ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

ASSESSMENT

lector dr. KRISTINA Bazien

Contacts: e-mail kristina.baziene@vgtu.lt
Room 309
Phone: 8 5 2512133
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General work during semester

The report
Report of practice work cant be
14/12/2013 marked
less then 5

E=0,2(A1)+0,7(0,33C1+0,33C2+0,33C3)+0,1(B1)

E final mark
A1 - mark of paper (1-10)
B1 - mark of practice (1-10)
C1,C2,C3 - marks of tests (1-10)

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Topics of papers:
1. Rearing of poultry
2. Dams and ponds
3. Extraction of natural gas
4. Quarrying and extraction of mineral resources
5. Thermal power stations and other combustion installations,
including industrial installations for producing electricity, heat, steam
or hot water
6. Production, processing, enrichment, storage and disposal of nuclear
fuel
7. Gasification or liquefaction of coal or bituminous shale
8. Initial smelting of cast-iron and steel
9. Extraction of asbestos and processing and transformation of
asbestos and products containing asbestos
10. Manufacture on an industrial scale of the following chemical
substances: organic chemicals; inorganic chemicals; phosphorous,
other agrochemicals, including biocides, pharmaceutical products
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Topics of papers:
11. Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical products
12. Production of explosives
13. Production of paper and board
14. Construction of sea ports, piers or terminals (for loading and unloading)
15. Construction of inland waterways, ports, piers or terminals (for loading and
unloading)
16. Construction of express motorways and country level roads
17. Construction of a new road of four or more lanes, or reconstruction of an
existing road
18. Construction of lines for the main public railway traffic
19. Construction of airports and airfields with a basic runway
20. Construction of pipelines for the transport of gas, oil or chemicals
21. Construction of overhead electrical power lines
22. Groundwater abstraction
23. Artificial groundwater recharge schemes
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24. Waste water treatment plants of cities, towns and villages
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LIST OF THE TYPES OF PROPOSED ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES THAT SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE SCREENING FOR OBLIGATORY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT
1. Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture
Fish farming

2. Extractive and processing industry

Extraction or processing of natural gas

3. Energy industry
Installations for pipelines carrying steam or hot water

4. Production and processing of metals

Installations for manufacture or repair of railway equipment

5. Industry of mineral construction materials

Installations for the manufacture of glass or glass fibre

6. Chemical industry
Manufacturing or treatment of the pharmaceutical products

7. Food industry
Packing and canning of animal and vegetable products

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8. Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

Production of paper and board

9. Rubber industry
Manufacture and treatment of elastomer-based products

10. Civil engineering works

Construction of airports and airfields

11. Other types of proposed economic activity

Waste-water treatment industrial waste water treatment plants

12. Tourism and leisure

Holiday villages and hotel complexes outside urban areas

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Parts of paper:

1. General information
2. Activities of enterpise
3. Intruduction of new activity
4. EIA requirement:
a) The main sectors which need EIA
b) The main problems performed EIA
5. Conclusions
6. References

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Paper should be abuot 20-30 pages.

Presentation of paper 5-10 minutes.

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Law on Environmental Impact

Assessment
of the Proposed Economic Activity

18 April 2000 No. VIII 1636 Vilnius

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General topics:

1. Introduction to the environmental impact

assessment process(EIA)

2. Before submission of the environmental statement

3. Consideration of the environmental statement

4. The decision making stage

5. Implementation and complianceg

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Environmental pollution by harmful

anthropogenic substances and uncontrolled
use of natural reserves have become a global
problem and require substantial efforts for
developing and applying efficient measures
of control, mitigation and abatement. For
achieving this goal predictions of possibly
resulting risks and impacts are needed for
future environmental planning.

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the whole process of:

1. gathering environmental information;

2. describing a development or other project;

3. predicting and describing the environmental

effects of the project;

4. defining ways of avoiding, cancelling, reducing

or compensating for the adverse effects;
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5. publicising the project and the Environmental
Statement including a clear, nontechnical summary of the
likely effects, so that the public can play an effective part
in the decision making process;

6. consulting specific bodies with responsibilities for the

environment;

7. taking all of this information into account before

deciding whether to allow the project to proceed;

8. ensuring that the measures prescribed to avoid,

cancel, reduce or compensate for environmental effects
are implemented.
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The Environmental Statement (ES) is the report normally
produced by, or on behalf of, and at the expense of, the proposer
which must be submitted with the application for whatever form
of consent or other authorisation is required.
It embraces the first four elements of:

1. gathering environmental information;

2. describing the project;

3. predicting and describing the environmental effects of the project;

4. defining ways of avoiding, reducing or compensating for the adverse

effects.

