Section 11

Section 11: Environmental

Assessment Report (Review
procedures and Decision making)
 EIA Review procedure
Preparation of Scoping
Document (Literature SD submitted to SD to MOEST
Review, public notice, concerned Department/ with
public hearing, meetings Ministry suggestions
organized)

Proponent prepares
the TOR and sends Sent to the concerned body
to the concerned and the proponent with
department/ministry MOEST’s suggestions on SD
(Same with final
EIS report)

MOEST takes suggestions from the

Review committee
 Legal Review Procedure in Nepal
A review committee formed by MOEST from
representatives among the proponent, National
Planning Commission, respective ministries or
departments, NGOs, MOEST and the public
(affected or interested population).
The committee first meets within 10 days of receiving
the report and submits its suggestions within 45
days to MOEST.
MOEST can include more experts or stakeholders
depending on the need and nature of the proposal.
The committee can form sub-committee too in
order to seek additional inputs.
MOEST can reconstitute or dissolve the committee at
any time seemed necessary.
 Contents and grading of an EIA Report
Executive summary------- 5 points
Acronyms

1. Project Description------- 5 points

2. Policy, laws, Standards, guidelines & Institutions---- 5 points
3. Existing Environmental Conditions------- 10 points
4. Alternative analysis-------- 5 points
5. Environmental Impacts & Protections Measures---- 40 points
6. Environmental Management Plan-------- 20 points
(Environmental monitoring, auditing, organizational plan with
allocation of responsibilities, budgeting)
7. Conclusions and recommendations--------- 5 points

References------ 5 points
Annexes
 Approaches to Report review
Grading and weighing:
• Acceptable (A): SD, TOR and the EIA reports
contain adequate information to decide on the
proposal (over or equal to 80 points)

• Acceptable with conditions (B): contains

incomplete information and some discrepancies
which can be corrected and thus the proposal is
accepted with some conditions (60-79 points)

• Inadequate (C): not adequate information and

contains major discrepancies. The issues need
to be resolved before any decision is made on
the proposal ( equal to or below 59 points)
 Types of EA: IEE and EIA
IEE and report preparation
1.Applicable to small-scale
projects requiring shorter time-
period and have more obvious
impacts
2.Proposals requiring IEE are
listed in schedule 1 of EPR ‘97
3.Scoping Document, EMP,
Review of policy/ law, auditing
report-summary not required
4.Deed of inquiry (Muchulka)
and 15-days public notice
required
5.Report approval by concerned
ministry within 21 days
EIA & report-preparation
1.Applicable to large-scale
projects requiring longer
time-period with less obvious
impacts
2. Proposals requiring EIA
are listed in Schedule 2 of
EPR ’97.
3. All these details
(mentioned in # 3 here) are
required.
4. Public hearing required
5. Report is approved by
MOEST within 90 days.