project team made an attempt to construct an impact matrix considering major
project activities (generic operations) and stage-specific likely impacts which is given in
Table 4-2.
While the impact matrix is project-specific, Table 4-2 may facilitate the stakeholders in
identifying a set of components and phase-specific project activities for determination of
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likely impacts. However, the location-specific concerns may vary from case-to-case.
Therefore, the components even without likely impacts are also retained in the matrix for
the location-specific reference.

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PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
COMPONENT
Air
Soil
Water
2
Resources
beds
aquifers
aggregates
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Air quality
Factor
Soil Quality
Alteration of
Construction
Erosion Risks
Water quality/
Contamination
undeveloped or
/Contamination
material- stone,
Land especially
Interpretation or
agricultural land
Project
Fuels/ Electricity
alteration of river
Activity
Parameter/
4
Land Acquirement
5
*
*
*
Site Clearing/Leveling
6
*
PHASE I
Burning of wastes, refuse and cleared

vegetation
Pre Construction
*
*
Civil works such as earth moving and
building of structures including
temporary structures
8
*
*
Heavy Equipment operations
PHASE II
9
Establishment
Construction/
Laying of pipeline for collection of

wastewater as well as disposal of
* treated wastewaters
10
Traffic related
Tanker
*
*
Spills / leaks
11
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*
*
*
12
Unauthorized disposal
Pipeline
*
Wastewaters collection
13
Leak, corrosion, break

*
*
14
Maintenance/pump flow
status/power supply
Table 4-2: Matrix of Impacts
*
15
Adequacy of treatment units

including holding tank capacity
Treatment
*
*
16
Better operating practicing and

management system
*
17
Stormwater network
*
18
Temporary storage and handling

PHASE III
of sludge
*
19
Operation and Maintenance
Laboratory operations
20
Safety and health protection

measures
21
Reuse/recycle
Disposal
*
*
*
22
Surface water bodies

*
23
Land applications
September 2009
*
24
Marine
*
*
25
Sewer
PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III
Pre Construction Construction/ Operation and Maintenance

Establishment
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Noise * * *
Terrestrial Effect on grass & * * * * *
fauna flowers
Effect on trees & * *
shrubs
Effect on farmland * * *
Endangered species *
Fragmentation of *
terrestrial habitats
Disturbance of *
habitats by noise or
vibration
Reduction of *
Biodiversity
BIOLOGICAL
Aquatic Habitat removal *

biota
Contamination of * * *
habitats
Reduction of * * *
aquatic biota
Economy Creation of new * * *
economic activities
Commercial value * * * * *
of properties
Conflict due to * * * * * * *
negotiation and/
compensation
payments
Generation of * *
temporary and
permanent jobs
Effect on crops * * * * *
SOCIAL
Reduction of * *
farmland
productivity

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PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III
Pre Construction Construction/ Operation and Maintenance

Establishment
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Income for the state *

and private sector
Savings for *
consumers &
private consumers
Savings in foreign * *
currency for the
state
Education Training in new *
technologies
Public order Political Conflicts * *
Unrest, * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Demonstrations &
Social conflicts
Infrastructur Conflicts with * * *
e and projects of urban,
services commercial or
Industrial
development
Health Accidents caused * *
by
Temporary * * * * * * *
Chronic * *
Acute * *
Cultural Land use * * * *
Recreation * * *
Aesthetics and * * * * * * * * * * *
human interest

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Note:
1. The above table represents a model for likely impacts, which will have to be arrived case-to-
case basis considering VECs and significance analysis (Ref Section 2.9).
2. Project activities are shown as indicative for a given sector. However, in Form 1 (application
for EIA Clearance), for any question for which answer is ‘Yes’, then the corresponding activity
shall reflect in project activities. Similarly ‘parameters’/’factors’ will also be changed within a
component in order to reflect the target species of prime concern.
4.3.5 Testing the significance of impacts
The following set of conditions may be used as the checklist for testing the significance
of the impacts and also to provide information in Column IV of Form 1.
Will there be a large change in environmental conditions?

Will new features be out-of-scale with the existing environment?
Will the effect be unusual in the area or particularly complex?
Will the effect extend over a large area?
Will there be any potential for trans-frontier impact?
Will many people be affected?
Will many receptors of other types (fauna and flora, businesses, facilities) be
affected?
Will valuable or scarce features or resources be affected?
Is there a risk that environmental standards will be breached?
Is there a risk that protected sites, areas, features will be affected?
Is there a high probability of the effect occurring?
Will the effect continue for a long time?
Will the effect be permanent rather than temporary?
Will the impact be continuous rather than intermittent?
If it is intermittent will it be frequent rather than rare?
Will the impact be irreversible?
Will it be difficult to avoid, or reduce or repair or compensate for the effect?
For each “Yes” answer in column 3, the nature of effects and reasons for it should be
recorded in column 4. The questions are designed so that a “Yes” answer in column 3,
will generally point towards the need for analyzing for the significance and requirement
for conducting impact assessment for the effect.
4.3.6 Terms of reference for EIA studies
ToR for EIA studies in respect of the proposed CETP may include, but not limited to the
following:
1. Executive summary of the project – giving a prima facie idea of the objectives of the
proposal, use of resources, justification, etc. In addition, it should provide a
compilation of EIA report, EMP and the post project monitoring plan in brief.
Project description
2. Details of the industries for which CETP facility is proposed including raw materials
used and products manufactured.

3. Expected quantity of wastewater from each industry and justification for selecting
the proposed capacity of the treatment plant/modules.
4. Characteristics of effluent and proposed segregation of streams, if any, from

individual member industries.
5. Details of mode of effluent collection system either by tankers and/or pipeline etc.,
and proposed trouble-shooting mechanism.
6. Monitoring protocol in case of collection of effluent through pipeline and/or tankers.
7. Details on physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the combined effluent

and its concentrations and the basis for the same.
8. Details of equalization tank atleast for 24 hrs; and guard ponds for holding treated
wastewater or continuous monitoring facilities, if any.
9. Details of the proposed treatment schemes supported by the treatability studies

including source separation of streams for specific mode of collection and treatment
either at individual industry or at CETP (based on economic and operational ease
considerations).
10. Built-in flexibility provisions to deal with quantitative and qualitative fluctuations.
11. Organizational setup for collection of pretreated effluents, treatment and disposal of
the treated effluents, etc. and deployment of qualified/skilled man power.
12. Details of O&M for maximum utilization of the designed capacity of the plant.
13. Proposed monitoring protocol for stage-wise quality control w.r.t. various
characteristics and maintenance schedules followed for all rotating equipment
including lubricating/oil fill, operational chemicals and laboratory chemicals.
14. For any sensitive environmental parameters such as heavy metals, fluorides, etc.,
details on improved material of construction of tanks and other equipments such as
corrosion resistance, allowance, etc.
15. Details of power consumption and stand-by arrangements like the diesel generator
(DG) sets, dual fuel (gas and oil) for uninterrupted operation of treatment plant.
16. Protocol and mechanism to accept the effluent by tankers only during day time,
including the adequacy of the receiving/holding tanks, etc.
17. Impact of the project on local infrastructure of the study area such as road network,
etc. If the study area requires any additional infrastructure, details of the agency
responsible for the same should be included along with the time frame. Details of
the permission from the competent Authority for conveyor belt crossing the village
road.
18. If the ultimate disposal is through a marine outfall then preliminary design of the
outfall with estimated initial dilution.
19. Details of laboratory, workshop, database, library, waste exchange centers, etc. in
CETP.
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20. Details on equity by the member industries/non refundable membership fee to ensure
continuity of membership and financial model, etc.
21. Any litigation pending against the project and /or any direction /order passed by any
Court of Law against the project, if so, details thereof.
Description of the environment
22. The study area shall be up to a distance of 5 km from the boundary of the proposed
site and all along the collection network/route map of tanker movement, treated
wastewater carrying pipe-line and the receiving environment at the point of disposal.
23. All the coordinates of the project site may be demarcated on the toposheet (1:50000
scale).
24. Land use of study area should include data about the residential/ institutional/nearest
village/ township/ locality/ housing society, etc., based on the satellite imagery.
25. Baseline data of the study area w.r.t. different components of environment viz. air,
noise, water, land, and biology and socio-economic collected as per the details given
in this manual.
26. Site-specific meteorological data of one season.
27. Ambient Air Quality (AAQ) data (except monsoon) to be given along with the dates
of monitoring. The parameters to be covered shall include suspended particulate
matter (SPM), respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), SO2, NOx, and
VOCs. The location of the monitoring stations should be decided in such way that
the factors like pre-dominant downwind direction, population zone and sensitive
receptors including reserved forests, if any are considered. There should be at least
one monitoring station in the upwind direction and one in downwind direction at
about 500 m.
28. Assessment of receiving water bodies/land and groundwater for all the relevant
environmental parameters
29. Noise monitoring on all the four sides of the project site
30. Monitoring of odour emissions from the project site
31. Details of flora and fauna. In case of any scheduled fauna, conservation plan should
be provided.
32. If any incompatible land-use attributes fall within a 5 km radius of the project
boundary, proponent shall describe the sensitivity (distance, area and significance)
and propose the additional points based on significance for review and acceptance by
the EAC/SEAC. Incompatible land use attributes include:
− Public water supply areas from rivers/surface water bodies, from ground water
− Scenic areas/tourism areas/hill resorts
− Religious places, pilgrim centers that attract over 10 lakh pilgrims a year
− Protected tribal settlements (notified tribal areas where industrial activity is not
permitted)
− Coastal Regulator Zone (CRZ)
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− Monuments of national significance, World Heritage Sites

− Cyclone, Tsunami-prone areas (based on last 25 years)
− Airport areas
− Any other feature as specified by the State or local government and other features
as locally applicable, including prime agricultural lands, pastures, migratory
corridors, etc.
33. If ecologically sensitive attributes fall with in a 5 km radius of the project boundary,
proponent shall describe the sensitivity (distance, area and significance) and propose
the additional points based on significance for review and acceptance by the
EAC/SEAC. Ecological sensitive attributes include:
− National parks
− Wild life sanctuaries Game reserve
− Tiger reserve/elephant reserve/turtle nesting ground
− Breeding grounds
− Core zone of biosphere reserve
− Habitat for migratory birds
− Mangrove area
− Areas with threatened (rare, vulnerable, endangered) flora/fauna
− Protected corals
− Wetlands
− Zoological gardens
− Gene banks
− Reserved forests
− Protected forests
− Any other closed/protected area under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, any
other area locally applicable
34. If the location falls in a valley, studies on specific issues connected to the natural
resources management.
35. Identification of CRZ area: A CRZ map duly authenticated by one of the authorized
agencies demarcating LTL, HTL, CRZ area, location of the project and associate
facilities w.r.t. CRZ, coastal features such as mangroves, if any. The route of the
pipeline, etc., passing through CRZ, if any, should also be demarcated. The
recommendations of the State Coastal Management Authority for the activities to be
taken up in the CRZ.
36. Provide the CRZ map in 1:10000 scale in general cases and in 1:5000 scale for
specific observations.
37. Environmental parameters – Temperature, sea level pressure, wind speed, mean
relative humidity, visibility, salinity, density, rainfall, fog, frequency and intensity of
cyclones, sediment transport, seismic characteristics, fresh water influx.
38. Details on marine biological parameters – microbiological population, pathogenic

bacteria, plankton distribution, fish spawning grounds in the adjoining waters,
commercial fisheries potential, vegetation including inter tidal, flora and fauna in the
marine, benthal quality assessment for biological species and heavy metals and
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Anticipated environmental impacts and mitigation measures
39. Details in case, if the effluent conveyance system uses pipe lines, details regarding
minimum (one day) storage tank with mixing facility to keep it in aerobic conditions
at source industry and mechanism to ensure compliance with prescribed standards at
this storage tank.
40. Anticipated generic environmental impacts that require specific studies for
significance as given in impact matrix may be used for the assessment of
environmental impacts.
41. Details regarding soil and groundwater impacts and regular monitoring protocols
suggested for ensuring no significant impacts, besides preventive measures
42. Impact on the disposal mode-specific receiving environment
43. Impacts due to laying of pipe lines for effluent collection and for the disposal of the
treated wastewaters.
44. Bathymetric studies need to be conducted and models shall be applied to predict the
dispersion patterns to determine the length of the outfall, if disposal is through a
marine outfall.
45. Capital quantity of dredging material, disposal and its impact on aquatic life.
46. Details on fisheries study which are conducted w.r.t. benthos and marine organic
material and coastal fisheries.
47. Availability of the land for proposed treatment for ultimate capacity and to
accommodate required greenbelt development.
48. Details of stormwater collection network and utilization plan, etc.
49. Detailed plan of treated waste water disposal/ reuse/ utilization / management.
50. Proposed measures for occupational safety and health of the workers.
51. Generic measures that could be considered for the mitigation of impacts as given in
this manual may be referred.
52. Details of green cover giving details of species, width of plantation, planning
schedule, etc.
53. Details regarding infrastructure facilities such as sanitation, fuel, restroom, etc., to be
provided to the labour force during construction as well as to the casual workers
including truck drivers during the operational phase
Analysis of alternative resources and technologies
54. Comparison of alternate sites considered and the reasons for selecting the proposed
site. Conformity of the site with the prescribed guidelines in terms of CRZ, river,
highways, railways, etc.
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56. Details on improved technologies.
Environmental monitoring program
57. The name of the laboratory recognized by the MoEF/ CPCB / NBA, etc. through
which the monitoring / analysis shall be carried out.
58. Appropriate monitoring network has to be designed and proposed for regulatory
compliance and to assess the residual impacts, if any.
Additional studies
59. The project proponent should undertake risk assessment, covering plant operations
and collection network and disposal network and tankers movement. Details of the
proposed safeguard measures including measures for fire hazards.
60. Points identified in public hearing (if applicable) and commitment of the project
proponent to the same. Detailed action plan addressing the issues raised, and the
details of necessary allocation of funds shall be provided.
Environmental management plan
61. EMP devised to mitigate the adverse impacts of the project should be provided along
with item-wise cost of its implementation.
62. Proposed post project monitoring programme to ensure compliance to the approved
management plan including administrative and technical organizational structure.
Note:
Above points shall be adequately addressed in the EIA report at corresponding chapters, in
addition to the contents given in the reporting structure (Table: 4-7).

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4.4 Environmental Impact Assessment
The approach for accomplishing EIA studies is shown in Figure 4-3. Each stage is
discussed, in detail in subsequent sections.
Figure 4-3: Approach for EIA Study
4.4.1 EIA Team
The success of a multi-functional activity like an EIA primarily depends on constitution

of a right team at the right time (preferable at the initial stages of an EIA) in order to
assess the significant impacts (direct, indirect as well as cumulative impacts).
The professional Team identified for a specific EIA study should consist of qualified and
experienced professionals from various disciplines in order to address the critical aspects
identified for the specific project. Based on the nature and the environmental setting,
following professionals may be identified for EIA studies:
Environmental management specialist/Regulator

Air and noise quality expert
Occupational health
Geology/geo-hydrology

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Ecologist
Transportation Specialist
Safety and health specialist
Social scientist
Chemical engineer, etc.
4.4.2 Baseline quality of the environment
EIA Notification 2006 specifies that an EIA report should contain a description of the
existing environment that would be or might be affected directly or indirectly by the
proposed project. Environmental baseline monitoring (EBM) is a very important stage of
EIA. On one hand EBM plays a vital role in EIA and on the other hand, it provides
feedback about the actual environmental impacts of a project. EBM during the
operational phase helps in judging the success of mitigation measures in protecting the
environment. Mitigation measures, in turn are used to ensure compliance with
environmental standards, and to facilitate any needed project design or operational
changes.
The existing environment is broadly defined to include the natural, cultural, socio-
economic systems and their interrelationships. The intention is not to describe all
baseline conditions, but to focus on the collection and description of baseline data on
those VECs that are important and are affected by the proposed CETP activity.
4.4.2.1 Objective of EBM in the EIA context
The term ‘baseline’ refers to conditions existing before development against which
subsequent changes can be referenced. EBM studies are carried out to:
identify environmental conditions which might influence project design decisions

(e.g., site layout, structural or operational characteristics)
identify sensitive issues or areas requiring mitigation or compensation
provide input data to analytical models used for predicting effects
provide baseline data against which the results of future monitoring programs can be
compared
At this stage of the EIA process, the EBM is primarily discussed in the context of first
purpose wherein the feedback from EBM programs may be used to:
determine the available assimilative capacity of different environmental components

within the designated impact zone and whether more or less stringent mitigation
measures are needed; and
improve the predictive capability of EIAs.
There are many institutional, scientific, quality control, and fiscal issues that must be
addressed in the implementation of an environmental monitoring program. Careful
consideration of these issues in the design and planning stages will help avoid many of
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4.4.2.2 Environmental monitoring network design
Monitoring refers to the collection of data through a series of repetitive measurements of

environmental parameters (or, more generally, to a process of systematic observation).
The environmental quality monitoring programme design will be dependent on the
monitoring objectives specified for the selected area of interest. Types of monitoring and
network design considerations are discussed in Annexure IV.
4.4.2.3 Baseline data generation
List of important physical environmental components and indicators of EBM are given in
Table 4-3.
Table 4-3: List of important Physical Environmental Components

and Indicators of EBM
Environmental Component Environmental Indicators

Climatic variables Rainfall patterns – mean, mode, seasonality
Temperature patterns
Extreme events
Climate change projections
Prevailing wind - direction, speed, anomalies
Stability conditions and mixing height
Geology Underlying rock type
Surgical material
Geologic structures (faults etc.)
Geologic resources (minerals, etc.)
Topography Slope form
Landform and terrain analysis
Specific landform types
Coastal dynamics and morphology Wave patterns
Currents
Shoreline morphology – near shore, foreshore
Sediment – characteristics and transport
Soil Type and characteristics
Porosity and permeability
Sub-soil permeability
Run-off rate
Effective depth (inches/centimetres)
Inherent fertility
Suitability for method of sewage disposal
Drainage Surface hydrology
Drainage network
Rainfall runoff relationships
Hydrogeology
Groundwater characteristics – springs, etc.
Water quality Terrestrial - rivers, lakes, ponds, gullies
Coastal
Air quality Ambient
Respirable
Airshed importance
Odour levels
Noise
Hazardous waste

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Guidance for assessment of baseline components and attributes describing sampling

network, sampling frequency, method of measurement is given in Annexure V.
Infrastructure requirements for EBM

In addition to devising a monitoring network design and monitoring plans/program, it is
also necessary to ensure adequate resources in terms of staffing, skills, equipment,
training, budget, etc., for its implementation. Besides assigning institutional
responsibility, reporting requirements, QA/QC plans and its enforcement capability are
also essential. A monitoring program that does not have an infrastructural support and
QA/QC component will have little chance of success.
Defining data statistics/analyses requirements

The data analyses to be conducted are dictated by the objectives of the environmental
monitoring program. The statistical methods used to analyze the data should be described
in detail prior to data collection. This is important because repetitive observations are
recorded in time and space. Besides, the statistical methods could also be chosen so that
uncertainty or error estimates in the data can be quantified. For e.g., statistical methods
useful in an environmental monitoring program include: 1) frequency distribution
analysis; 2) analysis of variance; 3) analysis of covariance; 4) cluster analysis; 5) multiple
regression analysis; 6) time series analysis; 7) the application of statistical models (ADB-
Green, 1979).
Use of secondary data