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It is important to appreciate that EIA is not, in itself, a decision

making process.

It is a process that is integrated into existing

decision making procedures, for example, the
consideration of planning applications or
applications for an Improvement Order in respect of
land drainage, in order to better inform these
decisions as to the environmental implications of the
project. In this way, it contributes to the wider
objectives of sustainable development.

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EIA is intended to ensure that the environmental effects of major

developments and other projects likely to have significant
environmental effects are fully investigated, understood and taken into
account before decisions are made on whether the projects should
proceed. Fundamental to the process are the statutory requirements
for steps, namely:

a) the publishing of the project and the Environmental Statement,

including a clear, non-technical summary of the likely effects, so that
the public can play an effective part in the decision making process;
b) consultation with specific bodies with responsibilities for the
environment;
c) taking all of this information into account before deciding whether to
allow the project to proceed;
d) ensuring that the measures prescribed to avoid, reduce or
compensate for environmental effects are implemented.
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EIA should be of benefit to project proposers, decision

makers and all of those nconsulted in the decision making
process, including the public. It should help to ensure that
development is sustainable, that development does not
exceed the capacity of the environment to accommodate
change without long-term harm. It should help to expedite
the decision making process and guide the implementation
of those projects that do proceed.

Many of the procedures are required by law but the

effectiveness of EIA relies substantially on integrity and
good practice.

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In Lithuania, Environmental Impact Assessment is performed in
accordance with the following legal acts:

Law on Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed

Economic Activity of the Republic of Lithuania, adopted 2000 04
18, Nr.VIII-1636, in., 1996, Nr.82-1965; 1997, Nr.65-1553, 2000,
Nr.39-1092,
Governmental Resolution of 2000 07 28, No. 900 on Empowering the
Ministry of Environment and Subordinate Institutions, in., 2000,
Nr.65-1956;
Order of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of
Lithuania of 2000 06 30, No. 263 on the Approval of the
Methodological Guidelines on the Screening of Proposed
Economic Activity, in., 2000, Nr.57-1698,
Order of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of
Lithuania of 2000 06 30, No. 262 on the Approval of the Regulations
on Preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment
Program and Report, in., 2000, Nr.57- 1697

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In Lithuania, Environmental Impact Assessment is performed in
accordance with the following legal acts:

Order of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of

2000 07 10, No. 277 on the Approval of the Order of Informing the
Public and Public Participation in the Process of Environmental
Impact Assessment, in., 2000, Nr.65-1970,

Order of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of

Lithuania of 2000 07 17, No. 305 on the Approval of the Guidelines
on the Quality Control of the Environmental Impact Assessment
of the Proposed Economic Activity, in., 2000, Nr.65-1971

Order of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of

Lithuania of 2000 08 07, No. 333 on the Approval of the Order of
Investigating the Environmental Impact Assessment Documents
at the Ministry of Environment and Subordinate Institutions, in.,
2000, Nr.69-2062

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Not all of the steps in the process are actually
required by law; some are a matter of good
practice and common sense because without them
the statutory requirements would not be fully
realised.

It should also be noted that EIA procedures apply

to projects in the marine environment, the
procedures are not confined to land based
developments in the way that statutory planning
procedures are.

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Key Stages and Steps in the EIA Process

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Key Stages and Steps in the EIA Process

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Key Stages and Steps in the EIA Process

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Key Stages and Steps in the EIA Process

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A handbook on environmental impact assessment.
Guidance for Competent Authorities, Consultees and others
involved in the Environmental Impact Assessment
David Tyldesley and Associates Edinburgh 2009

The European Impact Assessment and the Environment. Kilian Bizer

Sebastian Lechner Martin Fhr
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

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Thank you for your kind attention!

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