The document discusses the screening process for environmental impact assessments (EIAs). It defines screening as the first step of an EIA to determine what type of assessment is required. There are two main categories of projects - Category A requires a mandatory EIA, while Category B undergoes screening to determine if an EIA or Initial Environmental Examination is needed. The objectives of screening are to identify the appropriate assessment method needed, save time and money, provide an early assessment of impacts, and establish if an EIA is required. The screening process uses tools like checklists to evaluate a project's likely environmental effects and determine the proper classification.

1. Project Screening for EIA
SUBMITTED BY:
KUSUMITA NEOGI
IQBAL AZAM
VISHAL SINGH

2. Objectives Of the Presentation
•categorization
•To provide knowledge of the screening
process.
•To know the various objective.
•Procedure of screening process.
•Screening Tools

3. Categorization
There are mainly two types:
•Category A projects 20,000sqm ≤ Built up area ≤ 1,50,000sqm
They require mandatory environmental clearance and thus they do not undergo the
screening process.
•Category B projects 5,00,000 sqm ≥ Built up area ≥ 1,50,000
They undergoes screening process and they are classified into two types.
Category B1 projects (Mandatorily requires EIA).
Category B2 projects (Do not require EIA).

4. Screening
• Screening is the process undertaken to decide which environmental assessment
method is required to be undertaken for a given project.
• It is the first step of EIA done to check its requirement.

6. Objective of Screening
• To identify the requirement of assessment methods.
Screening is done to check the requirement of the methods of assessment required.
• To save time and money.
Screening is done to save money and time. It checks whether there is requirement of EIA or
not. If EIA is not required and IEE is enough, then there is save of time and money.
• To give early assessment of major environmental impacts that are likely to occur.
While screening, we check the project scale, location and type of project. This gives us an
early assessment of major environmental impacts that are likely to occur.
•To establish a conception that EIA is required.
The process of screening checks the requirement of EIA. It focuses on the shortcoming of IEE
and encourages the use of EIA.

7. • Screening is the process of deciding on
whether an EIA is required or not. This may be
determined by size (eg greater than a
predetermined surface area of irrigated land
that would be affected, more than a certain
percentage or flow to be diverted or more than
a certain capital expenditure).
• Alternatively it may be based on site-specific
information. For example, the repair of a
recently destroyed diversion structure is unlikely
to require an EIA whilst a major new headwork
structure may.
• Guidelines for whether or not an EIA is
required will be country specific depending on
the laws or norms in operation. Legislation often
specifies the criteria for screening and full EIA.
All major donors screen projects presented for
financing to decide whether an EIA is required.
•The output from the screening process is
often a document called an Initial
Environmental Examination or Evaluation
(IEE). The main conclusion will be a
classification of the project according to its
likely environmental sensitivity. This will
determine whether an EIA is needed and if so
to what detail.
•Basically, it is mostly done using a list of
criteria. The list is clearly defined and
contains detailed possible impacts.
•The ADB (Asian Development Bank) uses a
threefold categorization: an EIA, an IEE
without EIA, and no EIA at all. The World
Bank has a similar system.
Screening Procedure

8. Screening Tools
The Checklists
Two checklists have been prepared to support and
help the process of deciding whether or not a
project is likely to have significant effects on the
environment.
First Screening Checklist:
It provides a list of questions about the project and
its environment which users can use to help answer
the question “Is this project likely to have a
significant effect on the environment?”
Second Screening Checklist:
It is a Checklist of Criteria for Evaluating the Significance of Environmental Effects. This is
designed to be used alongside the Screening Checklist.
Checklists are intended to be used quickly by people with the qualifications and experience
typically found in competent authorities.