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Document No.
Specialist agencies in the field of
5-1741-0070
Environmental Management
Rev. No.1
Page 1 of 7
Abbreviations
Mr.R.S.Prasad, Manager
Mr. P. K. Goel, Manager
Mr. Vikram Singh, Dy. Manager
CONTENTS
1. PURPOSE 4
2. SCOPE 4
3. REFERENCES 4
4. DEFINITIONS 4
1.0 PURPOSE
2.0 SCOPE
3.0 REFERENCES
4.0 DEFINITIONS
Nil
The different areas where specialist agencies, and are referred as Data
Collection Agencies (DCA), involvement to be considered in the field of
environmental management are:
The Data Collection Agencies (DCAs) should meet the following criteria:
They should have all the necessary monitoring equipment High Volume
Air Samplers (HVAS), Respirable Dust Samplers (RDS) and other
sampling equipment including portable comprehensive water/stack
monitoring kits. They should also have the necessary equipment for
analyzing various pollutants in air, water, soil and solid wastes e.g. Gas
Chromatographs, UV/Visible Spectrophotometers and Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometers (AAS) etc.
DCA shall have the expertise and experience in carrying out the Flora/Fauna
impact assessment studies as part of Environmental Impact Assessment
Studies for various projects, e.g. Refineries, Petrochemical Plants, POL
Terminal, Cross Country Pipelines etc. giving special emphasis to the following:
A) Reviewing the project in light of various Forests and Wild life protection
acts.
B) Assessing the baseline status of forest and wild life in the study area
including aquatic life and avi-fauna
C) Assessing the impacts of the project activities on forests and wild life
A) Land Use/Land Cover maps for a given study area, based on the
Remote Sensing Techniques (through Satellite imageries/data)
B) Thematic atlas maps of land use and land use pattern reports.
They should have also have the necessary Computer Hardware & Software and
manpower for processing the Satellite data for obtaining the desired outputs.
DCA should furnish the list of necessary infrastructure facilities available with
them for delivering the desired outputs.
DCA shall have the expertise and experience in carrying out the marine impact
assessment studies for various offshore projects e.g. Construction of Offshore
Platforms, Single Point Mooring (SPM) installation, Laying of Sub-marine
pipeline for transporting Petroleum crude & products, Construction of Jetties etc.
given special emphasis to the following activities:
A) Carrying out the review of various project facilities with respect to Coastal
Regulation Rules, Marine Environment Protection acts, Coastal
Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification and various State Coastal Zone
Management Plans.
DCA shall have the experience and expertise in carrying out the Socio-
Economic Impact Assessment studies for development projects in different
sectors, giving special emphasis to the following:
Nil.