The EBM program for an EIA can at best address temporal and/or spatial variations
limited to a limited extent because of cost implications and time limitations. Therefore
analysis of all available information or data is essential to establish the regional profiles.
So all the relevant secondary data available for different environmental components
should be collated and analyzed.
To facilitate stakeholders, ECOSMART has made an attempt to compile the list of

information required for EIA studies. Respective sources of secondary data are provided
in Annexures VIA and VIB.
4.4.3 Impact prediction tools
The scientific and technical credibility of an EIA relies on the ability of the EIA
practitioners to estimate the nature, extent, and magnitude of change in environmental
components that may result from project activities. Information about predicted changes
is needed for assigning impact significance, prescribing mitigation measures, and
designing and developing EMPs and monitoring programs. The more accurate the
predictions are, the more confident the EIA practitioner will be in prescribing specific
measures to eliminate or minimize the adverse impacts of development project.
Choice of models/methods for impact predictions in respect of each of air, noise, water,
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4.4.4 Significance of the impacts
Evaluating the significance of environmental effects is perhaps the most critical

component of impact analysis. More than other components, the interpretation of
significance is also a contentious process. The interpretation of significance bears
directly on the subsequent EIA process and also during Environmental Clearance on
project approvals and condition setting. At an early stage, it also enters into screening
and scoping decisions on what level of assessment is required and which impacts and
issues will be addressed.
Impact significance is also a key to choose among alternatives. In total, the attribution of
significance continues throughout the EIA process, from scoping to EIS review, in a
gradually narrowing ‘cone of resolution’ in which one stage sets up the next. But at this
stage, it is the most important as better understanding and quantification of impact
significance is required.
One common approach is based on determination of the significance of predicted changes

in the baseline environmental characteristics and compares these with reference to
regulatory standards, objective criteria and similar ‘thresholds’ as eco-sensitivity, cultural
/religious values. Often, these are outlined in guidance. A better test proposed by the
CEAA (1995) is to determine if ‘residual’ environmental effects are adverse, significant,
and likely (given under). But at this stage, the practice of formally evaluating
significance of residual impacts, i.e., after predicting the nature and magnitude of impacts
based on before-versus-after-project comparisons, and identifying measures to mitigate
these effects is not being followed in a systematic way.
Step 1: Are the environmental effects adverse?
Criteria for determining if effects are “adverse” include:
Effects on biota health

Effects on rare or endangered species
Reductions in species diversity
Habitat loss
Transformation of natural landscapes
Effects on human health
Effects on current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes by aboriginal
persons; and
Foreclosure of future resource use or production
Step 2: Are the adverse environmental effects significant?
Criteria for determining ‘significance’ is to judge that the impacts:
Are extensive over space or time

Are intensive in concentration or proportion to assimilative capacity
Exceed environmental standards or thresholds
Do not comply with environmental policies, land use plans, sustainability strategy
Adversely and seriously affect ecologically sensitive areas
Adversely and seriously affect heritage resources, other land uses, community
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Step 3: Are the significant adverse environmental effects likely?
Criteria for determining ‘likelihood’ include:
Probability of occurrence, and

Scientific uncertainty
4.5 Social Impact Assessment
Social impact assessment is the instrument used to analyze social issues and solicit
stakeholder views for the design of projects. Social assessment helps make the project
responsive to social development concerns, including seeking to enhance benefits for
poor and vulnerable people while minimizing or mitigating risk and adverse impacts. It
analyzes distributional impacts of intended project benefits on different stakeholder
groups, and identifies differences in assets and capabilities to access the project benefits.
The scope and depth of the social assessment should be determined by the complexity and
importance of the issues studied, taking into account the skills and resources available.
However, social impact assessment may include following:
Description of the socio-economic, cultural and institutional profile
Conduct a rapid review of available sources of information to describe the socio-

economic, cultural and institutional interface in which the project operates.
Socio-economic and cultural profile: Describe the most significant social, economic
and cultural features that differentiate social groups in the project area. Describe the
different interests in the project, and their levels of influence. In particular, explain any
significant impacts the project that may have affect on the poor and underprivileged.
Identify any known conflicts among groups that may affect project implementation.
Institutional profile: Describe the institutional environment; consider both the presence
and function of public, private and civil society institutions relevant to the operation. Are
there important constraints within existing institutions? e.g. disconnect between
institutional responsibilities and the interests and behaviors of personnel within those
institutions. Or are there opportunities to utilize the potential of existing institutions, e.g.
private or civil society institutions, to strengthen implementation capacity?
Legislative and regulatory considerations
To review laws and regulations governing the project’s implementation and the access of
poor and excluded groups to goods, services and opportunities provided by the project. In
addition, review the enabling environment for public participation and development
planning. Social analysis should be built on strong aspects of the legal and regulatory
systems to facilitate program implementation and identify weak aspects while
recommending alternative arrangements.
Key social issues
The social analysis provides the baseline information for designing the social
development strategy. The analysis should determine what the key social and
institutional issues are in relation to the project objectives; identify the key stakeholder
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affect or be affected by the project; and identify expected social development outcomes
and actions proposed to achieve those outcomes.
Data collection and methodology
Describe the design and methodology for the social analysis. In this regard:
Build on existing data

Clarify the units of analysis for the social assessment: intra-household, household
level, as well as communities/settlements and other relevant social aggregations on
which data is available or will be collected for analysis
Choose appropriate data collection and analytical tools and methods, employing
mixed methods wherever possible; mixed methods include a mix of quantitative and
qualitative methods.
Strategy to achieve social development outcomes
Identify the likely social development outcomes of the project and propose a social
development strategy, including recommendations for institutional arrangements to
achieve them, based on the findings of the social assessment. The social development
strategy could include measures that:
strengthen social inclusion by ensuring that both poor and excluded groups and
intended beneficiaries are included in the benefit stream and in access to opportunities
created by the project
empower stakeholders through their participation in the design and implementation of
the project, their access to information, and their increased voice and accountability
(i.e., a participation framework); and
enhance security by minimizing and managing likely social risks and increasing the
resilience of intended beneficiaries and affected persons to socio-economic shocks
Implications for analysis of alternatives
Review the proposed approaches for the project, and compare them in terms of their
relative impacts and social development outcomes. Consider what implications the
findings of the social assessment might have on those approaches. Should some new
components be added to the approach, or other components reconsidered or modified?
If the social analysis and consultation process indicates that alternative approaches are
likely to have better development outcomes, such alternatives should be described and
considered, along with the likely budgetary and administrative effects these changes
might have.
Recommendations for project design and implementation arrangements
Provide guidance to project management and other stakeholders on how to integrate

social development issues into project design and implementation arrangements. As
much as possible, suggest specific action plans or implementation mechanisms to address
relevant social issues and potential impacts. These can be developed as integrated or
separate action plans, for example, as resettlement action plans, indigenous peoples
development plans, community development plans, etc.

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Developing a monitoring plan
Through the social assessment process, a framework for monitoring and evaluation
should be developed. To the extent possible, this should be done in consultation with key
stakeholders, especially beneficiaries and affected people. The framework shall identify
expected social development indicators, establish benchmarks, and design systems and
mechanisms for measuring progress and results related to social development objectives.
The framework shall identify organizational responsibilities in terms of monitoring,
supervision, and evaluation procedures. Wherever possible, participatory monitoring
mechanisms shall be incorporated. The framework should:
Establish a set of monitoring indicators to track the progress achieved. The

benchmarks and indicators should be limited in number, and should combine both
quantitative and qualitative types of data. The indicators should include outputs to be
achieved by the social development strategy; indicators to monitor the process of
stakeholder participation, implementation and institutional reform
Establish indicators to monitor social risk and social development outcomes; and
indicators to monitor impacts of the project’s social development strategy. It is
important to suggest mechanisms through which lessons learnt from monitoring and
stakeholder feedback can result in changes to improve the operation of the project.
Indicators should be of such a nature that results and impacts can be disaggregated by
gender and other relevant social groups
Define transparent evaluation procedures: Depending on context, these may include a
combination of methods, such as participant observation, key informant interviews, focus
group discussions, census and socio-economic surveys, gender analysis, participatory
rural appraisal (PRA), participatory poverty assessment (PPA) methodologies, and other
tools. Such procedures should be tailored to the special conditions of the project and to
the different groups living in the project area. Estimate resource and budget requirements
for monitoring and evaluation activities, and a description of other inputs (such as
institutional strengthening and capacity building) needed to carry it out.
4.6 Risk Assessment and Disaster Management Plan
Industrial accidents results in great personal and financial loss. Managing these
accidental risks in today’s environment is the concern of every industry including CETP
facilities, because either real or perceived incidents can quickly jeopardize the financial
viability of a business. CETP facilities involve various treatment processes that have the
potential for accidents which may be catastrophic to the plant, work force, environment,
or public.
The main objective of the risk assessment study is to propose a comprehensive but simple
approach to carry out risk analysis and conducting feasibility studies for industries and
planning and management of industrial prototype hazard analysis study in Indian context.
Risk analysis and risk assessment should provide details on quantitative risk assessment
(QRA) techniques used world-over to determine risk posed to people who work inside or
live near hazardous facilities, and to aid in preparing effective emergency response plans
by delineating a disaster management plan (DMP) to handle onsite and offsite
emergencies. Hence, QRA is an invaluable method for making informed risk-based
process safety and environmental impact planning decisions, as well as being
fundamental to any facility-siting decision-making. QRA whether, site-specific or risk-
specific for any plant is complex and needs extensive study that involves process
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understanding, hazard identification, consequence modeling, probability data,

vulnerability models/data, local weather and terrain conditions and local population data.
QRA may be carried out to serve the following objectives:
Identification of safety areas

Identification of hazard sources
Generation of accidental release scenarios for escape of hazardous materials from the
facility
Identification of vulnerable units with recourse to hazard indices
Estimation of damage distances for the accidental release scenarios with recourse to
maximum credible accident (MCA) analysis
Hazard and Operability studies (HAZOP) in order to identify potential failure cases of
significant consequences
Estimation of probability of occurrences of hazardous event through fault tree
analysis and computation of reliability of various control paths
Assessment of risk on the basis of above evaluation against the risk acceptability
criteria relevant to the situation
Suggest risk mitigation measures based on engineering judgement, reliability and risk
analysis approaches
Delineation / upgrade of DMP
Safety reports: with external safety report/ occupational safety report.
The risk assessment (Figure 4-4) report may cover the following in terms of the extent of
damage with resource to MCA analysis and delineation of risk mitigations measures with
an approach to DMP.
Hazard identification – identification of hazardous activities, hazardous materials,

past accident records, etc.
Hazard quantification – consequence analysis to assess the impacts
Risk presentation
Risk mitigation measures
DMP
Figure 4-4: Risk Assessment – Conceptual Framework

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Predictive methods for estimating risk should cover all the design intentions and
operating parameters to quantify risk in terms of probability of occurrence of hazardous
events and magnitude of its consequence. Table 4-4 shows the predicted models for risk
assessment.
Table 4-4: Guidance for Accidental Risk Assessment
Name Application Remarks

EFFECT Consequence Analysis for Heat load, press wave & toxic
Visualization of accidental chemical release exposure neutral gas
release scenarios & its consequence dispersion
Consequence Analysis for
WHAZAN Visualization of accidental chemical
release scenarios & its consequence
EGADIS Consequence Analysis for Dense gas dispersion
Visualization of accidental chemical
release scenarios & its consequence
HAZOP and Fault For estimating top event probability Failure frequency data is
Tree Assessment required
Pathways reliability For estimating reliability of equipments Markov models
and protective system and protective systems
hazard analysis
Vulnerability Exposure Estimation of population exposure Uses probit equation for
models population exposure
F-X and F-N curves Individual / Societal risks Graphical Representation

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Figure 4-5: Comprehensive Risk Assessment –At a Glance

4.7 Mitigation Measures
The purpose of mitigation is to identify measures that safeguard the environment and the
community affected by the proposal. Mitigation is both a creative and practical phase of
the EIA process. It seeks to find the best ways and means of avoiding, minimizing and
remedying impacts. Mitigation measures must be translated into action in the correct way
and at the right time, if they are to be successful. This process is referred to as impact
management and takes place during project implementation. A written plan should be
prepared for this purpose, and includes a schedule of agreed actions. Opportunities for
impact mitigation will occur throughout the project cycle.
4.7.1 Important considerations for mitigation methods
The responsibility of project proponents to ‘internalize’ the full environmental costs of

development proposals is now widely accepted under “Polluter Pay” principle. In
addition, many proponents have found that good design and impact management can
result in significant savings applying the principles of cleaner production to improve their
environmental performance.
The predicted adverse environmental as well as social impacts for which mitigation
measures are required should be identified and briefly summarized along with cross
referencing them to the significance, prediction components of the EIA report or
other documentation.
Each mitigation measure should be briefly described with reference to the impact of
significances to which it relates and the conditions under which it is required (for
example, continuously or in the event of contingencies). These should also be cross-
referenced to the project design and operating procedures which elaborate on the
technical aspects of implementing the various measures.
Cost and responsibilities for mitigation and monitoring should be clearly defined,
including arrangements for co-ordination between the various authorities responsible
for mitigation.
The proponent can use the EMP to develop environmental performance standards and
requirements for the project site as well as supply chain. An EMP can be
implemented through EMS for the operational phase of the project.
Before selecting mitigation plans, it is appropriate to study the mitigation alternatives for
cost-effectiveness, technical and socio-political feasibility. Such mitigation measures
could include:
Avoiding eco-sensitive areas e.g. fish spawning areas, dense mangrove areas or areas
known to contain rare or endangered species
Adjusting work schedules to minimize disturbance
Engineered structures such as berms and noise attenuation barriers
Pollution control devices, such as scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators
Changes in fuel feed, manufacturing, process, technology use, or waste management
practices, etc.
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4.7.2 Hierarchy of elements of mitigation plan
Figure 4-6: Hierarchy of Elements of Mitigation Plan
Good EIA practice requires a relevant technical understanding of the issues and the
measures that work in all circumstances. The priority of selection of mitigation measures
should be in the order:
Step one: impact avoidance
This step is most effective when applied at an early stage of project planning. It can be
achieved by:
Not undertaking certain projects or elements that could result in adverse impacts
Avoiding areas that are environmentally sensitive; and
Putting in place the preventative measures to stop adverse impacts from occurring, for
example, release of water from a reservoir to maintain a fisheries regime.
Step two: impact minimization
This step is usually taken during impact identification and prediction to limit or reduce
the degree, extent, magnitude, or duration of adverse impacts. It can be achieved by:
Scaling down or relocating the project

Redesigning elements of the project; and
Taking supplementary measures to manage the impacts.
Step three: impact compensation
This step is usually applied to remedy unavoidable residual adverse impacts. It can be
achieved by:
Rehabilitation of the affected site or environment, for example, by habitat

enhancement and restocking fish
Restoration of the affected site or environment to its previous state or better, as
typically required for mine sites, forestry roads and seismic lines; and
Replacement of the same resource values at another location, for example, by wetland
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Important compensation elements

Special considerations apply to mitigation of proposals that displace or disrupt people.
Certain types of projects, such as reservoirs and irrigation schemes and public works, are
known to cause involuntary resettlement. This is a contentious issue because it involves
far more than re-housing people; in addition, income sources and access to common
property resources are likely to be lost. Almost certainly, a resettlement plan will be
required to ensure that no one is worse off than before, which may not be possible for
indigenous people whose culture and lifestyle is tied to a locality. This plan must include
the means for those displaced to reconstruct their economies and communities and should
include an EIA of the receiving areas. Particular attention should be given to indigenous,
minority and vulnerable groups who are at higher risk from resettlement.
In-kind compensation
When significant or net residual loss or damage to the environment is likely, in kind
compensation is appropriate. As noted earlier, environmental rehabilitation, restoration
or replacement have become standard practices for many proponents. Now, increasing
emphasis is given to a broader range of compensation measures to offset impacts and
assure the sustainability of development proposals. These include impact compensation
‘trading’, such as offsetting CO2 emissions by planting forests to sequester carbon.
4.7.3 Typical mitigation measures

Table 4-5: Mitigation Measures for Construction Phase
Impacts Mitigation Steps

Erosion Windscreens, maintenance, and installation of ground
cover
Installation of drainage ditches
Runoff and retention ponds
Minimize disturbances and scarification of the surface
Deforestation Plant or create similar areas
Initiate a tree planning program in other areas
Donate land to conservationalist groups
Table 4-6: Mitigation Measures for Operation Phase
Impacts Mitigation steps

Dust pollution Wetting of roadways to reduce traffic dust and reentrained
particles
Installation of windscreens to breakup the wind flow
Burning of refuse on days when meteorological conditions
provide for good mixing and dispersion
Noise pollution Heavy duty muffler systems on heavy equipment
Limit certain activities
Water pollution and Channeling and retention of water to reduce erosion and situation
issues Collection and treatment of sewage and organic waste
Increased recycling and reuse of water
Use of biodegradable or otherwise readily treatable additives
Cooling ponds, towers and canals to reduce temperatures of
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Neutralization and sedimentation of wastewater

Dewatering of sludges and appropriate disposal of solids
Use deep well injection below potable levels
Construct liners of ponds and solids waste disposal
Dilute water at point of discharge
Providing a stormwater network within the plant to prevent cross
contamination with the effluents
Chemical discharges Develop spill prevention plans
and spills Develop traps and containment system and chemically treat
discharges on site
Biological Installation of systems to discourage nesting or perching of birds
in dangerous environments
Increased employee awareness to sensitive areas
Disruption of traffic Develop traffic plan that minimizes road use by workers
Upgrade roads and intersections
Worker exposure to Provide wet scrubbing system
gaseous emissions like
fermenter gases
Worker exposure to Maintain boilers with multi cyclone dust seperator /wet scrubber
flue gases leaking from properly
the boiler and DG set Monitor concentrations with levels not to exceed
Installation of Muffler, Acoustic room
SO2 – 5 ppm
CO – 5 ppm
NO2 – 5 ppm
Worker exposure to Maintain noise levels from below 90 dba
excessive noise Provide ear protection if in excess
Induced secondary Provide infrastructure plan and financial support for increased
development puts demands
increased demand on Construct facilities to reduce demands
infrastructure
4.8 Environmental Management Plan
A typical EMP shall be composed of the following:
1. summary of the potential impacts of the proposal

2. description of the recommended mitigation measures
3. statement of their compliance with relevant standards
4. allocation of resources and responsibilities for plan implementation
5. schedule of the actions to be taken
6. programme for surveillance, monitoring and auditing
7. contingency plan when impacts are greater than expected
Each of the above components are precisely discussed below:
Summary of impacts: The predicted adverse environmental and social impacts for which
mitigation measures are identified in the earlier sections to be briefly summarized with
cross referencing to the corresponding sections in the EIA report.
Description of mitigation measures: Each mitigation measure should be briefly

described with reference to the impact to which it relates and the conditions under which
it is required. These should be accompanied by, or referenced to, project design and
operating procedures which elaborate on the technical aspects of implementing the
various measures.
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Description of monitoring programme: Environmental monitoring refers to compliance

monitoring and residual impact monitoring. Compliance monitoring refers to meeting the
industry-specific statutory compliance requirements (Ref. Applicable National regulations
as detailed in Chapter 3).
Residual impact monitoring refers to monitoring of identified sensitive locations with

adequate number of samples and frequency. The monitoring programme should clearly
indicate the linkages between impacts identified in the EIA report, measurement
indicators, detection limits (where appropriate), and definition of thresholds that will
signal the need for corrective actions.
Institutional arrangements: Responsibilities for mitigation and monitoring should be

clearly defined, including arrangements for coordination between the various actors
responsible for mitigation. Details should be provided w.r.t the deployment of staff
(detailed organogram), monitoring network design, parameters to be monitored, analysis
methods, associated equipments, etc.
Implementation schedule and reporting procedures: The timing, frequency and

duration of mitigation measure should be specified in an implementation schedule,
showing links with overall project implementation. Procedures to provide information on
the progress and results of mitigation and monitoring measures should also be clearly
specified.
Cost estimates and sources of funds: These should be specified for both the initial
investment and recurring expenses for implementing all measures contained in the EMP,
integrated into the total project costs, and factored into loan negotiation.
The EMP should contain commitments that are binding on the proponent in different
phases of project implementation i.e., pre-construction or site clearance, construction,
operation, decommissioning.
4.9 Reporting
Structure of the EIA report is given in the following Table. Each task prescribed in ToR
shall be incorporated appropriately in the contents in addition to the described in the
Table.
Table 4-7: Generic Structure of EIA Document
S.NO EIA STRUCTURE CONTENTS

1. Introduction Purpose of the report
Identification of project & project proponent
Brief description of nature, size, location of the project and
its importance to the country, region
Scope of the study – details of regulatory scoping carried
out (As per the ToR for EIA Studies)
2. Project Description Condensed description of those aspects of the project (based
on project feasibility study), likely to cause environmental
effects. Details should be provided to give clear picture of
the following:
Type of project
Need for the project
Location (maps showing general location, specific location,

