A fase pós-aprovação caracteriza-se como a etapa do sistema de avaliação de impacto ambiental iniciada após a emissão da licença prévia. A etapa caracteriza-se pela produção de documentos de acompanhamento e pela gestão e tomada de novas decisões. No Brasil, esse processo caracteriza-se pela apresentação e execução dos Projetos Básicos Ambientais (PBA), que devem ser descritos e executados, pelo empreendedor, com a aprovação, o acompanhamento e a gestão dos órgãos ambientais. Na prática, tem-se a produção de muitos dados socioambientais, que são fundamentais para permitir a gestão no sistema de AIA. Por meio de análises documentais das licenças ambientais emitidas, dos relatórios decorrente do PBA e da aplicação de entrevistas com os gestores do processo de AIA, analisou-se o uso desses dados nos processos de gestões privada e pública. Com vistas aos programas de monitoramento de qualidade da água, o estudo foi aplicado para os empreendimentos hidrelétricos instalados na bacia do rio Corumbá. Verificou-se que: a maioria das licenças ambientais traz condicionantes e recomendações para a execução do programa de monitoramento de qualidade da água, indicando ser importante, na gestão da AIA; que os PBAs apresentam descrição do processo de coleta de dados, métodos de análise, distribuição espacial, cronograma de execução e processo de análise, mas tais projetos são alterados ao longo de sua execução. Os dados apresentam, muitas vezes, métodos adequados, mas carecem de certificações e responsabilidade técnica que confeririam maior confiabilidade aos dados. Por outro lado, na entrevista com os gestores do processo de AIA, todos consideram que o processo pós-aprovação é importante, e a maioria considera que a qualidade dos dados é boa. Nas entrevistas, constatou-se, também, indicativos da gestão desse processo de qualidade, como a devolução de relatórios; por outro lado, nem empreendedores nem os órgãos ambientais realizam gestão desses dados além do próprio processo de licenciamento. Mas acreditam ser possível dar publicidade aos dados para promover uma gestão mais ampla. Para que o sistema de AIA, na fase pós- aprovação, seja mais bem aplicado, é importante que se padronizem as solicitações dos programas ambientais, de modo que empreendimentos licenciados pelos estados ou pela federação tenham o mesmo padrão de detalhamento de dados e métodos, permitindo-se, com isso, uma futura integração de dados; que seja implantada uma ferramenta eletrônica de gestão da informação - preferencialmente com SIG -, o que permitiria maior publicidade; que os dados produzidos sejam adequadamente analisados; e que as atividades de ajustes e melhoras sejam implantadas. / The post-approval phase ls characterized as the environmental impact assessment system\'s stage which began after the issuance of the previous license. The stage is characterized by the production of documents, monitoring, management and making new decisions. In Brazil, this process is characterized by the presentation and implementation of the Basic Environmental Projects (PBA), which should be described and implemented by the entrepreneur, with the approval, monitoring and management of environmental agencies. In the practice, it has been the production of many social and environmental data, which are crucial to allow the management system of Environmental Impact Assessment (AIA). Through documents reviews related to issued environmental permits and reports resulting from the PBA and the application of the interviews with manegers of the AIA process, we analyzed the use of such data in the public and private process managements. With a close approach of water quality monitoring programs, the study was implemented for the hydroelectric plants installed in the Corumbá river. It was found that the majority of environmental licenses conditions provides recommendations for implementing the program of water quality monitoring, showing that the following tasks s in should be performed in the AIA process: PBAs should present description of the process of data collection, analysis methods, spatial distribution, timing of application and review process, but such projects are constantly changed thorough its execution. The data have often appropriate methods, but lack the certifications and technical responsibility that would give more reliability to the data presented. Moreover, in an interview with the managers of the AIA process, they consider that the post-approval process is important, and most of them think that data quality is good. In the interviews, there were also indicators of the quality management of this process, as the return of reports on the other hand, neither entrepreneurs nor the management of environmental agencies hold data beyond the actual licensing process. But all the actors involved believe it is possible to publicize the data in order to promote a more broad diffusion. For a better application of the AIA system in post-approval, it is imperative to standardize the demands of environmental programs, so that enterprises licensed by the states or the federation have the same standard of detail data and methods, allowing themselves, thereby further integration of data, which is implanted an electronic tool for managing information - preferably with GIS - which would allow more publicity, that the data produced are properly analyzed, and the activities of adjustments and improvements are implemented.

