Mitigation and Impact

Management:
ENVIRONMENTAL/ IMPACT
MANAGEMENT PLAN

EIA: PROCESS FLOWCHART

DEFINE PROPOSAL/ALTERNATIVES
Is An EIA Required?
Screening
What are the Key Issues?
Scoping

Impact Assessment
Public Participation

Baseline Data Collection

Impact Identification

EIA Preparation
(Identify/Collect and
Analyze Information

Impact Prediction
Impact Evaluation
Identification/Formulation of Mitigation and
Monitoring Program
Present Results
EIS Preparation
Review
EIS Review
Decision-Making
Post Decision-Making and Auditing

Environmental Management Plan

Summary matrix or list of proposed
mitigation/enhancement measures and
monitoring actions, set to a timeline with
specific responsibility assigned and followup actions defined
With brief discussion of mitigation and
enhancement measures
Monitoring Plan
Institutional responsibilities and
agreements

Environmental Management
Plan
The purpose of the Environmental
Management Plan (EMP) is to enhance
the beneficial impacts and to lessen
effects of adverse impacts. Management
of impacts will be implemented through
the proposed impact mitigation measures
formulated.

The EMP and the Detailed

Design
The EMP and the detailed design are
closely linked.
The EMP shall form part of the
Construction Specifications
The IMP goes beyond the Construction
Phase and cover the whole project cycle
including operation

The EMP and the Detailed

Design
The EMP and the detailed design shall be
developed in an interactive process to
form
a
coherent
and
consistent
operational tool.
The EMP is not a static tool. There will
probably be a need for amendments and
revisions, and the EMP must be seen as a
dynamic plan able to incorporate and
integrate new and improved measures

Mitigation Seek to:

Find better ways of doing things
Minimize or eliminate negative impacts
Enhance project benefits
Protect public and individual rights to
compensation

Proponents have a
responsibility to:
Avoid or minimize impacts
Plan for managing impacts

Understanding the problem is the

key to effective mitigation. Ask:
What the problem is
When the problem will occur and when
should it be addressed
Where the problem should be addressed
How the problem should be addressed
Who stands to gain or lose

Identifying possible mitigation

issues
WHAT
Is the problem associated with public
health, ecological risks, environmental
amenity or resource depletion?
Is the problem linked to specific emissions
from known sources or from non-point
sources of pollution?

Identifying possible mitigation

issues
WHAT
Are the sources of pollution homogeneous or
are there many different kinds of sources? Are
they concentrated or geographically dispersed?
Are pollution reduction costs similar for all
sources?
Does the problem require a public response or
can it be decided by stakeholders if there is
some forum where they can negotiate?

Identifying possible mitigation

issues
WHEN

Is the problem immediate? Does it constitute a

clear and present danger, is it impending or

perhaps speculative?
Is it possible to reduce or delay the problem by
taking partial steps now or is full action required
immediately?
What are the cost and risks of waiting for
additional information?
What are the cost and risks of waiting for
additional information?

Identifying possible mitigation

issues
WHERE
Should the problem be addressed at the
local, regional, national or international
level
Does the scope of the problem determine
the level of institutional overlap or
centralization required? If not, why not?

Identifying possible mitigation

issues
HOW
Are the pathways by which the perceived
environmental problem generates peoplelevel impacts understood?
Are victims able to avert, minimize or
mitigate impacts and are there incentives
for them to do so?

Identifying possible mitigation

issues
WHO
Which stakeholders stand to gain or lose?
Are there possibilities to mitigate special
hardships, perhaps by offering subsidies
to offset costs?

Mitigation Options:
Alternatives ways of meeting the need
Changes in planning
Improving monitoring and management
Monetary compensation
Replacing, relocating, rehabilitating

Environmental Management
Plans:
Designate responsibility
Provide a schedule of task,
Allocate responsibility for tasks
Include a system of reporting
Include a system for monitoring and
auditing monitoring plan
Contain a contingency plan

Example of Mitigation Measures

Incorporated into the Project Design
Mitigation measures from transportation EA integrated into
regional development programs include
Mangrove swamp development and management
plan,
covering rice cultivation, fishing, management of firewood, and
protection of biodiversity with provision for training, supervision,
and extension services;
Protection of forests and monitoring of hunting;
Creation of a nature reserve as part of the tourism plan;
Water supply program and improvement of sanitary conditions,
malaria alleviation; and
Agricultural development plan.

Example of Mitigation Measures

Incorporated into the Project Design:
Environmental Impact Study of the Guinea
Conakry Road Project (96 Kms. In a mangrove
swamp and rice growing area) Includes:
Traffic management plans for public works
vehicles and temporary diversions;
Redevelopment of borrow zones thru re-vegetation
and stabilization of soils;
Turfing of embankments, drainage of plains,
reforestation, and regeneration of planting; and
Compensation for poverty taken.

Impact Management Plan (IMP) Template

Project Phase /
Environmental Aspect
(Project Activity Which Will
Likely Impact the
environmental Component

Environment
Component Likely to
be Affected

I. PRE-CONSTRUCTION
PHASE

(Include only applicable

modules)

Environment Aspect # 1

A. The Land

Environment Aspect # 4

B.

II. CONSTRUCTION PHASE

(Include only applicable

modules)

Environment Aspect # 1

A. The Land

Environment Aspect # 2

B.

The Water

Environment Aspect # 3

C.

The Air

Environment Aspect # 4

D.

The People

III. OPERATION PHASE

(Include only applicable

modules)

Environment Aspect # 1

A. The Land

Environment Aspect # 2

B.

The Water

Environment Aspect # 3

C.

The Air

Environment Aspect # 4

D.

The People

IV. ABANDONMENT PHASE

(Include only applicable

modules)

Environment Aspect # 1

A. The Land

Environment Aspect # 2

B.

The Water

Environment Aspect # 3

C.

The Air

Environment Aspect # 4

D.

The People

The People

Potential
impact

Option for
Prevention or
Mitigation or
Enhancement

Responsibility
Entity

Cost

Guarantee /
Financial
Arrangements

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