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project boundary & project site layout)
Size or magnitude of operation (incl. Associated activities
required by or for the project)
Proposed schedule for approval and implementation
Technology and process description
Project description including drawings showing project
layout, components of project etc. Schematic
representations of the feasibility drawings which give
information important for EIA purpose
Description of mitigation measures incorporated into the
project to meet environmental standards, environmental
operating conditions, or other EIA requirements (as
required by the scope)
Assessment of New & untested technology for the risk of
technological failure
3. Description of the Study area, period, components & methodology
Environment Establishment of baseline for VECs, as identified in the
scope
Base maps of all environmental components
4. Anticipated Details of Investigated Environmental impacts due to
Environmental project location, possible accidents, project design, project
Impacts & construction, regular operations, final decommissioning or
Mitigation Measures rehabilitation of a completed project
Measures for minimizing and / or offsetting adverse impacts
identified
Irreversible and Irretrievable commitments of
environmental components
Assessment of significance of impacts (Criteria for
determining significance, Assigning significance)
Mitigation measures
5. Analysis of Incase, the scoping exercise results in need for alternatives:
Alternatives Description of each alternative
(Technology & Site) Summary of adverse impacts of each alternative
Mitigation measures proposed for each alternative and
selection of alternative
6. Environmental Technical aspects of monitoring the effectiveness of
Monitoring Program mitigation measures (incl. Measurement methodologies,
frequency, location, data analysis, reporting schedules,
emergency procedures, detailed budget & procurement
schedules)
7. Additional Studies Public Consultation
Risk assessment
Social Impact Assessment, R&R Action Plans
8. Project Benefits Improvements in the physical infrastructure
Improvements in the social infrastructure
Employment potential –skilled; semi-skilled and unskilled
Other tangible benefits
9. Environmental Cost If recommended at the Scoping stage

Benefit Analysis
10. EMP Description of the administrative aspects of ensuring that
mitigative measures are implemented and their effectiveness
monitored, after approval of the EIA
11. Summary & Overall justification for implementation of the project
Conclusion (This Explanation of how, adverse effects have been mitigated
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summary of the EIA
Report)
12. Disclosure of The names of the Consultants engaged with their brief resume and
Consultants engaged nature of Consultancy rendered
4.10 Public Consultation
Public consultation refers to the process by which the concerns of local affected people
and others who have plausible stake in the environmental impacts of the project or
activity are ascertained.
Public consultation is not a decision taking process, but is a process to collect views
of the people having plausible stake. If the SPCB/Public agency conducting public
hearing is not convinced with the plausible stake, then such expressed views need not
be considered.
Public consultation involves two components, one is public hearing, and other one is
inviting written responses/objections through Internet/by post, etc., by placing the
summary of EIA report on the web site.
All Category A and Category B1 projects require public hearing except the following:
− Once Environmental Clearance is granted to an industrial estates/SEZs/EPZs etc.,
for a given composition (type and capacity) of industries, then individual units
will not require public hearing
− Expansion of roads and highways, which do not involve any further acquisition of
land.
− All building/ construction projects/ area development projects/townships
− All Category B2 projects
− All projects concerning national defense and security or involving other strategic
considerations as determined by the Central Government
Public hearing shall be carried out at the site or in its close proximity, district-wise,
for ascertaining concerns of local affected people including the affected people due to
the discharge of treated wastewater.
Project proponent shall make a request through a simple letter to the Member-
Secretary of the SPCB or UTPCC to arrange public hearing.
Project proponent shall enclose with the letter of request, at least 10 hard copies and
10 soft copies of the draft EIA report including the summary EIA report in English
and local language prepared as per the approved scope of work, to the concerned
Authority.
Simultaneously, project proponent shall arrange to send, one hard copy and one soft
copy, of the above draft EIA report along with the summary EIA report to the
following Authorities within whose jurisdiction the project will be located:
− District magistrate(s)
− Zilla parishad and municipal corporation
− District industries office
− Concerned regional office of the MoEF/SPCB
Above mentioned Authorities except concerned prior Environmental Clearance
Authority (MoEF/SEIAA) shall arrange to widely publicize the draft EIA report
within their respective jurisdictions. They shall also make draft EIA report for
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inspection electronically or otherwise to the public during normal hours till the public
hearing is over.
Concerned regulatory Authority (MoEF/SEIAA/UTEIA) shall display the summary
of EIA report on its website and also make full draft EIA report available for
reference at a notified place during normal office hours at their head office.
SPCB or UTPCC concerned shall make arrangements for giving publicity about the
project within the State/UT and make available the summary of draft EIA report for
inspection in select offices, public libraries. They shall also additionally make
available a copy of the draft EIA report to the above five authorities/offices as
mentioned above.
The MemberSecretary of the concerned SPCB or UTPCC shall finalize the date,
time and exact venue for the conduct of public hearing within seven days of the date
of the receipt of the draft EIA report from the project proponent and advertise the
same in one major national daily and one regional vernacular daily.
A minimum notice period of 30 (thirty) days shall be provided to the public for
furnishing their responses.
No postponement of the date, time, venue of the public hearing shall be undertaken,
unless some untoward emergency situation occurs and only then on the
recommendation of the concerned District Magistrate the postponement shall be
notified to the public through the same National and Regional vernacular dailies and
also prominently displayed at all the identified offices by the concerned SPCB or
UTPCC.
In the above exceptional circumstances fresh date, time and venue for the public
consultation shall be decided by the Member–Secretary of the concerned SPCB or
UTPCC only in consultation with the District Magistrate and notified afresh as per
the procedure.
The District Magistrate or his or her representative not below the rank of an
Additional District Magistrate assisted by a representative of SPCB or UTPCC, shall
supervise and preside over the entire public hearing process.
The SPCB or UTPCC shall arrange to video film the entire proceedings. A copy of
the videotape or a CD shall be enclosed with the public hearing proceedings while
forwarding it to the Regulatory Authority concerned.
The attendance of all those who are present at the venue shall be noted and annexed
with the final proceedings.
There shall be no quorum required for attendance for starting the proceedings.
Every person present at the venue shall be granted the opportunity to seek
information or clarifications on the project from the Applicant. The summary of the
public hearing proceedings accurately reflecting all the views and concerns expressed
shall be recorded by the representative of the SPCB or UTPCC and read over to the
audience at the end of the proceedings explaining the contents in the vernacular
language and the agreed minutes shall be signed by the District Magistrate or his or
her representative on the same day and forwarded to the SPCB/UTPCC concerned.
A statement of the issues raised by the public and the comments of the proponent
shall also be prepared in the local language and in English and annexed to the
proceedings.
The proceedings of the public hearing shall be conspicuously displayed at the office
of the Panchayats within whose jurisdiction the project is located, office of the
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concerned Zilla Parishad, District Magistrate, and the SPCB or UTPCC. The SPCB or
UTPCC shall also display the proceedings on its website for general information.
Comments, if any, on the proceedings, may be sent directly to the concerned
regulatory authorities and the Applicant concerned.
The public hearing shall be completed within a period of 45 (forty five) days from
date of receipt of the request letter from the Applicant. Therefore the SPCB or
UTPCC concerned shall send the public hearing proceedings to the concerned
regulatory authority within 8(eight) days of the completion of the public hearing. The
proponent may also directly forward a copy of the approved public hearing
proceedings to the regulatory authority concerned along with the final EIA report or
supplementary report to the draft EIA report prepared after the public hearing and
public consultations.
Upon receipt of the same, the Authority will place executive summary of the report
on the website to invite responses from other concerned persons having a plausible
stake in the environmental aspects of the project or activity.
If SPCB/UTPCC is unable to conduct the public hearing in the prescribed time, the
Central Government incase of Category A projects and State Government in case of
Category B projects at the request of the SEIAA or project proponent can engage a
public agency for conducting the public hearing process within a further period of 45
days. The respective governments shall pay the appropriate fee to the public agency
for conducting public hearing.
A public agency means a non-profit making institution/ body such as
technical/academic institutions, government bodies not subordinate to the concerned
Authority.
If SPCB/Public Agency authorized for conducting public hearing informs the
Authority, stating that it is not possible to conduct the public hearing in a manner,
which will enable the views of the concerned local persons to be freely expressed,
then Authority may consider such report to take a decision that in such particular
case, public consultation may not have the component of public hearing.
Often restricting the public hearing to the specific district may not serve the entire
purpose, therefore, NGOs who are local and registered under the Societies Act in the
adjacent districts may also be allowed to participate in public hearing, if they so
desire.
Confidential information including non-disclosable or legally privileged information
involving intellectual property right, source specified in the application shall not be
placed on the website.
The Authority shall make available on a written request from any concerned person
the draft EIA report for inspection at a notified place during normal office hours till
the date of the public hearing.
While mandatory requirements will have to be adhered to, utmost attention shall be
given to the issues raised in the public hearing for determining the modifications
needed in the project proposal and EMP to address such issues.
Final EIA report after making needed amendments, as aforesaid, shall be submitted
by the applicant to the concerned Authority for prior Environmental Clearance.
Alternatively, a supplementary report to draft EIA and EMP addressing all concerns
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4.11 Appraisal
Appraisal means the detailed scrutiny by the EAC/SEAC of the application and the other
documents like the final EIA report, outcome of the public consultation including public
hearing proceedings submitted by the applicant for grant of environmental clearance.
The appraisal shall be made by EAC to the Central Government or SEAC to SEIAA.
Project proponent either personally or through consultant can make a presentation to
EAC/SEAC for the purpose of appraising the features of the project proposal and also
to clarify the issues raised by the members of the EAC/SEAC.
On completion of these proceedings, concerned EAC/SEAC shall make categorical
recommendations to the respective Authority, either for grant of prior Environmental
Clearance on stipulated terms & conditions, if any, or rejection of the application with
reasons.
In case EAC/SEAC needs to visit the site or obtain further information before being
able to make categorical recommendations, EAC/SEAC may inform the project
proponent accordingly. In such an event, it should be ensured that the process of
Environmental Clearance is not unduly delayed to go beyond the prescribed
timeframe.
Upon the scrutiny of the final report, if EAC/SEAC opines that ToR for EIA studies
finalized at the scoping stage are not covered by the proponent, then the project
proponent may be asked to provide such information. If such information is declined
by the project proponent or is unlikely to be provided early enough so as to complete
the environmental appraisal within prescribed time of 60 days, the EAC/SEAC may
recommend for rejection of the proposal with the same reason.
Appraisal shall be strictly in terms of the ToR for EIA studies finalized at the scoping
stage and the concerns expressed during public consultation.
This process of appraisal shall be completed within 60 days from the receipt of the
updated EIA report and EMP report, after completing public consultation.
The EIA report will be typically examined for following:
− Project site description supported by topographic maps & photographs – detailed
description of topography, land use and activities at the proposed project site and
its surroundings (buffer zone) supported by photographic evidence.
− Clarity in description of drainage pattern, location of eco sensitive areas,
vegetation characteristics, wildlife status - highlighting significant environmental
attributes such as feeding, breeding and nesting grounds of wildlife species,
migratory corridor, wetland, erosion and neighboring issues.
− Description of the project site – how well the interfaces between the project
related activities and the environment have been identified for the entire project
cycle i.e., construction, operation and decommissioning at the end of the project
life.
− How complete and authentic are the baseline data pertaining to flora and fauna
and socio economic aspects?
− Citing of proper references, with regard to the source(s) of baseline data as well
as the name of the investigators/ investigating agency responsible for collecting
the primary data.
− How consistent are the various values of environmental parameters with respect
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− Is a reasonable assessment of the environmental and social impact made for the
identified environmental issues including project affected people?
− To what extent the proposed environmental plan will mitigate the environmental
impact and at what estimated cost, shown separately for construction, operation
and closure stages and also separately in terms of capital and recurring expenses
along with details of agencies that will be responsible for the implementation of
environmental plan/ conservation plan.
− How well the concerns expressed/highlighted during the public hearing have been
addressed and incorporated in the EMP giving item wise financial provisions and
commitments (in quantified terms)?
− How far the proposed environmental monitoring plan will effectively evaluate the
performance of the EMP? Are details for environmental monitoring plan
provided in the same manner as the EMP?
− Identification of hazard and quantification of risk assessment and whether
appropriate mitigation plan has been included in the EMP?
− Does the proposal include a well formulated time bound green belt development
plan for mitigating environmental problems such as fugitive emission of dust,
gaseous pollutants, noise, odour, etc.
− Does EIA makes a serious attempt to guide the project proponent for minimizing
the requirement of natural resources including land, water energy and other non
renewable resources?
− How well the EIA statement has been organized and presented so that the issues,
their impact and environmental management strategies emerge clearly from it and
how well organized was the power point presentation made before the expert
committee?
− Is the information presented in the EIA adequately and appropriately supported
by maps, imageries and photographs highlighting site features and environmental
attributes?
4.12 Decision-making
The Chairperson reads the sense of the Committee and finalizes the draft minutes of the
meeting, which are circulated by the Secretary to all the core members and sectoral
experts invited to the meeting. Based on the response from the members, the minutes are
finalized and signed by the Chairperson. This process for finalization of the minutes
should be so organized that the time prescribed for various stages is not exceeded.
Approval / rejection / reconsideration

The Authority shall consider the recommendations of concerned Appraisal
Committee and convey its decision within 45 days of the receipt of recommendations.
If the Authority disagrees with the recommendations of the Appraisal Committee,
then reasons shall be communicated to concerned Appraisal Committee and applicant
with in 45 days from the receipt of the recommendations. The Appraisal Committee
concerned shall consider the observations of the Authority and furnish its views on
the observations within further period of 60 days. The Authority shall take a decision
with in the next 30 days based on the views of Appraisal Committee.
If the decision of the Authority is not conveyed within the time, then the proponent
may proceed as if the Environmental Clearance sought has been granted or denied by
the regulatory authority in terms of the final recommendation of the concerned
appraisal Committee. For this purpose, the decision of the Appraisal Committee will
be public document, once the period specified above for taking the decision by the
Authority is over.
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Incase of the Category B projects, application shall be received by the

MemberSecretary of the SEIAA and clearance shall also be issued by the same
SEIAA.
If approved
The concerned authority (MoEF/SEIAA) will issue an Environmental Clearance for
the project.
The project proponent should make sure that the award of Environmental Clearance is
properly publicized in at least two local newspapers of the district or state where the
proposed project is located. For instance, the executive summary of the
Environmental Clearance may be published in the newspaper along with the
information about the location (website/office where it is displayed for public) where
the detailed Environmental Clearance is made available. The MoEF and the
SEIAA/UTEIAA, as the case may be, shall also place the Environmental Clearance in
the public domain on Government Portal. Further copies of the Environmental
Clearance shall be endorsed to the Heads of local bodies, Panchayats and Municipal
bodies in addition to the relevant offices of the Government
The Environmental Clearance will be valid from the start date to actual
commencement of the production of the developmental activity.
4.13 Post Clearance Monitoring Protocol
The MoEF, Government of India will monitor and take appropriate action under the EP
Act, 1986.
The project proponent must submit half-yearly compliance reports in respect of the
stipulated prior environmental clearance terms and conditions in hard and soft copies to
the regulatory authority concerned, on 1st June and 1st December of each calendar year.
All such compliance reports submitted by the project management shall be public
documents. Copies of the same shall be given to any person on application to the
concerned regulatory authority. The latest such compliance report shall also be displayed
on the website of the concerned regulatory authority.
The SPCB shall incorporate EIA clearance conditions into consent conditions in respect
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5.
STAKEHOLDERS’ ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Prior environmental clearance process involves many stakeholders i.e., Central

Government, State Government, SEIAA, EAC at the National Level, SEAC, Public
Agency, SPCB, the project proponent, and the public.
The roles and responsibilities of the organizations involved in different stages of prior
Environmental Clearance are given in Table 5-1.
Organization-specific functions are listed in Table 5-2.
In this Chapter, constitution, composition, functions, etc., of the Authorities and the
Committees are discussed in detail.
Table 5-1: Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders Involved in

Prior Environmental Clearance
Stage MoEF/ EAC/SEAC Project EIA SPCB/ Public and

SEIAA Proponent Consultant Public Interest
Agency Group
Screening Receives Advises the Submits Advises and
application MoEF/ application assists the
and takes SEIAA (Form 1) and proponent by
advise of provides providing
EAC/ necessary technical
SEAC information information
Scoping Approves Reviews the Submits the Prepares ToR
the ToR, ToR, visits draft ToR to
communica the proposed MoEF/SEIAA
tes the site, if and facilitates
same to the required and the visit of the
project recommends EAC/SEAC
proponent the ToR to members to
and places the MoEF/ the project site
the same in SEIAA
the website
EIA Report Reviews Submits Prepares the Reviews Participates
& Public and detailed EIA EIA report EIA report in public
Hearing forwards report as per and hearings and
Presents and
copies of the finalized conducts offers
appraises the
the EIA ToR public comments
likely impacts
report to hearing in and
Facilitates the and pollution
SPCB the manner observations
public hearing control
/public prescribed .
by arranging measures
agency for
presentation proposed in Submits Comments
conducting
on the project, the public proceedings can be sent
public
EIA and EMP hearing and views of directly to
hearing
– takes note of SPCB, to the SEIAA
Places the objections and Authority through
summary updates the and the Internet in
Technical EIA Guidance Manual for CETP 5-1

Stakeholders’ Roles and Responsibilities
Stage MoEF/ EAC/SEAC Project EIA SPCB/ Public and

SEIAA Proponent Consultant Public Interest
Agency Group
of EIA EMP project response to
report in accordingly proponent as the summary
the website well placed in the
website
Conveys
objections
to the
project
proponent
for update,
if any.
Appraisal Receives Critically Submits Provides
and updated examines the updated EIA , technical
Clearance EIA reports, EMP reports to advise to the
presentation MoEF/SEIAA. project
Takes
of the proponent
advise of Presents the
proponent and if
EAC/ overall EIA
and appraises necessary
SEAC, and EMP
MoEF/ presents the
approves including
SEIAA proposed
EIA and public
(recommenda measures for
attaches the concerns to
tions are mitigation of
terms and EAC/SEAC
forwarded to likely impacts
conditions
MoEF/ (terms and
SEIAA) conditions of
clearance)
Post- Implements Conducts Incorporates
clearance environmental periodic the
Monitoring protection monitoring clearance
measures conditions
prescribed and into
submits appropriate
periodic consent
monitoring conditions
results and ensures
implementat
ion
Table 5-2: Organization-Specific Functions
ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONS
Central Constitutes the EAC
Government Considering recommendations of the State Government, constitutes the SEIAA &
SEAC
Receives application from the project proponent in case of Category A projects or
Category B projects attracting general condition
Communicated the ToR finalized by the EAC to the project proponent.
Receives EIA report from the project proponent and soft copy of summary of the
report for placing in the website
Summary of EIA report will be placed in website. Forwards the received
responses to the project proponent
Engages other public agency for conducting public hearings in cases where the
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ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONS
SPCB does not respond within time
Receives updated EIA report from project proponent incorporating the
considerations from the proceedings of public hearing and responses received
through other media
Forwards updated EIA report to the EAC for appraisal
Either accepts the recommendations of EAC or asks for reconsideration of specific
issues for review by the EAC.
Takes the final decision – acceptance/ rejection – of the project proposal and
communicates the same to the project proponent
State Government Identifies experts as per the composition specified in the Notification and
subsequent guidelines to recommend to the Central Government.
Extends funding support to fulfill the functions of SEIAA/SEAC
Engages other public agency for conducting public hearings in cases where the
SPCB does not respond within time
State Governments will suitably pay the public agency for conducting such activity
EAC Reviews Form 1 and its attachments
Visits site(s), if necessary
Finalizes ToR and recommends to the Central Government, which in turn
communicates the finalized ToR to the project proponent, if not exempted by the
Notification
Reviews EIA report, proceedings and appraises their views to the Central
government
If the Central Government has any specific views, then the EAC reviews again for
appraisal
SEIAA Receives application from the project proponent
Considers SEAC’s views for finalization of ToR
Communicates the finalized ToR to the project proponent
Receives EIA report from project proponent
Uploads the summary of EIA report in the website in cases of Category B projects
Forwards the responses received to the project proponent
Receives updated EIA report from project proponent incorporating the
considerations from the proceedings of public hearing and responses received
through other media
Forwards updated EIA report to SEAC for appraisal
Either accepts the recommendations of SEAC or asks for reconsideration of
specific issues for review by SEAC.
Takes the final decision and communicates the same to the project proponent
SEAC Reviews Form 1
If necessary visits, site(s) for finalizing the ToR
Reviews updated EIA - EMP report and
Appraises the SEIAA
SPCB Receives request from project proponent and conducts public hearing in the
manner prescribed.
Conveys proceedings to concerned authority and project proponent
Public Agency Receives request from the respective Governments to conduct public hearing
Conducts public hearing in the manner prescribed.
Conveys proceedings to the concerned Authority/EAC /Project proponent

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5.1 SEIAA
SEIAA is constituted by the MoEF to take final decision regarding the

acceptance/rejection of prior Environmental Clearance to the project proposal for all
Category ‘B’ projects.
The state government may decide whether to house them at the Department of
Environment or at any other Board for effective operational support.
State Governments can decide whether the positions are permanent or part-time. The
Central Government (MoEF) continues to follow the model of paying fee (TA/DA,
accommodation, sitting fee) to the Chairperson and the members of EAC. As such,
the State Government is to fund SEIAA & SEAC and decide the appropriate
institutional support for them.
A. Constitution
SEIAA is constituted by the Central Government comprising of three members
including a Chairperson and the Member-Secretary to be nominated by the State
Government or UT Administration concerned.
The Central Government will notify as and when the nominations (in order) are
received from the State Governments, within 30 days from the date of receipt.
The Chairperson and the non-official member shall have a fixed term of three years,
from the date of Notification by the Central Government constituting the Authority.
The form used by the State Governments to submit nominations for Notification by
the Central Government is provided in Annexure VIII.
B. Composition
Chairperson shall be an expert in the EIA process
Member-Secretary shall be a serving officer of the concerned State Government/ UT
Administration familiar with the environmental laws.
Member-Secretary may be of a level equivalent to the Director, Dept. of Environment
or above – a full time member.
All the members including the Chairperson shall be the experts as per the criteria set
in the Notification.
The Government servants can only serve as the Member-Secretary to SEIAA and the
Secretary to SEAC. All other members including Chairperson of the SEIAA and
SEAC shall not be comprised of serving Government Officers; industry
representatives; and the activists.
Serving faculty (academicians) is eligible for the membership in the Authority and/or
the Committees, if they fulfill the criteria given in Appendix VI to the Notification.
This is to clarify that the serving Government officers shall not be nominated as
professional/expert member of SEIAA/SEAC/EAC.
Professionals/Experts in the SEIAA and SEAC shall be different.
Summary regarding the eligibility criteria for Chairperson and Members of the
SEIAA is given in Table 5-3.