This research paper summarizes legal regulation regarding Environmental Impact Assessment in the Czech Republic and Commonwealth of Australia. Both these countries recently enacted amendments to the current regulation or taken steps to implement changes of this process in order to make it more efficient in term of costs of the proceedings and also in terms of more quality protection of the environment. The author consequently compares and contracts these legal regulations and analyses how they fulfill the worldwide respected principles for EIA Best Practice. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The topic of this thesis is Environmental Impact Assessment and Public Participation. The structure of the thesis consists of six chapters that are further divided into several sections and subsections. The first chapter introduces the concept of EIA in reference to the principles upon which the concept is based on. The following chapter addresses a number of international and EU legal documents related to the concept of EIA and its legal regulation. The third and fourth chapter should be considered as a fundamental part of the thesis, which focuses on the legal regulation of the concept of EIA in the Czech Republic and the Act No. 39/2015 Coll., amending the act on environmental impact assessment. The last chapter summarises and evaluates the findings of the previous chapters.

The study presented in this thesis discusses the topic of ASRs through the use of a specific case study constructed at Boscombe, UK. With the main aim to provide an impartial and independent study into the environmental, social and economic impacts of an ASR. The research presented is therefore multidisciplinary in nature, the separate components utilise key techniques from the geophysical, numerical modelling and socio-economic disciplines are combined to present a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of ASRs. Whilst previous studies have focused on one of these disciplines, there are no independent detailed studies of a constructed ASR utilising an multidisciplinary approach. The ASR concept and structures are still in their development infancy, the subject has received cursory independent review in the literature. There have been few successful projects, those that have survived structurally in the ocean are not being used primarily for surfing. The Boscombe ASR is an example of high overspend, poor management and construction, loss of geotextile SFC and users deem the project a failure. The consequences of not correctly planning, managing and overseeing the construction has resulted in a poorly viewed project of limited success. All stages of this project could have benefited from thoughtful planning, thereby avoiding this outcome. If lessons are to be learnt from this project then the planning and management are key areas of the process that need addressing. Ensuring that any future ASR projects are securely integrated with the coastal zone management plan will provide sustainability and success. The DPSIR framework approach can be used to highlight and address the causes of problems in the project. This framework enables the various disciplines to be discussed in relation to each other; links can be identified between the environmental, social and economic impacts of the ASR construction. Strict protocols will increase the success of any ASR project. The final crest height of the Boscombe ASR was 0.5 m higher than the final design height, this is a fundamental design flaw that should not be occurring in modern coastal engineering practice. It is suggested that guidelines are written based on this research for the design and construction process of an ASR. The recommendations and guidelines for ASR monitoring are provided by this research. The emphasis for future projects should lie in the final design and in monitoring, baseline field data should be collected to understand the environmental state change and socio-economic impacts. Planning and government proposals should be accompanied by extensive stakeholder engagement ensuring transparency for the project and ownership within the coastal community. The exclusion of stakeholders at key decision points created distrust and misunderstanding towards the Boscombe ASR project. Avoiding unrealistic expectations within the surfing community and wider coastal community was discussed throughout this research, and by others in the literature. This research agrees with these statements, the issue of poor surfability would be improved by a greater area to manipulate the bathymetry. However this would come at a greatly increased cost in geotextile SFCs, which the current construction method is certainly not capable of delivering successfully. It would be recommended in this case that an alternative construction material was used that is resilient to the marine environment and readily adaptable given poor performance. Further testing of materials, both geotextile SFCs and alternatives, are required for the successful advancement of ASR technology.

The main goal of this diploma thesis, called Environmental impact assessment (EIA) in european law, is to explain the procedure of environmental impact assessment. Emphasis of this diploma thesis is placed on legislation dealing with the environmental impact assessment and its development. The diploma thesis is divided into five chapters, further it contains the introduction, the conclusion, the list of abbreviation, the list of pictures, attachement and the list of literature. Chapter one defines the environmental impact assessment itself and distinguishes the project (EIA) and strategic (SEA) assessment. Chapter two describes the international law concerning the environmental impact assessment. The most important part of this diploma thesis is chapter three, which contains the analysis of european and czech legislation regarding to the environmental impact assessment. The czech legislation is then compared to legislation of other member states of the EU. Chapter four characterizes the procedure of environmental impact assessment within the Natura 2000. Chapter five analyses the case Temelín with respect to environmental impact assessment.

A Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental (AIA) é uma ferramenta com potencial reconhecido para assegurar a proteção da biodiversidade, sendo possível verificar na literatura a existência de uma ampla gama de informação a respeito das melhores formas de integração da biodiversidade na AIA, bem como quanto às principais lacunas existentes. Uma das questões recorrentemente apontadas pela literatura, neste aspecto, diz respeito às deficiências verificadas na determinação do escopo da AIA, com definição de objetivos pouco claros e estudos ambientais demasiadamente abrangentes, o que resulta em estudos de impacto com falta de foco, excessivamente descritivos e repletos de informações irrelevantes para o contexto em que são aplicados. Deste modo, o principal objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar a inserção das informações sobre a biodiversidade na etapa de escopo da AIA no Brasil, em específico para o estado de São Paulo, levando-se em consideração as solicitações e regulamentações aplicadas pelo órgão ambiental. Em um primeiro momento, foi estabelecido um conjunto de referências de boas práticas para a consideração da biodiversidade na avaliação dos impactos, conforme a literatura. Em seguida, foram analisados 116 Termos de Referência (TRs) elaborados pelo órgão ambiental entre 2005 e 2014 em relação à inclusão das informações sobre a biodiversidade elencadas. Foi analisado, então, o conteúdo sobre a biodiversidade presente no Manual para a Elaboração de Estudos para o Licenciamento com Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental, da Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo, cujas diretrizes devem ser seguidas para a elaboração e aprovação dos TRs de acordo com a regulamentação aplicada ao estado. Foi constatado que as informações sobre a biodiversidade não foram inseridas de maneira satisfatória nos TRs elaborados no início do período analisado, tendo apresentado um aumento significativo ao longo dos anos, com resultados satisfatórios a partir de 2012. Ainda assim, as solicitações inclusas nos TRs analisados refletem apenas parcialmente as boas práticas identificadas na literatura. O conteúdo dos TRs dá suporte para que sejam realizados levantamentos exaustivos para a elaboração dos estudos ambientais e que sejam apresentadas informações irrelevantes para a avaliação dos impactos. O Manual elaborado pelo órgão ambiental para guiar a etapa de escopo menciona grande parte das informações consideradas relevantes, porém, a falta de orientações específicas para a sua integração é provavelmente um dos fatores que dificultam uma abordagem dirigida dos estudos ambientais, o que contribui para a baixa efetividade da AIA. / Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has a recognized potential to ensure the protection of biodiversity, with a wide range of information present in literature about best practice on biodiversity integration in EIA, as well as the existing gaps. Issues recurrently pointed out are related to shortcomings in determining EIA scoping, with unclear objectives and too broad environmental studies, resulting in overly descriptive and non-objective impact studies, with irrelevant information to the context they are applied. Thus, the main objective of this research was to assess biodiversity information inputs in Brazil\'s EIA scoping, specifically in São Paulo state, taking into account requests and regulations applied by the environmental agency. At first, a set of references of good practices for biodiversity consideration in impact assessment was established according to the literature. Then, the inclusion of biodiversity information listed was assessed in 116 Terms of Reference (TRs) prepared by the environmental agency between 2005 and 2014. Biodiversity content presented in the Environmental Impact Assessment Licensing Study Manual of the Environmental Agency of São Paulo State, which guidelines should be followed for elaboration and approval of TRs, was then reviewed. It was found that biodiversity information was not satisfactorily inserted in early TRs, showing a significant increase over the years, with satisfactory results from 2012. Nevertheless, the requests included in TRs only partially reflect the good practices identified in literature. The content of TRs supports exhaustive surveys for environmental studies and the provision of irrelevant information to impact assessment. The Manual developed by the environmental agency to guide scoping mentions much of the information considered relevant, but the lack of specific guidance on its integration into EIA process is probably one of the factors that hinder a targeted approach to environmental studies, which contributes to low effectiveness of EIA.

