Group 2- Crack Your Mind: EIA Revision (LU1-LU2)

EIA was implemented in Malaysia as a legislative requirement in April 1988 through ______.

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Environmental Quality Act (EQA) 1974

• Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance Order 1999

• Environmental Impact Assessment Order (DOE, 1987)

The correct sequence of stages in EIA

• Scoping, Screening, Assessment, Review, EMP

• Screening, Scoping, Assessment, Review, EMP

• Screening, TOR, Assessment, Scoping, Review, EMP

• Screening, Scoping, TOR, Assessment, EMP, Review

The main aim of a Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment

• To determine the least expensive way to protect the environment

• To reduce the number of people who are affected from the project

• To describe the significant environmental impact and specify mitigating measures in the project

• To evaluate the balance of positive benefits against possible harmful effects

Any project that falls under non-categorical exclusion is said to be as having no significant environmental impact

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Natural Resources and Environment (Amendment) Ordinance 1993 contains provisions directed towards safeguarding of the environment particularly in relation to the sustainable management and utilization of Borneo’s natural resources

• TRUE

• FALSE

Section 10 of the The Natural Resources and Environment (Amendment) Ordinance 1993 empowers the Natural Resources and Environment Board to order in writing any project proponent to undertake or adopt such measures, which may be necessary for the conservation of natural resources or the protection and enhancement of the environment in his project site.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select the correct EIA stage:

Identification of key issues to be studied and addressed in the EIA report

• Scoping

• Review

• Assessment

• EMP

Collection of background information of the existing biogeophysical and socioeconomic settings for assessment and potential monitoring purposes

• Baseline study

• Impact assessment

• Mitigation and abatement measures

• Environmental Management Plan

The elimination, reduction or control of the adverse environmental impact of the proposed project

• Baseline study

• Impact assessment

• Mitigation and abatement measures

• Environmental Management Plan

A measure of how frequently certain species or ecosystem types are encountered

• Diversity

• Rarity

• Endemism

• Fragility