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C. Decision-making process
The decision of the Authority shall be arrived through consensus.
If there is no consensus, the Authority may either ask SEAC for reconsideration or
may reject the approval.
All decisions of the SEIAA shall be taken in a meeting, considering the majority
Table 5-3: SEIAA: Eligibility Criteria for Chairperson / Members / Secretary
S. Requirement
No.
Attribute Members Member-Secretary Chairperson
1 Professional qualification Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory

as per the Notification
2 Experience a Professional Professional Professional

Qualification + 15 Qualification + 15 Qualification + 15
(Fulfilling any one of
years of experience in years of experience in years of experience
a, b, c)
one of the expertise one of the expertise in one of the
area mentioned in the area mentioned in the expertise area
Appendix VI Appendix VI mentioned in the
Appendix VI
b Professional Professional Professional
Qualification +PhD+10 Qualification Qualification
years of experience in +PhD+10 years of +PhD+10 years of
one of the expertise experience in one of experience in one
area mentioned in the expertise area of the expertise
Appendix VI mentioned in the area mentioned in
Appendix VI the Appendix VI
c Professional Professional -------------
Qualification +10 years Qualification +10
of experience in one of years of experience in
the expertise area one of the expertise
mentioned in the area mentioned in the
Appendix VI + 5 years Appendix VI + 5 years
interface with interface with
environmental issues, environmental issues,
problems and their problems and their
management management
3 Test of independence Shall not be a serving Only serving officer Shall not be a
(conflict of interest) government officer from the State serving
and minimum grade Government (DoE) government officer
Shall not be a person
of the Secretary of familiar with
engaged in industry Shall not be a
the Authority environmental laws
and their associations person engaged in
not below the level of
industry and their
Shall not be a person Director
associations
associated with
environmental activism Shall not be a
person associated
with environmental
activism

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S. Requirement
No.
Attribute Members Member-Secretary Chairperson
4 Age Below 67 years at the As per State Below 72 Years at

time of Notification of Government Service the time of the
the Authority Rules Notification of the
Authority
5 Other memberships Shall not be a member Shall not be a member Shall not be a
in Core Committees in any in any member in any
and/or as Sectoral SEIAA/EAC/SEAC SEIAA/EAC/SEAC SEIAA/EAC/SEA
expert C
6 Tenure of earlier Only one term before Not applicable Only one term
appointment this in continuity is before this in
(continuous) permitted continuity is
permitted
7 Eminent Desirable Desirable Compulsory
environmental
expertise with
understanding on
environmental
aspects and impacts
8 Expertise in the Desirable Desirable Compulsory
Environmental
Clearance process
5.2 EAC and SEAC
EAC and SEAC are independent Committees to review each developmental activity and
offer its recommendations for consideration of the Central Government and SEIAA
respectively.
A. Constitution
EAC and SEAC shall be constituted by the Central Government comprising a
maximum of 15 members including a Chairperson and Secretary. In case of SEAC,
the State Government or UT Administration is required to nominate the
professionals/experts for consideration and Notification by the Central Government.
The Central Government will notify as and when the nominations (in order) are
received from the State Governments, within 30 days from the date of receipt.
The Chairperson and the non-official member shall have a fixed term of three years,
from the date of Notification by the Central Government.
The Chairperson shall be an eminent environmental expert with understanding on
environmental aspects and environmental impacts. The Secretary of the SEAC shall
be a State Government officer, not below the level of a Director/Chief Engineer.
The members of the SEAC need not be from the same State/UT.
In case the State Governments/ UTs so desire, the MoEF can form regional EAC to
serve the concerned States/UTs.

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State Governments may decide to their convenience to house SEAC at the

Department of Environment or at SPCB or at any other department, to extend support
to the SEAC activities.
B. Composition
Secretary to EAC/SEAC shall invite a maximum of two sectoral professionals/experts
with the prior approval of the Chairperson, if desired.
The Secretary of each EAC shall be an officer of the level equivalent to or above the
level of Director, the MoEF, GoI.
The suggested model for appraisal committees is a composition of Core expert
members and joined by sectoral experts. This means, core group expert members will
be common to all the developmental projects in a group, whereas the sectoral experts
join the core group when specific sectoral project is being appraised.
The desired composition of state or central appraisal committee for this industry
includes the following:
− Environmental management specialist/ environmental regulator
− Air and Noise quality expert
− Occupational health
− Geology/geo-hydrology
− Ecologist
− Transportation specialist
− Safety and health specialist
− Social scientist, etc.
C. Decision-making
The EAC and SEAC shall function on the principle of collective responsibility. The
Chairperson shall endeavor to reach a consensus in each case, and if consensus cannot be
reached, the view of the majority shall prevail.
D. Operational issues
Secretary may deal with all correspondence, formulate agenda and prepare agenda
notes. Chairperson and other members may act only for the meetings.
Chairperson of EAC/SEAC shall be one among the core group having considerable
professional experience with proven credentials.
EAC/SEAC shall meet at least once every month or more frequently, if so needed, to
review project proposals and to offer recommendations for the consideration of the
Authority.
EAC/SEAC members may inspect the site at various stages i.e., during screening,
scoping and appraisal, as per the need felt and decided by the Chairperson of the
Committee.
The respective Governments through the Secretary of the Committee may
pay/reimburse the participation expenses, honorarium etc., to the Chairperson and
members.
i. Tenure of EAC/SEIAA/SEAC
The tenure of Authority/Committee(s) shall be for a fixed period of three years. At the
end of the three years period, the Authority and the committees need to be re-constituted.
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However, staggered appointment dates may be adopted to maintain continuity of

members at a given point of time.
ii. Qualifying criteria for nomination of a member to EAC/SEIAA/SEAC
While recommending nominations and while notifying the members of the Authority and
Expert Committees, it shall be ensured that all the members meet the following three
criteria:
Professional qualification
Relevant experience/Experience interfacing with environmental management
Absence of conflict of interest
These are elaborated subsequently.
a) Professional qualification
The person should have at least
5 years of formal University training in the concerned discipline leading to a

MA/MSc Degree, or
In case of Engineering/Technology/Architecture disciplines, 4 years formal training
in a professional training course together with prescribed practical training in the field
leading to a B.Tech/B.E./B.Arch. Degree, or
Other professional degree (e.g. Law) involving a total of 5 years of formal University
training and prescribed practical training, or
Prescribed apprenticeship/articleship and pass examinations conducted by the
concerned professional association (e.g. MBA/IAS/IFS). In selecting the individual
professionals, experience gained by them in their respective fields will be taken note
of.
b) Relevant experience
Experience shall be related to professional qualification acquired by the person and be

related to one or more of the expertise mentioned for the members of the Core group
or the Sectoral Experts. Such experience should be a minimum of 15 years.
When the experience mentioned in the foregoing sub-paragraph interfaces with
environmental issues, problems and their management, the requirement for the length
of the experience can be reduced to a minimum of 10 years.
c) Absence of conflict of interest
For the deliberations of the EAC/SEAC to be independent and unbiased, all possibilities
of potential conflict of interests have to be eliminated. Therefore, serving government
officers; persons engaged in industry and their associations; persons associated with the
formulation of development projects requiring environmental clearance, and persons
associated with environmental activism shall not be considered for membership of
SEIAA/SEAC/EAC.
iii. Age

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Below 70 years for the members and below 72 years for the Chairperson of the
SEIAA/SEAC/EAC. The applicability of the age is at the time of the Notification of the
SEIAA/SEAC/EAC by the Central Government.
Summary regarding the eligibility criteria for Chairperson and Members of the EAC/
SEAC are given in Table 5-4.
Table 5-4: EAC/SEAC: Eligibility Criteria for Chairperson / Members / Secretary
S. Requirement
No.
Attribute Core Secretary Chairperson
Members/Sectoral
Expert members
1 Professional Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory

qualification as per
the Notification
2 Experience a Professional Professional Professional
Qualification + 15 Qualification + 15 years Qualification + 15
(Fulfilling any
years of experience in of experience in one of years of experience in
one of a, b, c)
one of the expertise the expertise area one of the expertise
area mentioned in the mentioned in the area mentioned in the
Appendix VI Appendix VI Appendix VI
b Professional Professional Professional
Qualification +PhD+10 Qualification +PhD+10 Qualification +PhD+10
years of experience in years of experience in years of experience in
one of the expertise one of the expertise area one of the expertise
area mentioned in the mentioned in the area mentioned in
Appendix VI Appendix VI Appendix VI
c Professional Professional -------------
Qualification +10 years Qualification +10 years
of experience in one of of experience in one of
the expertise area the expertise area
mentioned in the mentioned in the
Appendix VI + 5 years Appendix VI + 5 years
interface with interface with
environmental issues, environmental issues,
problems and their problems and their
management management
3 Test of independence Shall not be a serving In case of EAC, not less Shall not be a serving
(conflict of interest) government officer than a Director from the government officer
and minimum grade MoEF, Government of
Shall not be a person Shall not be a person
of the Secretary of the India
engaged in industry engaged in industry and
Committees
and their associations their associations
Shall not be a person Incase of SEAC, not Shall not be a person
associated with below the level of associated with
environmental activism Director/Chief Engineer environmental activism
from the State
Government (DoE)
4 Age Below 67 years at the As per state Government Below 72 Years at the
time of Notification of Service Rules time of the Notification
the Committee of the Committee

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S. Requirement
No.
Attribute Core Secretary Chairperson
Members/Sectoral
Expert members
5 Membership in Core Only one other than Shall not be a member in Shall not be a member
committees this nomination is other SEIAA/EAC/SEAC in any other
permitted SEIAA/EAC/SEAC
6 Membership of Only three other than Shall not be a member in
Sectoral Experts this nomination is other SEIAA/EAC/SEAC
permitted
7 Tenure of earlier Only one term before Not applicable Only one term before
appointment this in continuity is this in continuity is
(continuous) permitted permitted
8 Eminent Desirable Not applicable Compulsory
environmental
expertise with
understanding on
environmental aspects
and impacts
Note:
1. Core members are the members in EAC/SEAC, who are common for all the types of
developmental activities, whereas, sectoral expert members will join for the specific developmental
sectors. Core members may be limited to about 12.
2. Sectoral expert members: Sectoral Expert members are the members who join the EAC/SEAC,
when corresponding sector is being reviewed/appraised. At a given sectoral review, a maximum
of three sectoral expert members may join. Therefore the total number of expert members in
EAC/SEAC does not exceed 15.
3. A member after continuous membership in two terms (six years) shall not be considered for
further continuation. His/her nomination may be reconsidered after a gap of one term (three
years), if other criteria meet.
4. Chairperson/Member (core or sectoral expert) once notified may not be removed prior to the
tenure of 3 years with out cause and proper enquiry. A member after continuous membership in
two terms (6 years) shall not be considered for further continuation. The same profile may be
considered for nomination after a gap of three years, i.e., one term, if other criteria are meeting.
E. Other conditions
An expert Core Committee member of one State/UT, can have at the most another
State/UT Committee membership (core or sectoral expert member), but in no case
more than two Committees at a given point of time.
Sectoral experts (not being a member in a Core Committee) can have membership in
not more than four states.
An expert member of a Committee (core or sectoral expert) shall not have
membership continuously in the same committee for more than two terms, i.e., six
years. They can be nominated after a gap of three years, i.e., one term. When a
member of Committee has been associated with any development project, which
comes for Environmental Clearance, he/she may not participate in the deliberations
and the decisions in respect to that particular project.
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If a member does not consecutively attend six meetings, without prior intimation to
the Committee his/her membership may be terminated by the Notifying Authority.
Prior information for absence due to academic pursuits, career development and
national/state-endorsed programmes may be considered as genuine grounds for
retention of membership.

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ANNEXURE I
A Compilation of Legal Instruments
Sl. Legal Instrument Responsible Chemical Use Objective of Legislation Relevant Articles/Provisions
No. (Type, Reference, Ministries or Bodies Categories/ Pollutants
Year)
1 Air (Prevention and Central Pollution Air pollutants from The prevention, control and Section 2: Definitions
Control of Pollution) Control Board and chemical industries abatement of air pollution Section 21: Consent from State Boards
Act, 1981 amended 1987 State Pollution Control Section 22: Not to allow emissions exceeding
Boards prescribed limits
Section 24: Power of Entry and Inspection
Section 25: Power to Obtain Information
Section 26: Power to Take Samples
Section 37-43: Penalties and Procedures
2 Air (Prevention and Central Pollution Air pollutants from The prevention, control and Rule 2: Definitions
Control of Pollution) Control Board and chemical industries abatement of air pollution Rule 9: Consent Applications
(Union Territories) State Pollution Control
Rules, 1983 Boards
3 Water (Prevention and Central Pollution Water Pollutants from The prevention and control of Section 2: Definitions
Control of Pollution) Control Board and water polluting water pollution and also Section 20: Power to Obtain Information
Act, 1974 amended 1988 State Pollution Control industries maintaining or restoring the Section 21: Power to Take Samples
Boards wholesomeness of water Section 23: Power of Entry and Inspection
Section 24: Prohibition on Disposal
Section 25: Restriction on New Outlet and
New Discharge
Section 26: Provision regarding existing
discharge of sewage or trade effluent
Section 27: Refusal or withdrawal of consent
by state boards
4 Water (Prevention and Central Pollution Water Pollutants from The prevention and control of Rule 2: Definitions
Control of Pollution) Control Board and water polluting water pollution and also
Rule 30: Power to take samples
Rules, 1975 State Pollution Control industries maintaining or restoring the
Boards wholesomeness of water Rule 32: Consent Applications
5 The Environment Ministry of All types of Protection and Improvement of Section 2: Definitions
(Protection) Act, 1986, Environment and environmental pollutants the Environment
Section 7: Not to allow emission or discharge
amended 1991 Forests, Central
of environmental pollutants in excess of
Pollution Control
i
Year)
Board and State prescribed standards

Pollution Control
Section 8: Handing of Hazardous Substances
Boards
Section 10: Power of Entry and Inspection
Section 11: Power to take samples
6 Environmental Ministry of All types of Protection and Improvement of Rule 2: Definitions
(Protection) Rules, 1986 Environment and Environmental the Environment
Rule 3: Standards for emission or discharge of
(Amendments in 1999, Forests, Central Pollutants
environmental pollutants
2001, 2002, 2002, 2002, Pollution Control
2003, 2004) Board and State Rule 5: Prohibition and restriction on the
Pollution Control location of industries and the carrying on
Boards process and operations in different areas
Rule 13: Prohibition and restriction on the
handling of hazardous substances in different
areas
Rule 14: Submission of environmental
statement
7 Hazardous Waste MoEF, CPCB, SPCB, Hazardous Wastes Management & Handling of Rule 2: Application
(Management and DGFT, Port Authority generated from hazardous wastes in line with Rule 3: Definitions
Handling) Rules, 1989 and Customs industries using the Basel convention Rule 4: Responsibility of the occupier and
amended 2000 and 2003 Authority hazardous chemicals operator of a facility for handling of wastes
Rule 4A: Duties of the occupier and operator
of a facility
Rule 4B: Duties of the authority
Rule 5: Grant of authorization for handling
hazardous wastes
Rule 6: Power to suspend or cancel
authorization
Rule 7: Packaging, labeling and transport of
hazardous wastes
ii
Year)
Rule 8: Disposal sites

Rule 9: Record and returns
Rule 10: Accident reporting and follow up
Rule 11: Import and export of hazardous waste
for dumping and disposal
Rule 12: Import and export of hazardous waste
for recycling and reuse
Rule 13: Import of hazardous wastes
Rule 14: Export of hazardous waste
Rule 15: Illegal traffic
Rule 16: Liability of the occupier, transporter
and operator of a facility
Rule 19: Procedure for registration and renewal
of registration of recyclers and re-refiners
Rule 20: Responsibility of waste generator
8 Manufacture Storage and Ministry of Hazardous Chemicals - Regulate the manufacture, Rule 2: Definitions
Import of Hazardous Environment & Toxic, Explosive, storage and import of Rule 4: responsibility of the Occupier
Chemicals Rules, 1989 Forests, Chief Flammable, Reactive Hazardous Chemicals Rule 5: Notification of Major Accidents
amended 2000 Controller of Imports Rule 7-8: Approval and notification of site and
and Exports, CPCB, updating
SPCB, Chief Inspector Rule 10-11: Safety Reports and Safety Audit
of Factories, Chief reports and updating
Inspector of Dock Rule 13: Preparation of Onsite Emergency Plan
Safety, Chief Inspector Rule 14: Preparation of Offsite Emergency
of Mines, AERB, Plan
Chief Controller of Rule 15: Information to persons likely to get
Explosives, District affected
Collector or District Rule 16: Proprietary Information
Emergency Authority, Rule 17: Material Safety Data Sheets
CEES under DRDO Rule 18: Import of Hazardous Chemicals
9 Chemical Accidents CCG, SCG, DCG, Hazardous Chemicals - Emergency Planning Rule 2: Definitions
(Emergency Planning, LCG and MAH Units Toxic, Explosive, Preparedness and Response to Rule 5: Functions of CCG
Preparedness and Flammable, Reactive chemical accidents Rule 7: Functions of SCG
iii
Year)
Response) Rules, 1996 Rule 9: Functions of DCG

Rule 10: Functions of LCG
10 EIA Notification, 1994 MoEF, SPCB Chemicals/pollutants Requirement of environmental Rule 2: Requirements and procedure for
expected to be generated clearance before establishment seeking environmental clearance of projects
from industrial activities of or modernization / expansion
of certain type of industries/
projects.
11 Batteries (Management SPCB, CPCB and Lead Acid Batteries To control the hazardous waste Rule 2: Application
and Handling) Rules, MoEF generation (lead waste) from Rule 3: Definitions
2001. used lead acid batteries Rule 4: Responsibilities of manufacturer,
importer, assembler and re-conditioner
Rule 5: Registration of Importers
Rule 7: Responsibilities of dealer
Rule 8: Responsibilities of recycler
Rule 9: Procedure for registration / renewal of
registration of recyclers
Rule 10: Responsibilities of consumer or bulk
consumer
Rule 11: Responsibilities of auctioneer
Rule 14: Computerization of Records and
Returns
12 Public Liability Ministry of Hazardous Substances To provide immediate relief to Section 2: Definitions
Insurance Act, 1991 Environment & persons affected by accident Section 3: Liability to give relief in certain
amended 1992 Forests, District involving hazardous substances cases on principle of no fault
Collector Section 4: Duty of owner to take out insurance
policy
Section 7A: Establishment of Environmental
Relief Fund
Section 14-18: Penalties and Offences
13 Public Liability Ministry of Hazardous Substances To provide immediate relief to Rule 2: Definitions
Insurance Rules, 1991 Environment & persons affected by accident Rule 6: Establishment of administration of
amended 1993 Forests, District involving hazardous substances fund
iv
Year)
Collector and also for Establishing an Rule 10: Extent of liability