According to Swedish law municipalities have to assess if detailed development plans may lead to a significant effect on the environment, a screening. In this the- sis  we have investigated how municipalities present their assessment in the de- tailed development plan brief. We have examined all plans that came into legal force in 2012 in the county of Stockholm 259 plans in total. Of all the plans, 223 include a screening in the detailed development plan brief. We have studied the municipalities explanations, why they make a screening on detailed development plans, if the municipalities provide a statement whether a significant environmental impact may occur or not, and if the municipalities justi- fied their statement. Furthermore, we have studied whether municipalities state that consultations have taken place and if they refers to environment-related doc- uments in their screening. We also have classified the explanation and the justifi- cations as clear or unclear. Finally, we investigated what impact the acreage of the plan has on the screening. Almost all plans with a screening in the detailed development plan brief make statement. About a quarter of the plans making a statement lacks justifications. For more than half of the plans with statement and justification, the justification is unclear. We have observed that plans prepared in a simplified way have poorer screenings. Furthermore, the result implies that the quality of screenings is higher for plans concerning national interest and/or shore protection and for plans primarily con- cerning green land. We can see that the number of plans that may lead to signifi- cant environmental effects increases with larger plan areas, as does the amount of clear justifications. Out of all plans, only 3.5 percent was considered being able to cause such a significant effect on the environment that an environmental impact assessment was conducted. Finally, we suggest a law enforcement that the screenings must be presented in the detailed development plan brief. Additionally, we think that the legislation con- cerning screenings has to be clearer, simpler and more specific. / Vi tycker slutligen att det ska lagstadgas att kommuners bedömning av detaljpla- ners miljöpåverkan ska redovisas i planbeskrivningen. Vidare anser vi att lagtex- ten på området måste förtydligas, bli mer specifik och förenklas. Enligt gällande rätt ska kommuner göra en bedömning av om planer kan medföra betydande miljöpåverkan, en så kallad behovsbedömning. I detta examensarbete har  undersökts  hur  kommuner  redovisar  sin  bedömning  i  planbeskrivningen. Samtliga detaljplaner som vann laga kraft år 2012 i Stockholms län studerats, to- talt 259 planer. Av samtliga planer har 223 stycken en behovsbedömning i plan- beskrivningen. Vi har studerat om kommunerna förklarar varför de behovsbedömer detaljplaner, om kommunerna gjort ett ställningstagande till om en betydande miljöpåverkan kan uppkomma och om kommunerna motiverat sina ställningstaganden med skäl. Vidare har studerats om kommunerna redovisat att samråd enligt förordningen om miljökonsekvensbeskrivningar ägt rum och om kommunerna hänvisar till miljöre- laterade dokument i bedömningen. Vi har även klassat förklaringen och skälen som tydliga respektive otydliga. Därtill har vi studerat hur planområdenas storlek påverkar behovsbedömningen. Nästan alla planer med en behovsbedömning i planbeskrivningen har ett ställ- ningstagande. Cirka en fjärdedel av planerna med ställningstagande saknar skäl och mer än hälften av planerna med skäl har otydliga skäl. Vi har observerat att planer som upprättas med enkelt planförfarande har behovs- bedömningar av lägre kvalité. Vidare talar resultatet för att kommunerna genom- för  behovsbedömningarna bättre när planer berör riksintresse och/eller strand- skydd samt när planer främst avser grönmark. Vi kan se en ökning av antal miljö- bedömningar och andelen tydliga skäl ju större planareorna blir. Av samtliga pla- ner ansågs endast 3,5 procent kunna medföra en betydande miljöpåverkan.

