Environmental concerns in India such as overpopulation, industrialization, land degradation, pollution, and increasing demands for resources require effective environmental management. An environmental management plan outlines goals and tools to prevent environmental problems, sustain resources, and improve quality of life. It provides a project-specific framework to ensure appropriate practices during construction and operations through defining responsibilities, regulatory requirements, training, emergency response, impact assessment, and monitoring.

1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP)
UNIT I

2. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN INDIA
Over Population Rapid
Industrialisation
Land Degradation –
Water Erosion
Dwindling Forest Extinction of Flora
and Fauna due to loss
of Habitat
Wetland Stagnation
Pollution in Rivers More demand for
forest based goods
Rise in Water
Demand

3. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Environment management thus involves managing the environment while ensuring the prudent use of natural resources
without reducing their productivity and quality.
HUMAN
BEINGS
FOOD
WATER
SHELTER

4. GOALS OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Preventing and resolving
environmental problems
Establishing and nurturing
institutions that effectively
support
Environmental research,
monitoring and management;
Identifying threats and
opportunities
Sustaining and, if possible,
improving existing resources
Improving the quality of
life
Identifying environmentally
sound technologies or
policies

5. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Environment assessment
(EA).
Economic assessment,
usually through cost-
benefit analysis (CBA).
Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS).
Environment audits
Waste minimisation
programs
Life cycle assessments
(LCA).
Environmental design
(ED).

6. WHAT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN?
A site or project-specific plan developed to ensure that appropriate environmental management
practices are followed during construction and/or operations.
 Guidance document used to plan, implement, measure and achieve compliance with the environmental protection and mitigation
requirements.

7. WHAT GOES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN?
1. Background
This section sets the context of the project and the management plan. This typically includes the following information:
 Introduction: a brief description of the project’s background.
 Project Description: define the nature and scope of the project which may include location, activities and timing/scheduling.
 Objectives: this relates to the overall project and environmental best practices.
 Environmental Policy: overarching environmental commitments.

8. WHAT GOES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN?
2. Environmental Management
This section sets the requirements and processes for implementing the management plan and includes:
 Environmental Management Structure and Responsibility: Team and its responsibility
 Approvals and Regulation Requirements: tables or lists of relevant legislation, conditions of approvals or consent
 Reporting: Description of reporting requirements including under legislation, construction monitoring, non-compliance and
auditing.
 Environmental Training: both general environmental awareness training and training about their responsibilities under the
EMP.
 Emergency Contacts and Response: procedures to be followed in the event of an environmental emergency.

9. WHAT GOES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN?
3. Implementation
The section identifies the environmental risks of the project and how they will be managed. This typically includes the following
steps:
 List all of the activities to be undertaken
 Identify the actual and potential environmental impacts associated with each of the activities
 Risk assessment each of the environmental impacts to determine significant impacts
 Determine environmental management controls and monitoring to prevent or minimise environmental impacts

10. WHAT GOES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN?
4. Monitor and Review
• An EMP is not static.
• Document how the environmental management activities will be monitored and reviewed to ensure the controls are effective and
applicable to the project activities.