Environmental Relief fund Rule 11: Contribution of the owner to
environmental relief fund
14 Factories Act, 1948 Ministry of Labour, Chemicals as specified Control of workplace Section 2: Interpretation
DGFASLI and in the Table environment, and providing for Section 6: Approval, licensing and registration
Directorate of good health and safety of of factories
Industrial Safety and workers Section 7A: General duties of the occupier
Health/Factories Section 7B: General duties of manufacturers
Inspectorate etc., as regards articles and substances for use
in factories
Section 12: Disposal of wastes and effluents
Section 14: Dust and fume
Section 36: Precautions against dangerous
fumes, gases, etc.
Section 37: Explosion or inflammable dust,
gas, etc.
Chapter IVA: Provisions relating to Hazardous
processes
Section 87: Dangerous operations
Section 87A: Power to prohibit employment on
account of serious hazard
Section 88: Notice of certain accident
Section 88A: Notice of certain dangerous
occurrences
Chapter X: Penalties and procedures
15 The Explosives Act, Ministry of Commerce Explosive substances as To regulate the manufacture, Section 4: Definition
1884 and Industry defined under the Act possession, use, sale, transport, Section 6: Power for Central government to
(Department of export and import of explosives prohibit the manufacture, possession or
Explosives) with a view to prevent importation of especially dangerous explosives
accidents Section 6B: Grant of Licenses
16 The Explosive Rules, Ministry of Commerce Explosive substances as To regulate the manufacture, Rule 2: Definition
1983 and Industry and Chief defined under the Act possession, use, sale, transport, Chapter II: General Provisions
v
Year)
Controller of export and import of explosives Chapter III: Import and Export
Explosives, port with a view to prevent Chapter IV: Transport
conservator, customs accidents Chapter V: Manufacture of explosives
collector, railway Chapter VI: Possession sale and use
administration Chapter VII: Licenses
18 The Motor Vehicle Act, Ministry of Hazardous and To consolidate and amend the Rule 2: Definition
1988 Dangerous Goods law relating to motor vehicles
Shipping, Road Rule 9: Educational qualification for driver’s
including to regulate the
of goods carriages carrying dangerous or
Transport and transportation of dangerous
hazardous goods
goods with a view to prevent
Highways loss of life or damage to the Rule 129: Transportation of goods of
environment dangerous or hazardous nature to human life
Rule 129A: Spark arrestors
Rule 130: Manner of display of class labels
Rule 131: Responsibility of the consignor for
safe transport of dangerous or hazardous goods
Rule 132: Responsibility of the transporter or
owner of goods carriage
Rule 133: Responsibility of the driver
Rule 134: Emergency Information Panel
Rule 135: Driver to be instructed
Rule 136: Driver to report to the police station
about accident
Rule 137: Class labels
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ANNEXURE II
Form 1 (Application Form for Obtaining EIA Clearance)
FORM 1
(I) BASIC INFORMATION
S. No. Item Details
1. Name of the project/s

2. S.No. in the schedule
3. Proposed capacity/area/length/tonnage to be
handled/command area/lease area/number of
wells to be drilled
4. New/Expansion/Modernization
5. Existing Capacity/Area etc.
6. Category of Project i.e., ‘A’ or ‘B’
7. Does it attract the general condition? If yes,
please specify.
8. Does it attract the specific condition? If yes,
Please specify.
9. Location
Plot/Survey/Khasra No.
Village
Tehsil
District
State
10. Name of the applicant
11. Registered Address
12. Address for correspondence:
Name
Designation (Owner/Partner/CEO)
Address
Pin Code
E-mail
Telephone No.
Fax No.
13. Details of alternative Sites examined, if any Village-District-State
location of these sites should be shown on a 1.
toposheet.
2.
3.
1
S. No. Item Details
14. Interlined Projects

15. Whether separate application of interlined
project has been submitted
16. If yes, date of submission
17. If no, reason
18. Whether the proposal involves
approval/clearance under:
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991
19. Forest land involved (hectares)
20. Whether there is any litigation pending against
the project and/or land in which the project is
propose to be set up
Name of the Court
Case No.
Orders/directions of the Court, if any and its
relevance with the proposed project.
(II) ACTIVITY
1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving
actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use,
changes in water bodies, etc.)
Details thereof (with

approximate quantities
/rates, wherever
S.No. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No possible) with source of
information data
1.1 Permanent or temporary change in land use,

land cover or topography including increase
in intensity of land use (with respect to local
land use plan)
1.2 Clearance of existing land, vegetation and
buildings?
1.3 Creation of new land uses?
1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g. bore

houses, soil testing?
1.5 Construction works?
2
/rates, wherever
information data
1.6 Demolition works?
1.7 Temporary sites used for construction works

or housing of construction workers?
1.8 Above ground buildings, structures or
earthworks including linear structures, cut
and fill or excavations
1.9 Underground works including mining or
tunneling?
1.10 Reclamation works?
1.11 Dredging?
1.12 Offshore structures?
1.13 Production and manufacturing processes?
1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or materials?
1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal of solid
waste or liquid effluents?
1.16 Facilities for long term housing of operational
workers?
1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic during
construction or operation?
1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne or other
transport infrastructure including new or
altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc?
1.19 Closure or diversion of existing transport
routes or infrastructure leading to changes in
traffic movements?
1.20 New or diverted transmission lines or
pipelines?
1.21 Impoundment, damming, culverting,
realignment or other changes to the hydrology
of watercourses or aquifers?
1.22 Stream crossings?
1.23 Abstraction or transfers of water form ground
or surface waters?
1.24 Changes in water bodies or the land surface
affecting drainage or run-off?
1.25 Transport of personnel or materials for
construction, operation or decommissioning?
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/rates, wherever
information data
1.26 Long-term dismantling or decommissioning

or restoration works?
1.27 Ongoing activity during decommissioning
which could have an impact on the
environment?
1.28 Influx of people to an area in either
temporarily or permanently?
1.29 Introduction of alien species?
1.30 Loss of native species or genetic diversity?
1.31 Any other actions?
2. Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the Project

(such as land, water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are
non-renewable or in short supply):

S.No. Information/checklist confirmation Yes/No approximate quantities
/rates, wherever possible)
with source of
information data
2.1 Land especially undeveloped or agricultural
land (ha)
2.2 Water (expected source & competing users)

unit: KLD
2.3 Minerals (MT)
2.4 Construction material – stone, aggregates, sand
/ soil (expected source – MT)
2.5 Forests and timber (source – MT)
2.6 Energy including electricity and fuels (source,
competing users) Unit: fuel (MT), energy (MW)
2.7 Any other natural resources (use appropriate
standard units)
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3. Use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or
materials, which could be harmful to human health or the environment or raise
concerns about actual or perceived risks to human health.

approximate
quantities/rates,
S.No Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No wherever possible) with
source of information
data
3.1 Use of substances or materials, which are

hazardous (as per MSIHC rules) to human health
or the environment (flora, fauna, and
water supplies)
3.2 Changes in occurrence of disease or affect disease
vectors (e.g. insect or water borne diseases)
3.3 Affect the welfare of people e.g. by changing
living conditions?
3.4 Vulnerable groups of people who could be
affected by the project e.g. hospital patients,
children, the elderly etc.,
3.5 Any other causes
4. Production of solid wastes during construction or operation or

decommissioning (MT/month)

approximate
quantities/rates,
S.No. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No wherever possible) with
data
4.1 Spoil, overburden or mine wastes

4.2 Municipal waste (domestic and or commercial
wastes)
4.3 Hazardous wastes (as per Hazardous Waste
Management Rules)
4.4 Other industrial process wastes

4.5 Surplus product
4.6 Sewage sludge or other sludge from effluent
treatment
4.7 Construction or demolition wastes
4.8 Redundant machinery or equipment
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approximate
quantities/rates,
data
4.9 Contaminated soils or other materials

4.10 Agricultural wastes
4.11 Other solid wastes
5. Release of pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air

(kg/hr)

approximate
quantities/rates,
S.No Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No wherever possible) with
data
5.1 Emissions from combustion of fossil fuels from

stationary or mobile sources
5.2 Emissions from production processes
5.3 Emissions from materials handling including
storage or transport
5.4 Emissions from construction activities including
plant and equipment
5.5 Dust or odours from handling of materials
including construction materials, sewage and
waste
5.6 Emissions from incineration of waste
5.7 Emissions from burning of waste in open air (e.g.
slash materials, construction debris)
5.8 Emissions from any other sources
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6. Generation of Noise and Vibration, and Emissions of Light and Heat:
S.No. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No Details thereof (with

approximate
quantities/rates, wherever
possible) with source of
information data with
source of information data
6.1 From operation of equipment e.g. engines,

ventilation plant, crushers
6.2 From industrial or similar processes
6.3 From construction or demolition
6.4 From blasting or piling
6.5 From construction or operational traffic
6.6 From lighting or cooling systems
6.7 From any other sources
7. Risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants into

the ground or into sewers, surface waters, groundwater, coastal waters or the
sea:

approximate
quantities/rates,
data
7.1 From handling, storage, use or spillage of

hazardous materials
7.2 From discharge of sewage or other effluents to
water or the land (expected mode and place of
discharge)
7.3 By deposition of pollutants emitted to air into
the land or into water
7.4 From any other sources
7.5 Is there a risk of long term build up of pollutants
in the environment from these sources?
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8. Risk of accidents during construction or operation of the Project, which
could affect human health or the environment

approximate
S.No Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No possible) with source of
information data
8.1 From explosions, spillages, fires etc from

storage, handling, use or production of hazardous
substances
8.2 From any other causes
8.3 Could the project be affected by natural disasters
causing environmental damage (e.g. floods,
earthquakes, landslides, cloudburst etc)?
9. Factors which should be considered (such as consequential development)

which could lead to environmental effects or the potential for cumulative impacts
with other existing or planned activities in the locality

approximate
S. Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/No
No.
possible) with source of
information data
9.1 Lead to development of supporting facilities,

ancillary development or development
stimulated by the project which could have
impact on the environment e.g.:
Supporting infrastructure (roads, power
supply, waste or waste water treatment,
etc.)
housing development
extractive industries
supply industries
other
9.2 Lead to after-use of the site, which could have an

impact on the environment
9.3 Set a precedent for later developments
9.4 Have cumulative effects due to proximity to
other existing or planned projects with similar
effects
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(III) ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY
S.No. Areas Name/ Aerial distance (within 15

km.)
Identity
Proposed project location
boundary
1 Areas protected under international conventions,

national or local legislation for their ecological,
landscape, cultural or other related value
2 Areas which are important or sensitive for
ecological reasons - Wetlands, watercourses or
other water bodies, coastal zone, biospheres,
mountains, forests
3 Areas used by protected, important or sensitive
species of flora or fauna for breeding, nesting,
foraging, resting, over wintering, migration
4 Inland, coastal, marine or underground waters

5 State, National boundaries
6 Routes or facilities used by the public for access
to recreation or other tourist, pilgrim areas
7 Defence installations
8 Densely populated or built-up area
9 Areas occupied by sensitive man-made land uses
(hospitals, schools, places of worship,
community facilities)
10 Areas containing important, high quality or
scarce resources (ground water resources,
surface resources, forestry, agriculture,
fisheries, tourism, minerals)
11 Areas already subjected to pollution or
environmental damage. (those where existing
legal environmental standards are exceeded)
12 Areas susceptible to natural hazard which could
cause the project to present environmental
problems (earthquakes, subsidence, landslides,
erosion, flooding or extreme or adverse climatic
conditions)
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(IV) PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR EIA STUDIES
“I hereby given undertaking that the data and information given in the application and
enclosure are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any
part of the data and information submitted is found to be false or misleading at any
stage, the project will be rejected and clearance give, if any to the project will be
revoked at our risk and cost.
Date:______________
Place:______________
Signature of the applicant
With Name and Full Address
(Project Proponent / Authorized Signatory)
NOTE:
1. The projects involving clearance under Coastal Regulation Zone
Notification, 1991 shall submit with the application a C.R.Z. map duly
demarcated by one of the authorized, agencies, showing the project
activities, w.r.t. C.R.Z. and the recommendations of the State Coastal Zone
Management Authority. Simultaneous action shall also be taken to obtain
the requisite clearance under the provisions of the C.R.Z. Notification,
1991 for the activities to be located in the CRZ.
2. The projects to be located within 10km of the National Parks, Sanctuaries,
Biosphere Reserves, Migratory Corridors of Wild Animals, the project
proponent shall submit the map duly authenticated by Chief Wildlife
Warden showing these features vis-à-vis the project location and the
recommendations or comments of the Chief Wildlife Warden thereon.”
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ANNEXURE III
Pre-feasibility Report
PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT
Environmental Aspects
Location details
– Longitude & Latitude

– State/District/Village
– Approach to Site
– Nearest road and rail distance from the site
– Nearest major towns and industries
– Distance from nearest airport and waterways
– Constraints if any to approach site particularly for construction materials,
plants and equipments etc.
Land Availability
– Extent of land available for plant, township, etc.

– Land use pattern
– Land ownership (Govt. Pvt., tribal, non-tribal etc.)
– Prevailing land cost details
– Estimation of population affected, homestead oustees, land ownership, etc.
Details of ecologically-sensitive areas like tropical forests, biosphere reserves,
national park, sanctuaries, important lakes, endangered species of flora & fauna
and distance from site, etc.
Places of archaeological importance, river, streams, estuary, sea, hills/ mountains
etc.
Places of historical, cultural, religious or tourist importance, defence installation.
Project Details
General
Topography of the area

Ground profile
Permanent features
Soil conditions and investigations
If the site located in flood prone area provide details on HFL of the site
Drainage patterns
Source of consumptive water and its availability
Site location in relation to River/Canal/Dam, water availability and quality
Quality of raw water, treated water
Inter-State Issue, if any
New facilities needed
Proposed wastewater Disposal/Utilization
Requirement of land for wastewater disposal pipeline system in to near by canals,
open nallahs, rivers etc.
Source of construction water and domestic water
Source of power supply
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Source of availability of construction material like sand, brick, stone chips,
borrow earth etc.
Proximity to infrastructure facilities (such as hospital, schools, residential
buildings, etc.) available nearby
Location & vicinity plan identifying the areas proposed for distillery plant,
colony and wastewater disposal.
Techno-economic Feasibility Aspects
Land availability & its development

General Layout
Access to the site for transportation of equipments, construction machinery,
material, etc.
Water availability for stabilization/ equalization use
Wastewater availability and its transportation
Environmental and forest aspects
Wastewater disposal
Ultimate project capacity, which could be set up
Technical Profile of the Project
Technical parameters of the project & electro-mechanical equipments.

Meteorological data like temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind pressure & wind
direction.
Seismological studies of project specific design seismic parameters, if necessary.
Project implementation schedule showing various activities.
Wastewater transportation to project either by tankers or pipeline system,
disposal of wastewater in to canals, open nallahs, rivers, sea by pipeline
discharge to STP, STP outlet etc.
Data on demand for CETP construction from cluster of small scale industries and
treatment technology with capacity on regional basis.
Justification of the Project
Importance of the proposed project for wastewater treatment

Current necessity of the project
Alternatives to meet the requirement
Post project scenario on residual demand
CETP(s) Capacity
How much quantity of wastewater can be treated?

Continuity of wastewater generation, quality and quantity from registered
member industries
Optimization of CETP designed Capacity
Site Selection
Options considered for sites

Basis of site selection and analysis
Infrastructure availability at selected site
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Wastewater generated from cluster of industries around the selected site and the
need of CETP
Scope of Geo-technical studies
Project Design/Technology
Conceptual scheme for the treatment of wastewaters based on the qualitative and
quantitative fluctuations
Results of the treatability studies, where necessary
Changes made based on the treatability studies, if any and proposed complete
treatment schemes
Broad specifications for the CETP(s) including but not limited to:
- project Outputs and technologies along with process flow Diagrams for each
alternative
- equipment with redundancy
- Details of Plant equipment
- General project Layout
Details of Socio-economic Consequences
Importance of the proposed project for Quality-of-Life

Corporate Responsibilities & Status of Compliance
Employment and infrastructure addition in the district
Status of land availability, current and post project land use changes
Land value variations due to the proposed project, if any
Wastewater and Solid Waste Disposal Studies

Wastewater and solid waste disposal studies including but not limited to
preparation of disposal plan based on disposal system study results in accordance
approved disposal methods and criteria
- Other wastewater receiving bodies.
- Linking with the other disposal pipeline networking ex: with STP sewerage
disposal line
- Flow variations in the receiving body according to the seasonal variations
- Quantity of water will be discharged in to rivers, open nallah, sea, etc
- Prepare technical specifications for disposal system
- Disposal locations like TSDF
Cost Estimates
Capital costs
Operating costs
Resource mobilization
Estimated user charges etc.
Project Schedule
Outline project implementation and procurement arrangement including contract

packaging and a project implementation schedule.
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The above listing is not exhaustive. Thus the proponent may provide additional
necessary information, felt appropriate, to include in the pre-feasibility study report
in support of selecting the site for the proposed developmental activities. The
Concerned EAC/SEAC during scrutiny, may specifically ask for any additional
information/ data required to substantiate the requirement to prescribe the ToR for
EIA studies. However, it is to make clear that all the required further information by
EAC/SEAC shall be mentioned in one single letter, within the prescribed time.
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ANNEXURE IV
Types of Monitoring and Network Design Considerations
TYPES OF MONITORING AND NETWORK DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
A. Types of Monitoring
Monitoring refers to the collection of data using a series of repetitive measurements of
environmental parameters (or, more generally, to a process of systematic observation).
The environmental quality monitoring programme design will be dependent upon the
monitoring objectives specified for the selected area of interest. The main types of EIA
monitoring activities are:
Baseline monitoring is the measurement of environmental parameters during the pre-

project period for the purpose of determining the range of variation of the system and
establishing reference points against which changes can be measured. This leads to
the assessment of the possible (additional available) assimilative capacity of the
environmental components in pre-project period w.r.t. the standard or target level.
Effects monitoring is the measurement of environmental parameters during project
construction and implementation to detect changes which are attributable to the
project to provide the necessary information to:
− verify the accuracy of EIA predictions; and
− determine the effectiveness of measures to mitigate adverse effects of projects on
the environment.
− Feedback from environmental effect monitoring programs may be used to improve
the predictive capability of EIAs and also determine whether more or less stringent
mitigation measures are needed
Compliance monitoring is the periodic sampling or continuous measurement of
environmental parameters to ensure that regulatory requirements and standards are
being met.
Compliance and effects monitoring occurs during the project construction, operation, and
abandonment stages. The resources and institutional set-up should be available for the
monitoring at these stages. All large-scale construction projects will require some
construction stage monitoring. To control the environmental hazards of construction as
specified in the EIA, a monitoring program should be established to ensure that each
mitigation measure is effectively implemented. There are numerous potential areas for
monitoring during operations.
The scope of monitoring topics discussed in this chapter is limited to Baseline and Effects
monitoring. In addition, this chapter will also discuss the Compliance monitoring during
the construction phase. Post-project monitoring requirements are discussed in the EMP.
Before any field monitoring tasks are undertaken there are many institutional, scientific,
and fiscal issues that must be addressed in the implementation of an environmental
monitoring program. Careful consideration of these issues in the design and planning
stages will help avoid many of the pitfalls associated with environmental monitoring
programs. Although these issues are important but the discussions here are confined to the
monitoring network design component.
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B. Network Design
Analysis of Significant Environmental Issues
At the outset of planning for an environmental monitoring network, the EIA manager may
not know exactly what should be monitored, when monitoring should begin, where it
should monitor, which techniques should be employed, and who should take
responsibility for its conduct. Because there are usually a number of objective decisions
associated with network design to be made, it is important to start with an analysis of
environmental issues. The scoping phase of an EIA is designed to identify and focus on
the major issues. Scoping should provide a valuable source of information on the
concerns that need to be addressed by the monitoring network design. These are project
specific as well as specific to the environmental setting of the location where the project
is proposed to be located
Hence, the network designs are associated with questions like:
What are the expected outputs of the monitoring activity?

