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EIA TRAINING
RESOURCE MANUAL
FOR SOUTH EASTERN
EUROPE
“Screening”
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Proposal
identification
Initial
Scoping environmental
examination
Impact analysis
Mitigation
and impact
management
*Public involvement
Resubmit EIA report
*Public involvement typically
occurs at these points.
It may also occur at any
Redesign Review other stage of the EIA Process
Approved
Information from this process
contributes to effective EIAin the future
Implementation
and post-EIA
monitoring
SCREENING
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What is screening?
SCREENING
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Screening outcomes
No EIA required
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Screening tools
Project lists:
• Inclusive — listed projects must undergo EIA
• Exclusive — listed projects exempted from EIA
Case-by-case examinations:
• determine whether projects may have significant
environmental effects
• if so, project should undergo EIA
Combination of above
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A framework for
screening
Increasing impact
Mandatory EIA
Inclusive threshold
Case-by-case
consideration
of requirement Indicative threshold
for EIA
Exclusive threshold
EIA ruled out
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Screening in accordance
with
the EC EIA Directive
• project characteristics;
• project location; and
• characteristics of potential environmental impacts.
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STEP 1 EIA
Is the project Is the project likely to No
No have a significantfect
ef Not required
listed in an
Annex I or II on a Natura 2000 site Yes EIA
required
STEP 2
Is the project on a Mandatory EIA
Yes
List under Member State Legislation required
STEP 3
Yes EIA
Is the project on an Exclusion Not required
List Exempting it from EIA
STEP 4 EIA
Case-by-case Consideration: Yes
required
Is the Project likely to have significant
effects on the environment No EIA
Not required
Step 5- Recording the Screen Decision
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Screening in accordance
with World Bank
procedure
All proposals submitted to the World Bank must undergo environmental screening.
Environmental screening results for projects are classified into one of three EIA categories:
SCREENING
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Screening in accordance
with EBRD procedure
As with the World Bank, all proposals are classified into one of
three EIA categories (A,B, or C).
SCREENING
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Screening in accordance
with the Espoo Convention
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SCREENING