Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,20 07) 1 Monitoring Monitoring = check of actions Monitoring plan =environmental management plan

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 2 Monitoring plan n Should be submitted with the EIA report n Monitoring involves the planning of a monitoring programme.

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,20 07) 3 Monitoring is a system for observing, measuring and recording information about project activities. * level of pollutants in air emission

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 4 Monitoring serves 2 purposes: n To ensure that the action is implemented as described in the EIA report n To ensure that its impacts are no greater than those predicted in EIA report (monitoring of the action against the prediction)

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 5 Responsibility for monitoring: n Who is undertaking and paying for monitoring? n Who will do the management of the information gained from monitoring? n Who will do implementation of any action that might be required as a result of the monitoring?

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 6 Environmental monitoring n Refers to the systematic collection of environmental data through a series of repetitive measurements. n 3 monitoring activities are identified as u Baselines monitoring u Effects monitoring u Compliance monitoring

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 7 Baseline monitoring n Refers the measurement of environmental parameters during a pre-project period to determine the natural variation

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 8 Effects monitoring n Involves the measurement of environmental parameters during project construction and implementation

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 9 Compliance monitoring n Take a periodic sampling and/or continuous measurement of environmental parameters n ensure that regulatory requirements are observed and standards met. u levels of waste discharge u levels of emission

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 10 Monitoring is expensive….. n Monitoring should be focused on either significant impacts or not well understood (requiring further study). n Monitoring needs to reflect the local capacity to implement or obtain assistance to implement.

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 11 Monitoring should be focused on n Significant impacts or unclear understood with requiring further analysis n impact characteristics (nature, magnitude, extent, timescale and risk) n confidence in the prediction of the impacts

Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 12 Monitoring should provide time series data: n Visual qualitative assessment of the graphs n Testing statistical significance of variations n Determining rates and directions of changes n noting the approach to, or exceeding of, critical levels (water quality, guideline levels)

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Jump to first page EIAMonitoring9.07(Gajaseni,2 007) 14 Cases of monitoring failures: n World Bank (1997) u All category A projects (requiring full EIA) in : F Only 12% had environmental specialists on all supervision missions including monitoring. F 63% had no such participation at all.

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