Structure and contents of an EIA study report:

 Executive Summary- should contain an overall précised issues that can help for decision
making. This should contain:
 Title and location of the project;
 Name of the proponent;
 Name of the consultants and/or organization preparing the EIS report;
 A brief project description;
 Project alternatives;
 The major impacts;
 The major impacts;
 Recommendations for mitigation/compensation;
 Proposed monitoring activity, and implementation strategy.

 Introduction
 Background information that can be used for the project proposal or the study in
context;
 An outline of the proposal (e.g. objectives, location; proposed alternatives in
terms of location, design, process, input, etc, input and resource requirement,
life-span of development);
 The structure of the report concerning the location of the TOR, summary,
conclusions and recommendations;
 Methodologies employed. By how many specialists and which disciplines.
 Approach to the study;
 Objectives of the assessment;
 Approaches employed for assessment and evaluation(e.g. based on professional
opinion or involving some techniques such as cost benefit analysis, personal
experience, checklist, overlay);
 Description of the approach and/or methodology in involving the relevant
stakeholders effectively;
 Explanation as to how the study team is constituted to undertake the study.
 Assumptions and/or Gap in knowledges;
 Identification of knowledge gaps, assumptions and unavailable information;
 Reasons for the incomplete nature and/or assumptions of information;
 The implications of those identified knowledge gap and assumptions for
decision making:;
 Proposals and/or suggestions to avoid the identified constraints and limitations.

 Environmental administrative, Legal and policy requirements – this refers to

environmental legislatives very specific and relevant to the project; unnecessary jargons
should be avoided and both the federal and regional as well as sectoral environmental
legislatives have to be referred.

 Description of the project – This has to be included; Location map and size of the
project, amount of water and energy consumption per a given time, overall infrastructure
of the system and nature of the project the type and amount of raw materials to be used,
type of technology to be used and its processing trend, type of production and amount per
a specific time, the type and amount of waste to be generated per a specific time etc.
 Assessment:
 Physical environment of the project area
 (climate (temperature, RF,etc), geology, rivers or any dams or ponds,
landscape of the area, etc)
 Biological environment of the project
 Study on biodiversity (fauna and flora)
 Socio-economic environment of the project
 Demographic study – Studies of a population in and around the project
area based on factors such as age, race, sex, economic status level of
education, income level and employment among others,
 Impact assessment caused by the project;
 Positive impacts of the project
 Negative impacts of the project
  Impact mitigation measures
 Mechanisms for preventing, reducing or minimizing impacts;
 Eliminating an actual impact over time by incorporating appropriate
maintenance measures during the life of the project;
 Rectifying an impact by repairing, rehabilitating or restoring the affected
environment;
 Compensating for an impact by replacing or providing substitute resources or
environments as well as contingency plans in case of emergencies;
 Maximizing beneficial impacts through specific additional actions.

 Environmental management plan (EMP) should be prepared in a tabular

landscape form:

Project stage of Environm Mitigatio Specific Unit Quantitativ Budget Time Responsinle Remark
phase ental n Activates e amount (Birr) frame body
adverse measures to (implementer)
impacts implement
the
mitigation
measures

Preconstructi
on phase

Construction
Phase

Operation
phase

 Monitoring plan should have the following contents and prepared in a

tabular form.

Environmenta Parameters
l issues or to be measurement Monitorin Budget Time Responsible
components monitored g system frame body

 Conclusions and Recommendations;

 Brief discussion of key issues;
 Statement of adverse impacts and the suggested measures to compensate them;
 Identification of management and monitoring needs;
 Additional recommendations;
 Net benefits, which justify the project by indicating of both positive and
negative impacts;
 Explanation of how adverse effects have been mitigated;
 Explanation of use or destruction of any irreplaceable components;
 Provisions for follow-up surveillance and monitoring.
 Appendices (annex). The following issues and materials are important in this
section.
 TOR of the study
 Site plan (legally stamped with a concerned body)
 Investment license of the project owner
 Public views and opinions about the project – their list and opinions supported
with their signatures stamped with a stamp from the administrative body.
 Consultant license
 CV and accreditations of study team who conducted this study
 Comments given from the authorized body
 And so forth