Which problems do we need to address to? etc.
Defining the output will influence the design of the network and optimize the resources
used for monitoring. It will also ensure that the network is specially designed to optimize
the information on the problems at hand
What to Monitor?
The question of what to monitor is associated with the identification of VECs.
VECs are generally defined as environmental attributes or components of the

environment that are valued by society as identified during the scoping stage of the
project. They are determined on the basis of perceived public concerns. For example,
changes to water quality and quantity could have implications on fish by affecting habitat,
food supply, oxygen, and contaminant uptake. Similarly, employment and business, and
economies are both VECs that serve as pathways.
The choice of VECs is also related to the perceived significant impact of the project
implementation on important environmental components. In general, the significance or
importance of environmental components is judged based on:
legal protection provided (for example, rare and endangered species)

political or public concerns (for example, resource use conflicts and sustainable
development)
scientific judgment (for example, ecological importance); or
commercial or economic importance
However, in addition to their economic, social, political or ecological significance, the
chosen VEC should also have unambiguous operational ease, be accessible to prediction
and measurement; and be susceptible to hazard. Once the VECs are defined, the VECs
may be directly measured (for example, extent of habitat for an endangered species). In
cases where it is impossible or impractical to directly measure the VECs, the chosen
measurement endpoints or environmental indicators must correspond to, or be predictive
of assessment endpoints.
The chosen environmental indicators must be: 1) measurable; 2) appropriate to the scale
of disturbance/ contamination; 3) appropriate to the impact mechanism; 4) appropriate
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and proportional to temporal dynamics; 5) diagnostic; and 6) standardized; as well as
have: 1) a low natural variability; 2) a broad applicability; and 3) an existing data series.
Where, How and How Many Times to Monitor?
These are the other components of Monitoring Network Design. These questions are best
answered based on local field conditions, capacity and resources available, prevailing
legal and regulatory priorities, etc. For this screening or reconnaissance Surveys of the
study area also necessary. This may also include some simple inexpensive measurements
and assimilative/dispersion modeling. The data will give some information on the
prevailing special and temporal variations, and the general background air pollution in the
area. The number of monitoring stations and the indicators to be measured at each station
in the final permanent network may then be decided upon based on the results of the
screening study as well as on the knowledge of the sources of the proposed development
and prevailing local environmental/meteorological conditions. The best possible
definition of the air pollution problem, together with the analysis of the resources:
personnel, budget and equipment available, represent the basis for the decision on the
following questions:
What spatial density (number) of sampling stations is required? How many samples
are needed and during what period (sampling (averaging) time and frequency)?
Where should the stations be located?
What kind of equipment should be used?
What additional background information is needed?
− meteorology
− topography
− population density
− emission sources and emission rates
− effects and impacts
How will the data be made available/communicated?
C. Site Selection
This normally means that for designing a monitoring programme in an (study) area which
might have an impact, several monitoring stations are needed for characterizing the
baseline conditions of the impacted area. When considering the location of individual
samplers, it is essential that the data collected are representative for the location and type
of area without the undue influence from the immediate surroundings. In any
measurement point in the study area the total ambient concentration is the representative
of:
natural background concentration

regional background
impact of existing large regional sources
To obtain the information about the importance of these different contributions it is

therefore necessary to locate monitoring stations so that they are representative for
different impacts. In addition to the ambient pollution data, one would often need other
data governing the variations such as meteorological data for air pollution, to identify and
quantify the sources contributing to the measurements.. When considering the location of
individual samplers, it is essential that the data collected are representative for the
location and type of area without undue influence from the immediate surroundings.
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ANNEXURE V
Guidance for Assessment of Baseline Components and Attributes
Guidance for Assessment of Baseline Components and Attributes*
Attributes Sampling Measurement Method Remarks Applications to

CETP Projects
Network Frequency
A. Ambient Air
Meteorological Minimum 1 site in Min: 1 hrly Mechanical / automatic IS 5182 Part 1-20 Sit-
Wind speed weather station specific primary data is
the project impact observations from essential
Wind direction area requirements continuous records Rain gauge
Dry bulb temperature Secondary data from
Wet bulb temperature Other additional As per India Meteorological IMD, New Delhi for the
Relative humidity site(s) are require Department (IMD) nearest IMD station
Rainfall Standards
depending upon the
model applied or
site sensitivities As per IMD
Pollutants 5-10 locations in the 24 hrly twice a Gravimetric (High Monitoring Network Parameters & frequency
week – Volume)
project impact area Minimum 2 locations in are defined in points of
SPM Gravimetric (High coverage for EIA studies
8 hrly twice a week upwind side, more sites
RPM – Volume with based on influent (type of
in downwind side /
SO2 Cyclone) impact zone wastewater) & treatment
24 hrly twice a
NOx EPA Modified process technology,
week All the sensitive
H2S West & Gaeke location-nature/activities
receptors need to be
NH3 method within of air basin.
covered
HC Arsenite Modified
Jacob & Measurement Methods
VOCs
Odour Hochheiser As per CPCB standards
NDIR technique for NAQM, 1994
(appropriate parameters to be
selected in points of coverage for Methylene-blue
EIA studies based on nature of Nessler’s Method
project, raw material & treatment Infra Red analyzer
technology, location- Specific lon meter
nature/activities)
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CETP Projects
Network Frequency
B. Noise
Hourly equivalent noise levels Same as for Air At least one day Instrument : Sensitive Min: IS: 4954- 1968 as For CETP projects DG
continuous in each
Pollution along with season on a Noise level meter adopted by CPCB sets, boilers incase of
others Identified in working and non- (preferably recording type) spray dryers etc,, pumps,
study area working day motors/aerators etc. are
concerned sources of
noise
Hourly equivalent noise levels In plant (1.5 m from Same as above for Instrument : Noise level CPCB / OSHA
day and night
machinery or high meter
emission processes)
Hourly equivalent noise levels Highways (within Same as above for Instrument : Noise level CPCB / IS : 4954-1968
day and night
500 meters from the meter
road edge)
C. Water
Parameters for water quality Set of grab samples Diurnal and Samples for water quality Parameters are defined in
season-wise
pH, temp, turbidity, during pre and post- should be collected and points of coverage for
magnesium hardness, total monsoon for ground analyzed as per: EIA studies based on
alkalinity, chloride, sulphate, and surface water for IS: 2488 (Part 1-5) methods water treatment
nitrate, fluoride, sodium, the whole study for sampling and testing of technology and location-
potassium , salinity zone. For laboratory industrial effluents nature/ activities within
Total nitrogen, total analysis, the samples the study area and nature
Standard methods for
phosphorus, DO, BOD, should be preserved of waste water receiving
examination of water and
COD, Phenol appropriately body-river, lake, coastal
waste water analysis
Heavy metals discharges etc.
published by American
Total coliforms, faecal Public Health Association. For example CETP
coliforms located in coastal zone
International standard
Phyto plankton (waste water discharged
practices for benthos and
through marine out-
Zooplankton aquatic flora & fauna
falls), the coastal water
Fish & other aquatic flora &
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CETP Projects
Network Frequency
fauna quality and health of
(relevant parameters are to costal flora and fauna all
be given in points of along coast line with
coverage for EIA studies extended impacted zone
based on nature of project need to be monitored.
and anticipated impacts) Besides the requirements
of Water Quality Model
should also be addressed
For Surface Water Bodies
Total Carbon Monitoring locations Yield & impact on Samples for water quality Historical data should be For two surface water
PH should include up- water sources to be should be collected and collected from relevant (rivers and lakes) bodies
Dissolved Oxygen stream, on site, measured during analyzed as per: offices such as central besides water quality
Biological Oxygen down stream of critical season IS: 2488 (Part 1-5) methods water commission, state parameters as mentioned
Demand proposed discharge River Stretch for sampling and testing of and central ground water above, the location
Ammonia point. Besides within project area industrial effluents board, Irrigation dept. specific network design
sampling should be divided in grids will also be guided by
Boron (say 1 km length Standard methods for
Sodium Absorption ratio cover width of the the model used. For
and 1/3 width) and examination of water and
river in case water rivers and lakes
Electrical Conductivity etc. samples should be wastewater analysis
quality modeling is from each grid at a QUEL2E should suffice
published by American
proposed. time when the which require relatively
Public Health Association.
Standard wastewater less information even for
methodology for discharged by two dimensional model
collection of surface other sources of applications.
pollution is
water (BIS expected to be
standards) maximum
At least one grab
sample per location
per season
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CETP Projects
Network Frequency
Parameters for wastewater characterization

Temp, colour, odour, Implant Source Different Samples for water quality All plant sources Although waste water
turbidity, TSS, TDS, PH , depending upon the operational cycles should be collected and categorized as: characteristics of CETP
alkalinity as CaCO3, p value, different waste as well as raw analyzed as per: discharges are not very
Different
M value, tatal hardness as streams the material variations IS: 2488 (Part 1-5) methods Process waste critical but still high TDS
CaCO3, chloride as cl, parameters can be should be reflected for sampling and testing of streams as well emissions may impact
sulphate as S04, Nitrate as optimized in the analysis the aquatic biota
industrial effluents as run-off
NO3, Floride as F, Phosphate Grab and composite conditions (particularly in coastal
as P04, Chromium as Cr area and lacks. For
sampling ETP wastewater
(Hexavalent, total) Standard methods for impact assessment the
representing avg of Domestic/
Ammonical Nitrogen as N, examination of water and required water quality
different process sanitary
TKN, % sodium, BOD at 20 wastewater analysis modeling should be
operations as well as wastewater
C, COD, DO, total residual published by American performed
worst emission
chlorine as Cl2, oil and Public Health Association.
scenario should be
grease, sulphide, phenolic
represented
compound
D. Land Environment
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CETP Projects
Network Frequency
Soil One surface sample Season-wise Collected and analyzed as The purpose of impact
Particle size distribution from each landfill per soil analysis reference assessment on soil (land
Texture and/or hazardous book, M.I.Jackson and soil environment) is to assess
pH waste site (if analysis reference book by the significant impacts
Electrical conductivity applicable) and C.A. Black due to leaching of wastes
Cation exchange capacity prime villages, (soil or accidental releases
Alkali metals samples be collected and contaminating
as per BIS
Sodium Absorption Ratio
(SAR) specifications) in the
study area
Permeability
Porosity
Land use / Land Scape

Location code At least 10 points Drainage once in Global positioning system Drainage within the
Total project area along with plant the study period Topo-sheets plant area and
Topography boundary and and land use surrounding is very
Satellite Imageries
Drainage (natural) general major land categories from important for storm
Cultivated, forest plantations, use categories in the secondary data (1:25,000) water impacts.
water bodies, roads and study area. ` (local maps) and Satellite Imageries From land use maps
settlements satellite imageries (1:25,000) sensitive receptors
(forests, parks,
mangroves etc.) can be
identified
Solid Waste
Quantity For green field units Process wise or Guidelines
Based on waste generated it is based on activity wise for IS 9569 : 1980
from per unit production secondary data base respective raw
IS 10447 : 1983
Per capita contribution of earlier plants. material used.
Domestic waste IS 12625 : 1989
Collection, transport and
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CETP Projects
Network Frequency
disposal system depends upon the IS 12647 : 1989
Process Waste season also IS 12662 (PTI) 1989
Quality (oily, chemical,
biological)
Quality Grab and Composite Process wise or Analysis
General segregation into samples activity wise for IS 9334 : 1979
biological/organic/inert/hazar respective raw
IS 9235 : 1979
dous material used.
Domestic waste IS 10158 : 1982
Loss on heating
pH depends upon the
EC season also
Calorific value, metals etc.
Hazardous Waste
Permeability And porosity Grab and Composite Process wise or Analysis Impacts of hazardous
Moisture pH samples. Recyclable activity wise for IS 9334 : 1979 waste should be
Electrical conductivity components have to respective raw performed critically
IS 9235 : 1979
Loss on ignition analyzed for the material used. depending on the waste
Phosphorous recycling IS 10158 : 1982 characteristics and place
Total nitrogen requirements of discharge. For land
Cation exchange capacity disposal the guidelines
should be followed and
Particle size distribution
impacts of accidental
Heavy metal
releases should be
Ammonia assessed
Flouride
E. Biological Environment Aquatic

Primary productivity Considering Season changes are Standards techniques Seasonal sampling for
Aquatic weeds probable impact, very important (APHA et. Al. 1995, Rau aquatic biota
Enumeration of sampling points and and Wooten 1980) to be One season for terrestrial
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CETP Projects
Network Frequency
phytoplankton, zooplankton number of samples followed for sampling and biota, in addition to
and benthos to be decided on measurement vegetation studies during
Fisheries established monsoon season
Diversity indices guidelines on Preliminary assessment
Trophic levels ecological studies
Microscopic analysis of
based on site eco-
Rare and endangered species plankton and
environment setting
Sanctuaries / closed areas / meiobenthos, studies of
within 10/25 km
CRZ macrofauna, aquatic
radius from the
Terrestrial vegetation and
proposed site
Vegetation – species, list, application of indices,
Samples to collect viz. Shannon, similarity,
economic importance, forest
produce, medicinal value from upstream and dominance IVI etc
downstream of
Importance value index (IVI) Point quarter plot-less
discharge point,
of trees method (random
nearby tributaries at
Wild animals sampling) for terrestrial
down stream, and
vegetation survey.
also from dug wells
close to activity site
Avifauna For forest studies, Secondary data to collect
Rare and endangered species chronic as well as from Government
Sanctuaries / National park / short-term impacts offices, NGOs,
Biosphere reserve should be analyzed published literature
warranting data on Plankton net
micro climate
Sediment dredge
conditions
Depth sampler
Microscope
Field binocular
F. Socio Economic
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CETP Projects
Network Frequency
Demographic structure Socio-economic Different impacts Primary data collection Secondary data from
Infrastructure resource base survey is based on occurs during through R&R surveys (if census records,
Economic resource base proportionate, construction and require) or community statistical hard books,
Health status: Morbidity stratified and operational phases survey are based on toposheets, health
pattern random sampling of the project personal interviews and records and relevant
Cultural and aesthetic method questionnaire official records available
attributes with Govt. agencies
* Project Specific
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ANNEXURE VI
Sources of Secondary Data Collection
Annexure VIA: Potential Sources of Data For EIA
Information Source
Air Environment
1. Meteorology- Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, Indian Meteorology Department, Pune
Inversion, Seasonal Wind rose pattern (16 point
compass scale), cloud cover, wind speed, wind
direction, stability, mixing depth
2. Ambient Air Quality- 24 hourly concentration of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
SPM, RPM, SO2, NOx, CO State Pollution Control Board (SPCB),
Municipal Corporations
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)
State Department of Environment (DoEN)
Water Environment
3. Surface water- water sources, water flow (lean Central Water Commission (CWC),
season), water quality, water usage, Downstream Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
water users State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Water
Command area development plan and Power Research Institute (CWPRS), Pune
Catchment treatment plan State Irrigation Department
Hydel Power generation organizations such as
NHPC, State SEBs
4. Ground Water- groundwater recharge Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
rate/withdrawal rate, ground water potential Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA)
groundwater levels (pre monsoon, post monsoon), State Ground Water Board (SGWB)
ground water quality, changes observed in quality National Water Development Authority (NWDA)
and quantity of ground water in last 15 years
5. Coastal waters- water quality, tide and current data, Department of Ocean Development, New Delhi
bathymetry State Maritime Boards
Naval Hydrographer’s Office, Dehradun
Port Authorities
National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa
Biological Environment
6. Description of Biological Environment- inventory District Gazetteers
of flora and fauna in 7 km radius, endemic species, National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA),
endangered species, Aquatic Fauna, Forest land, Hyderabad
forest type and density of vegetation, biosphere, Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
national parks, wild life sanctuaries, tiger reserve, Wildlife Institute of India
elephant reserve, turtle nesting ground, core zone World Wildlife Fund
of biosphere reserve, habitat of migratory birds, Zoological Survey of India
routes of migratory birds Botanical Survey of India
Bombay Natural History Society, (BNHS), Mumbai
State Forest Departments
State Fisheries Department
Ministry of Environment and Forests
State Agriculture Departments
State Agriculture Universities
Land Environment
7. Geographical Information-Latitude, Longitude, Toposheets of Survey of India, Pune
Elevation ( above MSL) National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA),
Hyderabad
Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad
REPORT ON SECONDARY DATA COLLECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTRE 1

Information Source
8. Nature of Terrain, topography map indicating Survey of India Toposheets
contours (1:2500 scale) National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA),
Hyderabad
State Remote Sensing Centre,
Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad
9. Hydrogeology- Hydrogeological report (in case of NRSA, Hyderbad
ground water is used/area is drought Survey of India Toposheets
prone/wastewater is likely to discharged on land) Geological Survey of India
Geomorphological analysis (topography and State Geology Departments
drainage pattern) State Irrigation Department
Geological analysis (Geological Department of Wasteland Development, Ministry of
Formations/Disturbances- geological and structural Rural Areas
maps, geomorphological contour maps, structural National Water Development Authority (NWDA)
features, including lineaments, fractures, faults and
joints)
Hydrogeological analysis (disposition of permeable
formations, surface-ground water links, hydraulic
parameter determination etc)
Analysis of the natural soil and water to assess
pollutant absorption capacity
10. Nature of Soil, permeability, erodibility Agriculture Universities
classification of the land State Agriculture Department
Indian Council for Agriculture Research
State Soil Conservation Departments
National Bureau of Soil Survey and Landuse Planning
Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI),
Jodhpur
11. Landuse in the project area and 10 km radius of the Survey of India- Toposheets
periphery of the project All India Soil and Landuse Survey; Delhi
National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA),
Hyderabad
Town and County Planning Organisation
State Urban Planning Department
Regional Planning Authorities (existing and proposed
plans)
Village Revenue Map- District Collectorate
Directorate of Economics and Statistics-State
Government
Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad
12. Coastal Regulation Zones- CRZMP, CRZ Urban Development Department

classification, Demarcation of HTL and LTL∗ State Department of Environment
State Pollution Control Board
Space Application Centre*
Centre for Earth Sciences Studies,
Thiruvanthapuram*
Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University
Chennai*
Naval Hydrographer’s Office, Dehradun*
National Institute of Oceanography, Goa*
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai
Centre for Earth Science Studies
∗ Agencies authorized for approval of demarcation of HTL and LTL

Information Source
Social
13. Socioeconomic - population, number of houses Census Department
and present occupation pattern within 7 km from District Gazetteers- State Government
the periphery of the project District Statistics- District Collectorate
International Institute of Population Sciences,
Mumbai (limited data)
Central Statistical Organisation
14. Monuments and heritage sites District Gazetteer
Archeological Survey of India,
INTACH
District Collectorate
Central and State Tourism Department
State Tribal and Social Welfare Department
Natural Disasters
15. Seismic data (Mining Projects)- zone no, no of Indian Meteorology Department, Pune
earthquakes and scale, impacts on life, property Geological Survey of India
existing mines
16. Landslide prone zone, geomorphological Space Application Centre
conditions, degree of susceptibility to mass
movement, major landslide history (frequency of
occurrence/decade), area affected, population
affected
17. Flood/cyclone/droughts- frequency of occurrence Natural Disaster Management Division in

per decade, area affected, population affected Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
Indian Meteorological Department
Industrial
18. Industrial Estates/Clusters, Growth Centres State Industrial Corporation
Industrial Associations
State Pollution Control Boards
Confederation Indian Industries (CII)
FICCI
19. Physical and Chemical properties of raw material Material and Safety Data Sheets
and chemicals (Industrial projects); fuel quality ENVIS database of Industrial Toxicological Research
Centre, Lucknow
Indian Institute Petroleum
20. Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene- Central Labour Institute, Mumbai
major occupational health and safety hazards, Directorate of Industrial Safety
health and safety requirements, accident histories ENVIS Database of Industrial Toxicological Research
Centre, Lucknow
National Institute of Occupational Health,
Ahmedabad
21. Pollutant release inventories (Existing pollution Project proponents which have received EC and have
sources in area within 10 km radius) commenced operations
22. Water requirement (process, cooling water, DM EIA Reports

water, Dust suppression, drinking, green belt, fire National and International Benchmarks
service)

Annexure VIB: Summary of Available Data with Potential Data Sources for EIA
Agency Information Available

