Impact Assessment
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Activists from 14 different civil society groups are seeking assurances that the planning process to develop Manoel Island must start afresh, after an appeals tribunal nullified the €400 million project’s Environmental Impact Assessment.
But it was this very agency which gave ExxonMobil the permission to do so with its stamp of approval for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) the oil giant submitted.
Orkney Islands Council has called for a ‘pause’ on plans to centralise air traffic control operations until an Islands Impact Assessment is carried out.
Javadekar also pointed out that seven states/UTs – Delhi, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Nagaland and Goa – have not appointed State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities, in which case the Centre will now appoint them.
As such, the Agency noted that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is needed.
“Even if a company doesn’t certify, going through the B Impact Assessment is worthwhile.