For many surface waters, phosphorus (P) leaching is a serious problem that should be minimized to prevent eutrophication. In Sweden there is a demand for physical and technical development of high-performance P removal techniques to reduce phosphorus leaching from on-site wastewater treatment systems to the Baltic Sea. However, although these systems are designed to reduce eutrophication there are also other environmental impacts to be considered when implementing them in on-site systems; energy use and global warming potential are two examples. This study has investigated several bed filter materials (reactive media and natural soils) for their total environmental impact (in commercial applications) as well as for the predominating chemical phosphorus removal mechanisms. The use of life cycle assessment revealed that several reactive bed filters are relatively energy-consuming due to the material manufacturing process. Characterization of phosphorus compounds in used reactive media provided evidence for calcium phosphate precipitation as the predominating P removal mechanism in alkaline filter materials. However, in soil treatment systems with noncalcareous soils, batch experiments and extractions suggested that aluminium compounds were important for P removal. According to mass balance calculations that compared accumulated P with the estimated P load in a soil treatment system, the long term P removal capacity was very low; only 6.4 % of the applied phosphorus had been removed during 16 years of operation. / <p>QC 20110413</p>

The current decision-making processes involved in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) in South Africa suffer from a lack of coherence and do not include evaluation of trade-offs between qualitative and quantitative impacts, as well as environmental, economic, and social dimensions. In addition, insufficient capacity and knowledge among authorities, a lack of objectivity among Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAPs), and mediocre reports add to the problems associated with effective decision-making. This work presents a framework aimed at improving the effectiveness and objectivity of the decision-making process applied in South Africa’s EIAs in the energy sector. A number of decision-making models and tools are available to researchers and practitioners throughout the world that could potentially be applied in EIAs. Among these are Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM), and Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA). Each of the tools has its own advantages and disadvantages. With respect to the CBA, its biggest disadvantage is the fact that it requires conversion into monetary terms of all impacts, which is sometimes difficult to achieve. The RIAM, on the other hand, fails to provide a systematic approach to the ranking of alternatives. Both of these issues are addressed by the MCA tools. The MCA framework, furthermore, is universal, transparent, easy to replicate, and does not require a particularly large amount of labour and financial resources to complete. It is, however, subjective, but this shortcoming can be overcome by making the decision process more transparent. The framework proposed in this research paper is based on the Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) technique that allows the identification of the proposed development's cumulative impact versus the current status of the environment. It then compares possible alternatives, where available, in order to identify the most optimal solution. The proposed solution takes into account the trade-offs between the different impact metrics. The research methodology followed in this paper comprised four steps, namely:<ul><li> Selection of case studies, </li><li> Information collection, </li><li> Framework application and testing and </li><li> Feedback. </li></ul> The development of the framework followed an eight-step approach that is generic for MCA and was tested on two case studies that have already gone through the Environmental Impact Assessment process, i.e. the Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) plant in the Western Cape and the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant in the Northern Cape. The former was evaluated against the "no-go option", but included a decision tree comprised of impact areas, categories of impacts and dimensions (environmental, social, and economic). The latter included alternatives for four components of the project, but the decision tree comprised only of categories and dimensions. The effectiveness of the framework was verified by testing the results of the case studies against the recommendations proposed in the respective Environmental Impact Reports. In all cases, but one, the results of the framework correlated with the recommendations made by the Environmental Assessment Practitioners in the respective studies. In addition, a workshop with the decision-makers was held to obtain their viewpoints regarding the usefulness of the framework in their decision-making environment. These decision-makers supported the use of the framework in their environment as it offered an integrated and transparent approach to the evaluation of projects and alternatives. They emphasised, however, that the decision-making process was complex and the application of the framework alone would not be able to address all the challenges. The case studies demonstrated that the proposed framework could be successfully applied in the process of undertaking impact assessments in the energy sector. It can be used to determine the trade-offs between impacts and dimensions, while taking into consideration the opinions of specialists and decision-makers when assigning weights. The framework has the ability to clearly illustrate the benefit of introducing mitigation measures and it also indicates an alternative that produces the optimal cumulative impact. In conclusion, the work presented contributes to the new body of knowledge in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment in the energy sector as it will assist authorities in making objective and informed decisions, while ensuring greater transparency in the process. It also opens opportunities for conducting follow-on investigations, such the application of the framework in other sectors of the economy, undertaking a sensitivity analysis to compare the range of scores used in the evaluation of impacts, and investigating the possibility of acquiring input from Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs) and integrating those into the framework. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) / unrestricted

<p>The Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus conceptualizes the interactions and tension between production and consumption of food, energy, and water. With increasing uncertainties due to climate change, there is a need to address these tensions within the nexus and better comprehend the existing interdependencies and tradeoffs. Water integrity – considering both water availability and quality – is of critical concern within the FEW nexus. Thus, it is important to develop robust decision-making strategies using a FEW nexus lens. This study focuses on addressing water integrity concerns through FEW nexus assessment using an agricultural watershed in northeastern Indiana, with predominantly corn-soybean rotations, as a pilot site. Historical and futuristic climate and hydrological data were used for hydrological modeling using SWAT to quantify water quantity, quality, and crop production. Scientific literature values for farm machinery fuel requirements and their carbon emissions were implemented to obtain values based on the implemented agronomic practices. Results of this study provide methodologies and information that can be implemented to evaluate water resources management, as well as inform policymaking for more sustainable agricultural management practices.</p>