A critical appraisal of EIA screening practice in EU Member States

Pinho, Paulo; McCallum, Sabine; Cruz, Sara Santos

doi:10.3152/146155110x498799

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“…Amendments to the 2006 EIA Regulations were implemented in August 2010 and the formulation of a so-called 'EIA and Management Strategy' has also recently been initiated to take EIA forward (South Africa 2009). However, as highlighted by international EIA best practice, a sound screening mechanism provides the basis for any well-functioning EIA system (IAIA 1999, Wood 2003, Pinho et al 2010. The way forward for screening in South Africa is not to tinker further with the listed activity descriptions but rather to implement the available supportive screening mechanisms to deal with location sensitivity (i.e.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…There are several methods used to screen development proposals such as list-based approaches, inclusive and exclusive thresholds, decision support systems and checklists, specialist discretion and initial consultation (Jones 1999, Wood 2000, DEAT 2002b, Pinho et al 2010. Screening methods have different strengths and weaknesses.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Accordingly, most well-functioning EIA systems have adopted a screening process that involves varying combinations or elements of four different approaches, i.e. activity description lists, thresholds (in the form of environmental standards and/or geographical sensitivity), preliminary study and the use of discretion or (case-by-case examination) (Lee and George 2000, Glasson et al 2006, Pinho et al 2010.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Internationally, it is recognised that an effective screening mechanism is one of the most important components of a well-functioning EIA system (IAIA 1999, Wood 2003, Pinho et al 2010. The main aim of screening is to match the need for and extent of assessment to the environmental significance of impacts related to a particular project.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Performance of environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening in South Africa: a comparative analysis between the 1997 and 2006 EIA regimes

Retief

Welman

Sandham

2011

South African Geographical Journal

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423 environmental impact assessment (EIA) applications were submitted in South Africa. This exceptionally high number reflects a particular weakness in the ability of the EIA system to effectively screen EIA applications. The 2006 EIA Regulations intended to reduce the number of EIA applications by 20%. This paper presents a comparative analysis of screening performance before and following the 2006 EIA Regulations in order to determine the improvement of screening effectiveness (and hence the EIA process) since the interventions introduced in the 2006 EIA Regulations. Changes in the number of EIA applications as well as the types of activities requiring EIA are analysed. The results show that the average number of EIA applications submitted per month reduced by 27% nationally from 1997 to 2006. Although the 20% reduction target has been achieved, the number of EIA applications remains high compared with international trends and considered against the available administrative capacity. Analysis of the Free State Province also shows that, for both periods, very similar types of activities triggered the majority of EIA applications, with transformation of land, construction of masts and storage of fuel being the most common. To improve EIA screening, it is recommended that the reduction target be reconsidered and that additional screening methods such as environmental management frameworks and norms and standards be implemented.

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Section: Perspectives On Screeningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Performance of environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening in South Africa: a comparative analysis between the 1997 and 2006 EIA regimes

Retief

Welman

Sandham

2011

South African Geographical Journal

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“…. Furthermore, if a new activity is proposed in an industrial development area (IDA) or in a cluster, the EIA (Pinho et al 2010;Morgan 2012) should discuss the already existing problems in the IDA and how it will be managed or mitigated by this additional activity. .…”

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Meta-analysis of EIA public hearings in the state of Gujarat, India: its role versus the goal of environmental management

Sainath

Rajan

2014

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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Public consultation is an important decision-aiding process in environmental impact assessment (EIA) and aids in building up consensus between various stakeholders, primarily the local public. In this meta-analysis, proceedings of 100 public hearings (PHs) recorded in the Indian state of Gujarat were analysed for the views of local public between environmental issues and others while an industry is being set up across five sectors -bulk drug and drug intermediates, cement, highway projects, oil and gas exploration and thermal power plants. The analysis shows that environmental issues are only 33% of the total issues raised, while socio-economic, infrastructure, PH process, track record and other general issues cover 21%, 13%, 2%, 12% and 19%, respectively. This implies that irrespective of sector or project local socio-economic and developmental concerns outweigh environmental issues and the current PH process is not able to get the appropriate inputs and insights from the stakeholders in improving the environmental decision-making. In light of these, some alternatives for strengthening the EIA-PH process is proposed in the paper.

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A critical appraisal of EIA screening practice in EU Member States

Cited by 34 publications

References 8 publications

Performance of environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening in South Africa: a comparative analysis between the 1997 and 2006 EIA regimes

Performance of environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening in South Africa: a comparative analysis between the 1997 and 2006 EIA regimes

Meta-analysis of EIA public hearings in the state of Gujarat, India: its role versus the goal of environmental management

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