1. Archaeological Survey of India Inventory of monuments and sites of national importance- Listing and
Department of Culture documentation of monuments according to world heritage, pre
Government of India historic, proto historic and secular, religious places and forts
Janpath, New Delhi - 110011
[email protected]
2. Botanical Survey Of India Photodiversity documentation of flora at National, State and District
P-8, Brabourne Road Calcutta level and flora of protected areas, hotspots, fragile ecosystems, sacred
700001 groves etc
Tel#033 2424922 Identification of threatened species including endemics, their
Fax#033 2429330 mapping, population studies
Email: [email protected]. . Database related to medicinal plants, rare and threatened plant species
Red data book of Indian plants (Vol 1,2, and 3)
RO - Coimbatore, Pune, Jodhpur, Manual for roadside and avenue plantation in India
Dehradun, Allahabad, Gantok,
Itanagar, Port Blair
3. Bureau of Indian Standards Bureau of Indian Standards Committees on Earthquake Engineering
Manak Bhawan, 9 Bahadur Shah and Wind Engineering have a Seismic Zoning Map and the Wind
Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 Velocity Map including cyclonic winds for the country
Tel#3230131, 3233375, 3239402 (10
lines)
Fax : 91 11 3234062, 3239399,
3239382
Email- [email protected]
4. Central Water Commission (CWC) Central Data Bank -Collection, collation and Publishing of
Sewa Bhawan, R.K.Puram Hydrological, Hydrometeorological, Sediment and Water Quality
New Delhi - 110066 data-.
[email protected] Basin wise Master Plans
Flood atlas for India
RO- Bangalore, Bhopal, Flood Management and Development and Operation of Flood
Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Forecasting System- CWC operate a network of forecasting stations
Coimbatore/Chennai, Delhi, Over 6000 forecasts are issued every year with about 95% of the
Hyderabad, Lucknow, Nagpur, forecasts within the permissible limit.
Patna, Shillong, Siliguri and Water Year Books, Sediment Year Books and Water Quality Year
Vadodara Books.
Also actively involved in monitoring of 84 identified projects through
National, State and Project level Environmental Committees for
ensuring implementation of environmental safeguards
5. Central Ground Water Board surveys, exploration, monitoring of ground water development
(HO) N.H.IV, New CGO
Complex,
Faridabad - 121001
RO - Guwahati, Chandigarh,
Ahemadabad, Trivandrum,
Calcutta, Bhopal, Lucknow,
Banglore, Nagpur, Jammu,
Bhubneshwar, Raipur, Jaipur,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna
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Based on web search and literature review

6. Central Pollution Control Board National Air Quality Monitoring Programme
Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-cum-Office National River Water Quality Monitoring Programme- Global
Complex Environment Monitoring , MINARS
East Arjun Nagar, DELHI - 110 032 Zoning Atlas Programme
INDIA Information on 17 polluting category industries (inventory, category
E-mail : [email protected] wise distribution, compliance, implementation of pollution control
programmes
7. Central Arid Zone Research AGRIS database on all aspects of agriculture from 1975 to date
Institute, Jodhpur Also have cell on Agriculture Research Information System;
Working on ENVIS project on desertification
Email : [email protected] Repository of information on the state of natural resources and
desertification processes and their control
Regional Centre at Bhuj in Gujarat The spectrum of activities involves researches on basic resource
inventories; monitoring of desertification, rehabilitation and
management of degraded lands and other areas
8. Central Inland Capture Fisheries Data Base on

Research Institute, Barrackpore- Ecology and fisheries of major river systems of India.
743101, Biological features of commercially important riverine and estuarine
Tel#033-5600177 fish species.
Fax#033-5600388 Production functions and their interactions in floodplain wetlands.
Email : [email protected] Activities - Environmental Impact Assessment for Resource
Management ; Fisheries Resource surveys
9. Central Institute of Brackish Water Repository of information on brackish water fishery resources with
Aquaculture systematic database of coastal fishery resources for ARIS
141, Marshalls Road, Egmore , Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) database covers
Chennai - 600 008, State wise data on soil and water quality parameters, land use pattern,
Tel# 044-8554866, 8554891, production and productivity trends,
Director (Per) 8554851 Social, economic and environmental impacts of aquaculture farming,
Fax#8554851, Guidelines and effluent standards for aquaculture farming
10. Central Marine Fisheries Research Assessing and monitoring of exploited and un-exploited fish stocks in
Institute (CMFRI), Cochin Indian EEZ
Monitoring the health of the coastal ecosystems, particularly the
endangered ecosystems in relation to artisanal fishing, mechanised
fishing and marine pollution
The institute has been collecting data on the catch and effort and
biological characteristics for nearly half a century based on
scientifically developed sampling scheme, covering all the maritime
States of the country
The voluminous data available with the institute is managed by the
National Marine Living Resources Data Centre (NMLRDC)
11. Central Water and Power Research Numerical and Physical models for hydro-dynamic simulations
Station, Pune
Tel#020-4391801-14; 4392511;
4392825
Fax #020-4392004,4390189
12. Central Institute of Road Transport, Repository of data on all aspects of performance of STUs and a host
Bhosari, Pune of other related road transport parameters
411 026, India.
Tel : +91 (20) 7125177, 7125292,
7125493, 7125494

13. Department of Ocean Development Assessment of environment parameters and marine living resources
(primary and secondary) in Indian EEZ (Nodal Agency NIO Kochi)
Stock assessment, biology and resource mapping of deep sea shrimps,
lobsters and fishes in Indian EEZ (Nodal agency-Fisheries Survey of
India)
Investigations of toxical algal blooms and benthic productivity in
Indian EEZ (Nodal agency- Cochin University of Science and
technology)
Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMAP) -
monitoring and modelling of marine pollution along entire Indian
coast and islands. Parameters monitored are temp, salinity, DO, pH,
SS, BOD, inorganic phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, total
phosphorus, total nitrite, total organic carbon, petroleum
hydrocarbons, pathogenic vibros, pathogenic E.coli, shigella,
salmonella, heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb) and pesticide residues (DDT,
BHC, Endosulfan). Monitoring is carried out along the ecologically
sensitive zones and urban areas (NIO Mumbai- Apex coordinating
agency).
Sea Level Measurement Programe (SELMAM)- sea level measurement
at selected stations (Porbandar, Bombay, Goa, Cochin, Tuticorin,
Madras, Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam, Paradeep, Calcutta and
Kavaratti (Lakshadweep Island)) along Indian coast and islands using
modern tide gauges
Detailed coastal maps through Survey of India showing contour at 1/2
a metre interval in the scale of 1:25000. (Nellore- Machhalipatnam work
already over)
Marine Data Centre (MDC) IMD for Ocean surface meteorology,
GSI for marine geology, SOI for tide levels, Naval Hydrographic
Office for bathymetry, NIO Goa for physical chemical and biological
oceanography, NIO Mumbai for marine pollution, CMFRI for
coastal fisheries, Institute of Ocean Management Madras for coastal
geomorphology
DOD has setup Indian National Centre for Ocean Information
Services (INCOIS) at Hyderabad for generation and dissemination of
ocean data products (near real time data products such as sea surface
temperature, potential fishing zones, upwelling zones, maps, eddies,
chlorophyll, suspended sediment load etc). MDC will be integrated
with INCOIS
Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management (ICMAM)
programme - GIS based information system for management of 11
critical habitats namely Pichavaram, Karwar, Gulf of Mannar, Gulf of
Khambat, Gulf of Kutch, Malvan, Cochin, Coringa mangroves,
Gahirmata, Sunderbans and Kadamat (Lakshadeep)
Wetland maps for Tamil Nadu and Kerala showing the locations of
lagoons, backwaters, estuaries, mudflats etc (1:50000 scale)
Coral Reef Maps for Gulf of Kachch, Gulf of Mannar, Andaman and
Nicobar and Lakshadeep Islands (1:50,000 scale) indicating the
condition of corals, density etc
14. Environment Protection Training Environment Information Centre- has appointed EPTRI as the
and Research Institute Distributed Information Centre for the Eastern Ghats region of India.
Gachibowli, Hyderabad - 500 019, EIC Collaborates with the Stockholm Environment Institute Sweden
India Phone: +91-40-3001241, Database on Economics of Industrial Pollution Prevention in India
3001242, 3000489 Database of Large and Medium Scale Industries of Andhra Pradesh
Fax: +91-40- 3000361 Environmental Status of the Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration
E-mail: [email protected] Study on ‘water pollution-health linkages’ for a few Districts of A.P

Environment Quality Mapping
Macro level studies for six districts in the State of Andhra Pradesh
Micro level studies for two study zones presenting the permissible
pollutant load and scoping for new industrial categories
Zonation of the IDA, Parwada which helped APIIC to promote the
land for industrial development
Disaster management plan for Visakhapatnam Industrial Bowl Area
15. Forest Survey of India (FSI) State of Forest Report (Biannual)

Kaulagarh Road, P.O., IPE National Forest Vegetation Map (Biannual exercise) (on 1: 1 million
Dehradun - 248 195 scale)
Tel# 0135-756139, 755037, 754507 Thematic mapping on 1:50,000 scale depicting the forest type, species
Fax # 91-135-759104 composition, crown density of forest cover and other landuse National
E-Mail : [email protected] Basic Forest Inventory System
[email protected] Inventory survey of non forest area
Forest inventory report providing details of area estimates,
RO- Banglore, Calcutta, Nagpur topographic description, health of forest, ownership pattern,
and Shimla estimation of volume and other growth parameters such as height and
diameter in different types of forest, estimation of growth,
regeneration and mortality of important species, volume equation and
wood consumption of the area studied
16. Geological Survey of India Environmental hazards zonation mapping in mineral sector
27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Calcutta Codification of base line information of geo-environmental
700 016, India Telephone +91-33- appreciation of any terrain and related EIA and EMP studies
2496941 FAX 91-33-2496956 Lineament and geomorphological map of India on 1:20,000 scale.
[email protected] Photo-interpreted geological and structural maps of terrains with
limited field checks.
17. Indian Council of Agriculture A total of 80,000 profiles at 10 kms grid across the country were
Research, analyzed to characterize the soils of India.
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, Detailed soil maps of the Country (1:7 million), State (1:250,000) and
Tel#011-338206 districts map (1:50,000) depicting extent of degradation (1:4.4 millions)
have been prepared.
Thematic maps depicting soil depth, texture drainage, calcareousness,
− ICAR complex, Goa- Agro salinity, pH, slope and erosion have been published
metrology Agro-climate characterization of the country based on moisture,
− Central Arid Zone Research thermal and sunshine regimes
Institute- Agro forestry Agro-ecological zones (20) and sub-zones (60) for the country were
− Central Soil salinity Research delineated based on physiography, soils, climate, Length of Growing
Institute, Period and Available Water Content, and mapped on 1:4.4 million
− Indian Institute of Soil Science scale.
− Central Soil and Water Digitization of physiography and soil resource base on 1:50,000 scale
Conservation Research and for 14 States have been completed.
Training Institute .Soil fertility maps of N,P,K,S and Zn have also been developed
− National Bureau of Soil Survey Water quality guidelines for irrigation and naturally occurring
and Landuse Planning saline/sodic water
Calibration and verification of ground water models for predicting
water logging and salinity hazards in irrigation commands
18. Indian Bureau of Mines National mineral inventory for 61 minerals and mineral maps
Indira Bhawan, Civil Lines Nagpur Studies on environmental protection and pollution control in regard
Ph no - 0712-533 631, to the mining and mineral beneficiation operations
Fax- 0712-533 041 Collection, processing and storage of data on mines, minerals and
mineral-based industries, collection and maintenance of world mineral
intelligence, foreign mineral legislation and other related matters

19. Indian Meteorology Department Meteorological data
Shivaji nagar, Pune 41100 Background air quality monitoring network under Global
Atmospheric Watch Programme (operates 10 stations)
RO- Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta, Seismicity map, seismic zoning map; seismic occurrences and cyclone
New Delhi, Nagpur, Guwahati hazard monitoring; list of major earthquakes
Climatological Atlas of India , Rainfall Atlas of India and
Agroclimatic Atlas of India
Monthly bulletin of Climate Diagnostic Bulletin of India
Environmental Meteorological Unit of IMD at Delhi to provide
specific services to MoEF
20. INTACH Listing and documentation of heritage sites identified by
Natural Heritage, 71 Lodi Estate, New municipalities and local bodies (Listing excludes sites and buildings
Delhi-110 003 under the purview of the Archaeological Survey of India and the State
Departments of Archaeology)
Tel. 91-11-4645482, 4632267/9,
4631818, 4692774, 4641304 Fax : 91-
11-4611290
E-mail : [email protected]
21. Industrial Toxicology Research Activities include health survey on occupational diseases in industrial
Centre workers, air and water quality monitoring studies, ecotoxicological
Post Box No. 80, Mahatma Gandhi impact assessment, toxicity of chemicals, human health risk
Marg, Lucknow-226001, assessment
Phone: +91-522- Five databases on CD-ROM in the area of environmental toxicology
221856,213618,228227; Fax : +91- viz: TOXLINE, CHEMBANK, POISINDEX, POLTOX and
522 228227 PESTBANK. The Toxicology Information Centre provides
Email: [email protected] information on toxic chemicals including household chemicals
ENVIS centre and created a full-fledged computerized database
(DABTOC) on toxicity profiles of about 450 chemicals
22. Indian Institute of Forest Consultancy and research on joint forest management (Ford
Management Foundation, SIDA, GTZ, FAO etc)
Post Box No. 357, Nehru Nagar
Bhopal - 462 003
Phone # 0755-575716, 573799,
765125, 767851
Fax # 0755-572878
23. Indian Institute of Petroleum Fuel quality characterisation

Mohkampur , Dehradun, India, Emission factors
248005
0135- 660113 to 116
0135- 671986
24. Ministry of Environment and Survey of natural resources

Forest National river conservation directorate
Environmental research programme for eastern and western ghats
National natural resource management system
Wetlands conservation programme- survey, demarcation, mapping
landscape planning, hydrology for 20 identified wetlands National
wasteland identification programme
25. Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Development Authority Mumbai Urban Development Project
Mumbai Urban Rehabilitation Project
Information on MMR; statistics on councils and corporations Regional
Information Centre- Basic data on population, employment, industries
and other sectors are regularly collected and processed

26. Municipal Corporation of Greater Air Quality Data for Mumbai Municipal Area
Mumbai Water quality of lakes used for water supply to Mumbai
27. Ministry of Urban Development Identification of hazard prone area
Disaster Mitigation and Vulnerability Atlas showing areas vulnerable to natural disasters
Vulnerability Atlas of India Land-use zoning and design guidelines for improving hazard resistant
construction of buildings and housing
Building Materials & Technology State wise hazard maps (on cyclone, floods and earthquakes)
Promotion Council
G-Wing,Nirman Bhavan, New
Delhi-110011
Tel: 91-11-3019367
Fax: 91-11-3010145
E-Mail: [email protected]
28. Natural Disaster Management Weekly situation reports on recent disasters, reports on droughts,
Division in Department of floods, cyclones and earthquakes
Agriculture and Cooperation
29. National Bureau Of Soil Survey & NBSS&LUP Library has been identified as sub centre of ARIC
Land Use Planning (ICAR) for input to AGRIS covering soil science literature generated
P.O. Box No. 426, Shankar Nagar in India
P.O., Nagpur-440010 Research in weathering and soil formation, soil morphology, soil
mineralogy, physicochemical characterisation, pedogenesis, and landscape-
Tel#91-712-534664,532438,534545 climate-soil relationship.
Fax#:91-712-522534 Soil Series of India- The soils are classified as per Soil Taxonomy. The
described soil series now belong to 17 States of the country.
RO- Nagpur, New Delhi, Banglore, Landuse planning- watershed management, land evaluation criteria, crop
Calcutta, Jorhat, Udaipur efficiency zoning
Soil Information system is developed state-wise at 1:250,000 scale.
Presently the soil maps of all the States are digitized, processed and
designed for final output both digital and hardcopy. The thematic layers
and interpreted layers of land evaluation (land capability, land
irrigability and crop suitability), Agro-Ecological Zones and soil
degradation themes are prepared.
Districts level information system is developed for about 15 districts at 1:
50, 000 scale. The soil information will be at soil series level in this system.
Soil resource inventory of States, districts water-sheds (1:250,000;
1:50,000; 1:10,000/8000)
30. National Institute of Ocean Waste load allocation in selected estuaries (Tapi estuary and Ennore
Technology, creek) is one the components under the Integrated Coastal and Marine
Velacherry-Tambaram main road Area Management (ICMAM) programme of the Department of
Narayanapuram Ocean Development ICMAM is conducted with an IDA based credit
Chennai, Tamil Nadu to the Government of India under the Environmental Capacity
Tel#91-44-2460063 / 2460064/ Building project of MoEF (waste assimilation capacity of Ennore
2460066/ 2460067 creek is over)
Fax#91-44-2460645 Physical oceanographic component of Coastal & Ocean monitoring
Predictive System (COMAPS) a long term monitoring program under
the Department of Ocean Development
Identification of suitable locations for disposal of dredge spoil using
mathematical models & environmental criteria
EIA Manual and EIA guidelines for port and harbour projects
31. National Institute of Oceanography, Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Predictions(COMAP)-Monitoring of
Goa coastal waters for physicochemical and biological parameters
including petroleum hydrocarbons, trace metals, heavy metals, and
RO- Mumbai, Kochi biomass of primary (phytoplankton) and secondary (zooplankton,
microbial and benthic organisms)
Marine Biodiversity of selected ecosystem along the West Coast of
India

32. National Botanical Research Dust filtering potential of common avenue trees and roadside shrubs
Institute, has been determined, besides studies have also been conducted on
Post Box No 436 Rana Pratap Marg heavy-metals accumulation potential of aquatic plants supposedly
Lucknow- 226001, useful as indicators of heavy metal pollution in water bodies and
Tel: (+91) 522 271031-35 Fax: (+91) capable of reducing the toxic metals from water bodies.
522 282849, 282881 Assessment of bio-diversity of various regions of India
Lucknow
33. National Geophysical Research Exploration, assessment and management of ground water resources
Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad including ground water modelling and pollution studies
Telephone:0091-40-7171124,
FAX:0091-40-7171564
34. National Environmental National Air Quality Monitoring (NAQM) for CPCB
Engineering Research Institute, Database on cleaner technologies of industrial productions
Nagpur
RO- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai,
Calcutta, Ahmedabad, Cochin,
Hyderabad, Kanpur
35. National Hydrology Institute, Basin studies, hydrometeorological network improvement,
Roorkee hydrological year book, hydrological modelling, regional flood
RO- Belgaum (Hard Rock Regional formulae, reservoir sedimentation studies, environmental hydrology,
Centre), Jammu (Western watershed development studies, tank studies, and drought studies.
Himalayan Regional Centre),
Guwahati (North Eastern Regional
Centre), Kakinada (Deltaic Regional
Centre), Patna (Ganga Plains North
Regional Centre), and Sagar (Ganga
Plains South)
36. National Institute Of Urban Affairs, Urban Statistics Handbook
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
37. National Institute of Occupational epidemiological studies and surveillance of hazardous occupations
Health including air pollution, noise pollution, agricultural hazards, industrial
Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad hazards in organised sectors as well as small scale industries,
carcinogenesis, pesticide toxicology, etc
RO- Banglore, Calcutta WHO collaborative centre for occupational health for South East Asia
region and the lead institute for the international programme on
chemical safety under IPCS (WHO)
38. NRSA Data Centre Satellite data products (raw data, partially processed (radiometrically
Department of Space, Balanagar, corrected but geometrically uncorrected), standard data
(radiometrically and geometrically corrected), geocoded data(1:50,000
Hyderabad 500 037
and 1:25000 scale), special data products like mosaiced, merged and
Ph- 040-3078560 extracted) available on photographic (B?W and FCC in form of film of
3078664 240 mm X 240mm or enlargements/paper prints in scale varying
[email protected] between 1:1M and 1:12500 and size varying between 240mm and
1000mm) and digital media (CD-ROMs, 8 mm tapes)
39. Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Database for groundwater using remote sensing technology (Regional
Water Mission Remote Sensing Service Centre involved in generation of ground
water prospect maps at 1:50,000 scale for the State of Kerala,
Karnataka, AP, MP and Rajasthan for RGNDWM)
40. Space Application Centre National Natural Resource Information System
Value Added Services Cell (VASC) Landuse mapping for coastal regulation zone (construction setback
Remote Sensing Application Area line) upto 1:12500 scale
Ahmedabad 380 053 Inventory of coastal wetlands, coral reefs, mangroves, seaweeds
079-676 1188 Monitoring and condition assessment of protected coastal areas

