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Environmental Impact Assessment

The document discusses environmental impact assessments related to water resource projects and noise pollution. It addresses the need for environmental impact assessments for water projects, and the beneficial and adverse effects these projects can have on water resources and noise levels. Methodologies are provided for assessing impacts on water and conducting noise assessments, including establishing baselines, predicting impacts, evaluating significance, and identifying mitigation measures. Key steps in noise assessments include scoping issues, understanding existing noise environments, predicting new noise sources from projects, and assessing their impacts on sensitive receptors.

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Environmental Impact Assessment

The document discusses environmental impact assessments related to water resource projects and noise pollution. It addresses the need for environmental impact assessments for water projects, and the beneficial and adverse effects these projects can have on water resources and noise levels. Methodologies are provided for assessing impacts on water and conducting noise assessments, including establishing baselines, predicting impacts, evaluating significance, and identifying mitigation measures. Key steps in noise assessments include scoping issues, understanding existing noise environments, predicting new noise sources from projects, and assessing their impacts on sensitive receptors.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT
ASSESSMENT
IMPACT ON NOISE AND WATER
WATER RESOURCE PROJECT:
 Multipurpose river valley projects 
Major irrigation projects / canals 
Inter-linking of rivers

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS- WATER


NEED FOR EIA IN WATER
RESOURCE PROJECTS:

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS- WATER


BENEFICIAL AND ADVERSE
EFFECTS:

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS- WATER


BENEFICIAL AND ADVERSE
EFFECTS:

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS- WATER


ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS- WATER
ASSESSMENT IMPACT OF WATER:

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS- WATER


ASSESSMENT IMPACT OF NOISE:

  Assessment Methodology:
1)Construction phase-Potential construction noise impacts may arise from the construction
works

2)Operation phase-Road traffic noise will arise from the new roads constructed or modified
under the Project and the adjacent existing roads.

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS-NOISE
THE EFFECTS OF NOISE Many different effects of noise have
been identified and sensitive receptors29 experience each
of them to different degrees. Although there is no standard
classification of effects, they can be divided into:

• behavioral indicators of well-being showing how noise


may interfere with normal living; and
• physiological/medical indicators of chronic health effects,
such as noise-induced hearing loss or other similar
symptoms that may be caused by noise.

There is a complex web of cause–effect relationships.


These can be simplified by breaking them down into
different stages to aid explanation.

• detection/distraction; • speech interference; • disruption


of work/mental activity, and • sleep disturbance.

• auditory health effects (e.g. noise-induced hearing loss),


and
• non-auditory health effects (e.g. stress and other health
effects).

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS-NOISE
The response to noise from different sources of
transport expressed as the percentage of respondents
who described themselves as ‘highly annoyed’ by the
noise36. This demonstrates that the response to noise
is in some way dependent on an exposure–effect
relationship (a dose–response function). Subjective
response to noise is extremely complex and shows
considerable variability in the response to a given noise
exposure, both between and within different exposed
populations. More recent research by HME Miedema et
al37 has derived further dose–response relationships
for specific sources, although remains useful in
illustrating the typical spread in population response to
noise

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS-NOISE
It requires the following elements to be completed:
1. Scoping of issues to be addressed in the noise impact
assessment;
2. An understanding and description of the existing noise
environment, including the identification of sensitive
receptors – the baseline condition;
3. Prediction of the noise that is expected to be generated
by the proposals – impact identification;
4. Assessment of the significance of the expected noise
impact at the sensitive receptors that might be affected -
effect description;
5. Evaluation of the effects to determine their significance
[only formally required within an EIA] – significance
evaluation;
6. Identification of mitigation measures in order to reduce
the extent of the noise impact. (The outcome of this
element may also mean that steps (3) and (4) will need
repeating);
7. Monitoring of noise effects post-consent.

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS-NOISE
SCOPING THE NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Scoping is the process of identifying the content and extent of the Environmental Information to be submitted to the
Competent Authority under the EIA process. Additionally, it can be a simple process of understanding the noise aspects of
any project impact assessment at whatever scale.
Before undertaking a noise impact assessment, it is important that the assessor has a thorough understanding of the
project and its context. This would involve:
• understanding the nature of the development and identifying the potential sources of noise;
• understanding the nature and character of the prevailing noise environment;
• identifying all the potential new noise sources that will arise from the proposals, during the construction, operation and,
if appropriate, decommissioning;
• understanding the nature of the new noise sources that will arise from the proposal, including such features as tonal
characteristics, intermittency, duration and timing (diurnally and seasonally);
• identifying potential noise-sensitive receptors;
• understanding the policy context of the proposal, including central and local government policy, relevant international
and national guidelines, British Standards, etc.

ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS-NOISE

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