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NCP 33
NCP 33
ASSIGNMENT NO. : 12
NO OF PAGES : 18
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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF:
A five star hotel of 300 rooms with adjacent Golf Coures has been plaaned by
Project is spread over 1000 acres of foot hills on land intermittently plain and
intermittently hilly with streams. Your have been asked by the management to
OUTLINE IN BRIEF:
6. Conclusion / Recommendations
7. Bibliography/ Reference
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SOLUTION:
It is in this light that this Policy Statement on Environment Protection and the
Conservation of Natural Resources is hereby adopted by the State Government
to reconcile pro-development and pro-environment goals. The following will be
its salient features:
Activities will be intensified to control water, air and noise pollution within
permissible limits. Specific environmental pollution problems created by the
organized industries and in established industrial areas will be attempted to be
controlled in a 10 years programme after preparation of relevant action plans;
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Rivers, reservoirs, water bodies and watersheds in the State will be protected
from encroachments maintained and developed for ecological balance to
provide for agriculture, irrigation, industrial, drinking and other civic purposes;
Afforestation, wasteland development, protection and enhancement of
biodiversity and wildlife will be accelerated, and reserved and protected forests
will be enriched with qualitative genetic improvements;
Action plans will be prepared in phases for improving the physical environment
of the cities and towns in the State in order to improve their sustainability by
way of increasing their efficiency, productivity, health, and reducing their risks
and hazards.
Special emphasis will be given for water and waste management through
scientific processes of demand management, recycling and reuse Importance
will be given and efforts will be made to establish and encourage working
relationships between Government-industry, public-private, industry-academia,
NGO/ CBO-Government-private,Government-media etc. in order to secure co-
operation, generate increased awareness, and promote active participation in all
environmental projects in the State. Various tiers of public authorities and
societal organisations will be empowered to discharge specific responsibilities
and obligations for this purpose; Legislation and regulations relating to
environmental protection and conservation of natural resources will be amended
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to make them simpler, more easily enforceable and more easily understood in
the larger interests of the society.
The basic thrust of this policy is to ensure that the tempo of developmental
activities is increased and facilitated by also taking into account the
preservation and conservation of environment and natural resources. The
environmental protection Rules 1986 , the rules seeks to carry out the provision
of the EPA and meet the specific problems related to the environment
protection and improvement of the environment.
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considerable damage to the health of industrial workers. Constant exposure to
excessive noise, can lead to loss of a workers hearing. Industrial diseases are
also contracted through the entry of various toxic substances into the body
(chemicals, dusts, fuels or gases). The ingestion of these substances can be
through lungs, skin or mouth. They can cause direct poisoning (as lead and
mercury does); an allergic response (as industrial dermatitis), sterility, abortion
or congenital abnormality (as in the case with radiation), or specific diseases
such as lung, skin, and bladder cancer. Dust can be a cause of serious illness or
even death from lung disease. Asbestosis and mesotheliomer are caused by
inhalation of asbestos dust and can even be fatal.
These are all recognised as industrial diseases if the victims are known to have
been exposed to particular substances. Increasingly, such occupational
exposures to chemicals represent a key environmental problem. Tens of
thousands of chemicals are on the market and many of these are in regular use
in industry. New chemicals also keep entering the market nearly every day.
Thus, the varieties of possible hazards are growing all the time. Such hazards
are not confined to chemical factories alone. Detergents and bleaches for
example, used by laundries, can also pose a threat to health. Among the
industries and allied activities in West Bengal posing substantial health hazards
including death are jute, cotton, textiles, paper, tanneries, electroplating &
galvanising, offset printing, paints, chemicals & rubber, batteries, pesticides,
fireworks, welding, synthetic fibres, pharmaceuticals, x-rays, dry-cleaning;
blast furnace, rolling mills, foundries etc.
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Solid waste management:
Mostly the garbage is collected by the Municipalities from these bins and
carried away to the place of disposal by means of mechanised transport. In
certain cases there are arrangement of collection of garbage from the bins
located in the narrow streets in wheel barrows which are then placed in a larger
bin on the main road from where the trucks collect the same. In market areas
and public places the sweepers on the payroll of the municipalities collect the
garbage from the place of the disposal.
The types of trucks like tippers and compactors are rarely used for garbage
collection from hote. In most cases the disposal is done by dumping in low
lying areas of the cities or at some land specially procured for the purpose. With
the pressure on land and with growing urbanisation such areas are becoming
more and more rare. The growth of the towns also poses problems regarding the
continued use of these disposal sites. Mechanical composting has so far been
rarely used. Incineration or scientific landfill are not practised.
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There are arrangements for separate storage and collection of the municipal
waste and hospital waste. In practice, the hospital wastes are collected along
with the household waste, causing major health risk due to their large
pathogenic content. Lack of infrastructure facilities, institutional weakness of
the local bodies and lack of effective labour control are the general problems in
the solid waste management that creates a serious environmental hazard.
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Water Treatment Improvement and Water Resources Study.
Water Source Protection Component (A basic right to sanitation and a clean and
healthy environment)
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Community Waste Management;
Operations Improvement;
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3. A significant impact is expected. An Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) determines that the proposed project - in comparison to available
alternatives - is nonetheless worth doing results in a Record of
Decision (ROD).
Public Input
The State will assure that the applicant conducts at least one public hearing or
public meeting for all projects except for those proposed for Categorical
Exclusion. No public meeting or public hearing is required for projects
proposed for Categorical Exclusion.
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Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
The FONSI will be signed as directed by the Director of the Division of
Environmental Health and distributed by the State. The applicant generally
prepares the EA under PWS guidance, and PWS prepares the FONSI in
accordance with NCEPA.
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Rehabilation of Displaced Families:
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are being considered. It helps to promote a sustainable pattern of physical
development and land and property use in cities, towns and the countryside. If
properly carried out, it benefits all those involved in the planning process.
For the planning authority and other public bodies with environmental
responsibilities, environmental impact assessment provides a basis for better
decision making. More thorough analysis of the implications of a new project
before a planning application is made, and the provision of more
comprehensive information with the application, should enable authorities to
make swifter decisions. While the responsibility for compiling the
environmental statement rests with the developer, it is expected that the
developer will consult those with relevant information, and the Regulations
specifically require that public authorities which have information in their
possession which is relevant to the preparation of the environmental statement
should make it available to the developer.
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analysis of a project's effects, an environmental statement can help to allay fears
created by lack of information. At the same time, early engagement with the
public when plans are still fluid can enable developers to make adjustments
which will help to secure a smoother passage for the proposed development and
result in a better environmental outcome. The environmental statement can also
help to inform the public on the substantive issues which the local planning
authority will have to consider in reaching a decision. It is a requirement of the
Regulations that the environmental statement must include a description of the
project and its likely effects together with a summary in non-technical
language. One of the aims of a good environmental statement should be to
enable readers to understand for themselves how its conclusions have been
reached, and to form their own judgements on the significance of the
environmental issues raised by the project.
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Techniques of assessment; sources of advice
Submission of environmental statement with planning application
Handling by the planning authority
Requests for further information
Determination of application
Appeals and call-ins
Procedural stages
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Conclusion/ recommendation:
Any project which is against the environment will cause the damages to
environment system. For the five star hotel project proper planning to be made
with respect environmental policies and laws and regulations from respective
authority. Pollution control plan and rehabilitations plan also be planned in
advance in approval stage. Environmental impact assessment program should
be done.
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noxious weed eradication plan, and
environmental compliance monitoring program.
Bibliography / References
Text book of NICMAR Construction and Environment.
Govt. Of India Environmental laws and regulations. Booklet.
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