Fax- 079-6762735 Wetland mapping and inventory
Mapping of potential hotspots and zoning of environmental hazards
General geological and geomorphological mapping in diverse terrain
Landslide risk zonation for Tehre area
41. State Pollution Control Board State Air Quality Monitoring Programme
Inventory of polluting industries
Identification and authorization of hazardous waste generating
industries
Inventory of biomedical waste generating industries
Water quality monitoring of water bodies receiving wastewater
discharges
Inventory of air polluting industries
Industrial air pollution monitoring
Air consent, water consent, authorization, environment monitoring
reports
42. State Ground Water Board
43. Survey of India Topographical surveys on 1:250,000 scales, 1:50,000 and 1:25,000
scales
Digital Cartographical Data Base of topographical maps on scales
1:250,000 and 1:50,000
Data generation and its processing for redefinition of Indian Geodetic
Datum
Maintenance of National Tidal Data Centre and receiving/ processing
of tidal data of various ports.
Coastal mapping along the Eastern coast line has been in progress to
study the effect of submergence due to rise in sea-level and other
natural phenomenon. Ground surveys have been completed for the
proposed coastal region and maps are under printing.
District planning maps containing thematic information (135 maps)
have been printed out of 249 maps covering half the districts of India.
Districts planning maps for remaining half of the area are being
processed by National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation
(NATMO)
44. Town and Country Planning Urban mapping - Thematic maps and graphic database on towns
Organisation (under progress in association with NRSA and State town planning
department)
45. Wildlife Institute of India Post Bag Provide information and advice on specific wildlife management
No. 18, Chandrabani Dehradun - problems.
248 001, Uttaranchal National Wildlife Database
Tel#0135 640111 -15,
Fax#0135 640117
email : wii@wii .
46. Zoological Survey of India Red Book for listing of endemic species
Prani Vigyan Bhawan Survey of faunal resources
'M' Block, New Alipore
Calcutta - 700 053
Phone # 91-33-4786893, 4783383
Fax # 91-33-786893
RO - Shillong, Pune, Dehradun,
Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Chennai, Patna,
Hyderabad, Canning, Behrampur,
Kozikode, Itanagar, Digha, Port
Bliar, Solan

ANNEXURE VII
Impact Prediction Tools
Table 1: Choice of Models for Impact Modeling: Noise Environment
Model Application
FHWA (Federal Noise Impact due to vehicular movement on

Highway highways
Administration)
Dhwani For predictions of impact due to group of noise
sources in the industrial complex (multiple sound
sources)
Hemispherical sound Fore predictive impact due to single noise source
wave propagation For predictive impact of traffic on airport and rail
Air Port road
Table 2: Choice of Methods for Impact Modeling: Land Environment
Model Application Remarks
Digital Analysis Provides land use / land

Techniques cover distribution
Ranking analysis for Provides suitability Various parameters viz. depth, texture, slope,
soil suitability criteria criteria for developmental erosion status, geomorphology, flooding hazards,
conversation activities GW potential, land use etc. are used.
Table 3: Choice of Models for Impact Modeling: Water Environment

QUAL-II E Wind effect is insignificant, vertical dispersive Steady state or
effects insignificant applicable to streams dynamic model
Data required
Deoxygenation coefficients, re-aeration
coefficients for carbonaceous, nitrogenous and
benthic substances, dissolved oxygen deficit
The model is found excellent to generate water
quality parameters
Photosynthetic and respiration rate of suspended
and attached algae
Parameters measured up to 15 component can
be simulated in any combination, e.g. ammonia,
nitrite, nitrate, phosphorous, carbonaceous
BOD, benthic oxygen demand, DO, coliforms,
conservative substances and temperature
DOSAG-3, USEPA: Water quality simulation model for streams & Steady-state
i
(1-D) RECEIV – II, canal
USEPA A general Water quality model
Explore –I, USEPA A river basin water quality model Dynamic, Simple
hydrodynamics
HSPE, USEPA Hydrologic simulation model Dynamic, Simple
hydrodynamics
RECEIVE-II, A general dynamic planning model for water
USEPA quality management
Stanford watershed This model simulates stream flows once historic
model precipitation data are supplied
The major components of the hydrologic cycle
are modeled including interception, surface
detention, overland inflow, groundwater, evapo-
transpiration and routing of channel flows,
temperature, TDS, DO, carbonaceous BOD
coliforms, algae, zooplanktons, nitrite, nitrate,
ammonia, phosphate and conservative
substances can be simulated
Hydrocomp model Long-term meteorological and wastewater Time dependant
characterization data is used to simulate stream (Dynamic)
flows and stream water quality
Stormwater Runoff is modeled from overland flow, through Time Dependent
Management model surface channels, and through sewer network
(SWMM) Both combined and separate sewers can be
modeled.
This model also enables to simulate water
quality effects to stormwater or combined sewer
discharges. This model simulates runoff
resulting from individual rainfall events.
Battelle Reservoir Water body is divided into segments along the Two Dimensional
model direction of the flow and each segment is multi-segment model
divided into number of horizontal layers. The
model is found to generate excellent simulation
of temperature and good prediction of water
quality parameters.
The model simulates temperature, DO, total and
benthic BOD, phytoplankton, zooplankton,
organic and inorganic nitrogen, phosphorous,
coliform bacteria, toxic substances and
hydrodynamic conditions.
TIDEP (Turbulent Horizontal temperature homogeneity Steady state model
diffusion Coefficient of vertical turbulent diffusion
temperature model constant for charge of area with depth negligible
ii
reservoirs) coefficient of thermal exchange constant
Data required wind speed, air temperature, air
humidity, net incoming radiation, surface water
temperature, heat exchange coefficients and
vertical turbulent diffusion coefficients.
BIOLAKE Model estimates potential fish harvest from a Steady state model
take
Estuary models/ It is simulates tides, currents, and discharge in Dynamic model
estuarial Dynamic shallow, vertically mixed estuaries excited by
model ocean tides, hydrologic influx, and wind action
Tides, currents in estuary are simulated
Dynamic Water It simulates the mass transport of either Dynamic model
Quality Model conservative or non-conservative quality
constituents utilizing information derived from
the hydrodynamic model Bay-Delta model is
the programme generally used.
Up to 10 independent quality parameters of
either conservative or non-conservative type
plus the BOD-DO coupled relationship can be
handled
HEC -2 To compute water surface profiles for stead7y,
gradually: varying flow in both prismatic &
non- prismatic channels
SMS Lake circulation, salt water intrusion, surface Surface water
water profile simulation model Modeling system
Hydrodynamic model
RMA2 To compute flow velocities and water surface Hydrodynamic
elevations analysis model
RMA4 Solves advective-diffusion equations to model Constituent transport
up to six non-interacting constituents model
SED2D-WES Model simulates transport of sediment Sediment transport
model
HIVEL2D Model supports subcritical and supercritical A 2-dimensional
flow analysis hydrodynamic model
MIKE-II, DHI Model supports, simulations of flows, water Professional
quality, and sediment transport in estuaries, Engineering software
rives, irrigation systems, channels & other water package
bodies
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Table 4: Choice of Methods for Impact Modeling: Biological Environment
Name Relevance Applications Remarks
Flora
Sample plot Density and Average number of The quadrant sampling technique
methods relative density individuals species per is applicable in all types of plant
Density and unit area communities and for the study of
relative Relative degree to which submerged, sessile (attached at
dominance a species predominates a the base) or sedentary plants
community by its sheer
numbers, size bulk or
biomass
Frequency and Plant dispersion over an Commonly accepted plot size:
relative area or within a 0.1 m2- mosses, lichens & other
frequency community mat-like plants
importance
value
Average of relative 0.1 m2- herbaceous vegetation
density, relative including grasses
dominance and relative
frequency
10.20 m2 – for shrubs and
saplings up to 3m tall, and
100 m2 – for tree communities
Transects & Cover Ratio of total amount of This methods allows for rapid
line line intercepted by each assessment of vegetation
intercepts species and total length transition zones, and requires
methods of the line intercept given minimum time or equipment of
its cover establish
Relative It is the ratio of total Two or more vegetation strata can
dominance individuals of a species be sampled simultaneously
and total individuals of
all species
Plot-less Mean point Mean point – plant Vegetation measurements are
sampling plant distance determined from points rather
methods Mean area per Mean area per plant than being determined in an area
plant with boundaries
Density and Method is used in grass-land and

relative density open shrub and tree communities
Dominance and It allows more rapid and
relative extensive sampling than the plot
dominance method
Importance Point- quarter method is
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Name Relevance Applications Remarks
value commonly used in woods and
forests.
Fauna
Species list Animal species List of animal Animal species lists present
methods list communities observed common and scientific names of
directly the species involved so that the
faunal resources of the area are
catalogued
Direct Animal species List of animals This method involves collection,
Contact list communities observed study and release of animals
Methods directly
Count Drive counts Observation of animals Count indices provide estimates

indices by driving them past of animal populations and are
methods trained observers obtained from signs, calls or
Temporal
(Roadside trailside counts or roadside counts
counts
and aerial
count
methods)
Call counts Count of all animals These estimates, through they do
passing a fixed point not provide absolute population
during some stated numbers, Provide an index of the
interval of time various species in an area
Such indices allow comparisons
through the seasons or between
sites or habitats
Removal Population size Number of species Removal methods are used to
methods captured obtain population estimates of
small mammals, such as, rodents
through baited snap traps
Market Population size Number of species It involves capturing a portion of
capture estimate (M) originally marked (T) the population and at some later
methods Number of marked date sampling the ratio of marked
animals recaptured (t) to total animals caught in the
and total number of population
animals captured during
census (n)
N = nT/t
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Table 5: Choice of Methods for Impact Predictions: Biological Environment
Relevance
Name Application Remarks
Extrapolative A prediction is made that is consistent with past

Methods and present socio-economic data, e.g. a prediction
based on the linear extrapolation of current trends
Intuitive Delphi technique is used to determine Conjecture
Forecasting environmental priorities and also to make Brainstorming Heuristic
(Delphi intuitive predictions through the process of programming Delphi
techniques) achieving group consensus consensus
Trend Predictions may be obtained by extrapolating Trend breakthrough
extrapolation present trends Not an accurate method of making precursor events
and correlation socio-economic forecasts, because a time series correlation and
cannot be interpreted or extrapolated very far into regression
the future with out some knowledge of the
underlying physical, biological, and social factors
Metaphors and The experience gained else where is used to Growth historical
analogies predict the socio-economic impacts simulation commonsense
forecasts
Scenarios Scenarios are common-sense forecasts of data. Common-sense
Each scenario is logically constructed on model
of a potential future for which the degrees of
“confidence” as to progression and outcome
remain undefined
Dynamic Model predicts net economic gain to the society
modeling (Input- after considering all inputs required for
Out model) conversion of raw materials along with cost of
finished product
Normative Desired socio-economic goals are specified and Morphological analysis
Methods an attempt is made to project the social technology scanning
environment backward in time to the present to contextual mapping
examine whether existing or planned resources - functional array
and environmental programmes are adequate to
- graphic method
meet the goals
Mission networks and
functional arrays
decision trees &
relevance trees matrix
methods scenarios
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ANNEXURE VIII
Form through which the State Governments/Administration of
the Union Territories Submit Nominations for SEIAA and SEAC
for the Consideration and Notification by the
Central Government
Form for Nomination of a professional/expert as Chairperson / Member / Secretary of the SEIAA / EAC /
SEAC
1 Name (in block letters)
2 Address for communication
3 Age & Date of Birth

(Shall be less than 67 years for the members
and 72 years for the Chairman)
4 Area of Expertise (As per
Appendix VI)
Professional Qualifications Qualification(s) University Year of Percentage of
(As per Appendix VI) passing marks
6 Work experience Position Years of association Nature of work. If

From to Period in required, attach
(High light relevant experience years separate sheets
as per Appendix VI)
Serving Central / State Government Office? Yes/No

Engaged in industry or their associations? Yes/No
Present position and nature of Associated with environmental activism? Yes/No
7
job
If no is the answer for above three, please
specify the present position and name of the
organization
Whether experienced in the Yes/No.
8 process of prior environmental If yes, please specify the experience in a separate sheet (Please restrict to
clearance? 500 words)
Yes/ No
Whether any out-standing
9 If yes, please provide details in a separate sheet (Please restrict to 500
expertise has been acquired?
words).
10 Any other relevant information? May like to attach separate sheets (Research projects, consultancy projects,
publications, memberships in associations, trainings undergone,
international exposure cum experience etc.)
The Government of……………………is pleased to forward the Nomination of Dr./Sh.

…………………...…. for the position of Chairperson / Member / Secretary of the SEIAA / SEAC / EAC
to the Ministry of Environment & Forests, the Government of India for the Notification.
(Authorized Signature with Seal)

REFERENCES
Reference Documents
Ministry of Environment and Forest, GoI - “Environment Impact Assessment Notification”

S.O.1533 dated 14th September 2006.
Ministry of Environment and Forest, GoI – “Environment Impact Assessment Notification

2006 – Amendment” S.O. 195 (E) dated 19th January 2009.
Ministry of Environment and Forest, GoI – Charter on Corporate Responsibility for

Environment Protection Action Points for 17 Categories of Industries, CPCB, March 2003.
Larry W. Canter, “Environmental Impact Assessment”, Second Edition, McGraw Hill,

University of Oklahoma, 1997.
European Commission - “Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, Reference Document

on Best Available Techniques for the Waste Treatment Industries”, August 2006.
European Commission - “Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, Reference Document

on Best Available Techniques in Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment /
Management Systems in the Chemical Sector”, February 2003.
International Association for Impact Assessment in Cooperation with Institute of

Environmental Assessment, UK – “Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Best
Practice, 1996
Central Pollution Control Board - “Guidelines for Health & Safety of Workers in
Wastewater Treatment Facilities”, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Programme
Objective Series: Probes/80/2001-2002, October 2001.
Central Pollution Control Board - “Guidelines for Management, Operation and Maintenance
of Common Effluent Treatments Plants”, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Programme
Objective Series: Probes/81/2001-2002, October 2001.
Central Pollution Control Board - “Performance Evaluation of Common Effluent Treatment

Plants”, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Programme Objective Series: Probes/86/2001-
02, May 2002.
Central Pollution Control Board - “Performance Status of Common Effluent Treatment

Plants in India”, October 2005.
Er. N. Sateesh Babu – Paper on “Effective management of TDS containing wastewater in

Bulk Drug, Tanneries and Textile Industries in Proceedings of the International Seminar on
Combined Waste Water Treatment”.
“Common Effluent Treatment Plant”, A Solution or a Problem in Itself, Toxics Link,

November 2000.

“Common Effluent Treatment Plant”, State-of-the-Art, National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute and Ministry of Environmental and Forests, July 1992.
Sangeeth Aiyappa, Svaraj, “Common Effluent Treatments Plants, Technology & Treatment
Process: The Alternative Strategies”, Working Paper Series, No.2.
(www.svaraj.in/html/pdf/Final_Alternt_Strgs.pdf)
“Sustainable Environmental Sanitation and Water Services, Prospects of Common Effluent

Treatment Plant (CETP) in Industrial Sector”, A.K. Biswas & S.N. Kaul, India, 28th WEDC
Conference, Kolkata, India, 2002.
Ecosmart India Ltd., - Report on Secondary Data Collection for Environmental Information
Centre, submitted to Ministry of Environment and Forests, 28th March 2003
Referred Websites
http://cpcbenvis.nic.in/newsletter/etp-nov-2000/nov2000conc.htm
http://envfor.nic.in/divisions/iass/eia.htm
http://www.water.siemens.com/en/products/pages/default.aspx
http://www.cpcb.nic.in/
http://www.epa.gov/
http://www.iaia.org

IL&FS Ecosmart Limited
Flat # 408, Saptagiri Towers
Begumpet
Hyderabad – 500 016
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TECHNICAL EIA GUIDANCE MANUAL

COMMON EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS

Core Project Coordination Team Mr. Mahesh Babu

Resource Person Dr. V.R. Akella

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNICAL EIA GUIDANCE MANUALS PROJECT ....... 1-1

3.4.1 General description of major statutes .................................................................. 3-35

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Table 3-2: Inlet Effluent Quality Standards for CETPs .......................................................................3-8

Table 3-3: Wastewater Characteristics – Specific Treatment Options ..............................................3-14

Table 3-4: Industrial Wastewater Treatment Schemes ......................................................................3-17

Table 3-5: Disease Type Concentration.............................................................................................3-32

Table 3-6: Exposure Pathways...........................................................................................................3-34

Table 3-7: Inlet effluent quality standards for CETP.........................................................................3-36

Table 4-1: Advantages and Disadvantages of Impact Identification Methods ..................................4-11

Table 4-2: Matrix of Impacts .............................................................................................................4-14

Table 4-4: Guidance for Accidental Risk Assessment.......................................................................4-32

Table 4-5: Mitigation Measures for Construction Phase ...................................................................4-36

Table 4-6: Mitigation Measures for Operation Phase ........................................................................4-36

Table 4-7: Generic Structure of EIA Document ................................................................................4-38

Table 5-2: Organization-Specific Functions ........................................................................................5-2

Table 5-4: EAC/SEAC: Eligibility Criteria for Chairperson / Members / Secretary...........................5-9

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Figure 2-2: Types of Impacts .............................................................................................................2-14

Figure 2-3: Cumulative Impact ..........................................................................................................2-15

Figure 3-1: Planning Process of a CETP .............................................................................................3-3

Figure 3-2: Categories of Effluent Streams .........................................................................................3-9

Figure 3-4: Sources and Treatment of TDS in Tanneries ..................................................................3-11

Figure 3-5: Wastewater Characteristics-Specific Treatment Options................................................3-12

Figure 3-6: Typical Collection and Preliminary Treatment at CETP ................................................3-20

Figure 3-7: Typical Chemical Dosing Process Flowchart .................................................................3-21

Figure 3-8: Typical Primary Treatment Flowchart ............................................................................3-21

Figure 3-9: Anaerobic Treatment Flowchart .....................................................................................3-22

Figure 3-10: Typical Biological Treatment Flowchart ......................................................................3-22

Figure 3-11: Typical Tertiary Treatment ...........................................................................................3-23

Figure 3-12: Typical Sludge Handling Flowchart .............................................................................3-23

Figure 4-3: Approach for EIA Study .................................................................................................4-23

Figure 4-4: Risk Assessment – Conceptual Framework ....................................................................4-31

Figure 4-5: Comprehensive Risk Assessment –At a Glance .............................................................4-33

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Figure 4-6: Hierarchy of Elements of Mitigation Plan ......................................................................4-35

A compilation of Legal Instruments

Form 1 (Application form for Obtaining EIA Clearance)

Types of Monitoring and Network Design Considerations

Guidance for Assessment of Baseline Components and Attributes

Sources of Secondary Data Collection

Impact Prediction Tools

Form through which the State Governments/Administration of the Union Territories

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MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets

Technical EIA Guidance Manual for CETP September 2009

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a process of identifying, predicting,

Technical EIA Guidance Manual for CETP 1-1 September 2009

 Conceptual facets of an EIA

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environmental and social concerns, mitigation measures, etc., in order to seek

1.2 Project Implementation

1.3 Additonal Information

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2.1 Environment in EIA Context

Sustainable development is built on three basic premises i.e., economic growth,

Figure 2-1: Inclusive Components of Sustainable Development

2.2 Pollution Control Strategies

Technical EIA Guidance Manual for CETP 2-1 September 2009

Many a number or combination of techniques could be adopted for treatment of a specific

Management Based Tools Process Based Tools Product Based Tools

Environmental Management Environmental Technology Assessment Industrial Ecology

These tools are precisely discussed in next sections.

2.3 Tools for Preventive Environmental Management

These tools for preventive environmental management can be broadly classified in to

 Tools for assessment and analysis

2.3.1 Tools for Assessment and Analysis

2.3.1.1 Risk Assessment

2.3.1.2 Life cycle assessment

A broader approach followed to deal with environmental impacts during manufacturing is

2.3.1.3 Total cost assessment

Conceptual facets of an EIA

Tools for assessment and analysis

Identification of costly resource inefficiencies

Something delivered by technical systems engineered by experts rather than the

Goal must be continuous improvement of quality instead of acceptable quality

Type I: Multiple criteria base; third party (Govt. or non-commercial private

Mass: There is an opportunity to significantly reduce mass burdens (raw materials,

Target objectives (emission limit values/standards)

Purposive - should inform decision makers and result in appropriate levels of