What are the four main components of pre-project planning? correct answers 1) Project need and objectives
2) Consideration of alternatives
3) Public engagement
4) Project Description
What are the advantages of planning early? correct answers -Participants, issues, concerns and options emerge ...
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What are the four main components of pre-project planning? correct answers 1) Project need and
objectives
2) Consideration of alternatives
3) Public engagement
4) Project Description
What are the advantages of planning early? correct answers -Participants, issues, concerns and
options emerge early
-Uncertainty decreases
-Conflict decreases
-Timelines decrease
Define project need correct answers Demand or opportunity the project is intended to address or
satisfy
Define project objective/purpose correct answers What is intended to be achieved by carrying
out the project
Alternative means correct answers Alternative options for carrying out a project when it has been
accepted that the proposed project is the most suitable alternative to meet the need or opportunity
Alternatives to correct answers Functionally different ways of meeting the need and purpose if
the described project, including the option of no project
Methods for alternatives assessment in EA correct answers 1) simple weighting and scoping of
options
2) multi-criteria analysis (MCA) and optimization techniques
3) spatial decision support tools
What is the purpose of screening? correct answers Narrowing of the application of EA to those
projects that require assessment (triggers an EA)
Trigger mechanism correct answers A means to determine whether a proposed undertaking
requires an EA and serves to establish the level of assessment to be undertaken
What are the types of screening approaches? correct answers 1) prescriptive or standardized -
need for EIA is based on a list-based regulation, often in combination with specified thresholds
for specific types of development
2) Discretionary or case-by-case - need for EIA is based on a case-by-case examination, using
indicative guidance, project descriptions, and past experiences
3) Hybrid screening model - projects for which EA is always required are listed, but opportunity
for case-by-case consideration is not listed. Uses precautionary principle
,Terms of reference (TOR) correct answers Roadmap for conducting the EIA informed by
regulatory requirements, issues raised during the pre-project planning and project description.
Shows minimum requirements that must be met
Advantages of prescriptive (list-based) screening correct answers - Straight-forward, clear
requirements
- Widely used, easy to understand
- Easily enforceable
- Efficiency in screening
- Consistency in application
Disadvantages of prescriptive (list-based) screening correct answers - Can circumvent thresholds
by proposing slightly below
- Does not provide for context specific considerations
- Project lists may become outdated
- Outdates (or incorrect) thresholds
Advantages of discretionary (case-by-case) screening correct answers - Dynamic (current)
- Can be tailored to specific environments, contexts, and sensitivities
- Can integrate impacts of past actions or developments, and consider proposal in light of future
developments
- Flexibility to meet political mandate
Disadvantages of discretionary (case-by-case) screening correct answers - Each application is
'start from scratch'
- Can be time consuming
- Danger of inconsistencies/conflict
- Can be difficult to defend (legally)
- Flexibility to meet political mandate
Precautionary principle correct answers If there is lack of certainty than we should be on the
cautionary side and complete an EIA
Scoping correct answers Determining the important issues and parameters that should be
addressed in an EIA, establishing the spatial and temporal boundaries of the assessment, and
focusing the assessment on the relevant issues and concerns
Closed scoping correct answers If the proponent doesn't have to think and the law itself
predetermines the scope of
Open scoping correct answers A more transparent process, allowing for consultation across
stakeholders (more common)
Environmental baseline correct answers Past, present and possible future state without the
proposed project or activity. Reference against which project-induced change is predicted,
evaluated, and monitored
, Baseline assessment correct answers Identification and analysis of conditions over space and
time for the purpose of delineating change, trends, patterns or limits
What are the three main components of baseline assessment? correct answers 1) Identification
and selection of VCs
2) Establishing spatial and temporal boundaries
3) Assessing the VC condition, and changes or trends
What are the three steps in Identification and selection of VCs? correct answers 1) VC
interaction with project activities: Identify all VCs then filter by what's likely to be affected by
the project (use a checklist or matrix)
2) Selecting VC indicators: Modelling or predicting change over time. Provide a sign or signal
regarding change in VC conditions. Provide an early warning of a potential averse effect.
3) Establish VC objectives: What are the desirable, tolerable, minimum etc. conditions for the
VCs? The specific parameters, guidelines, or standards that must be met. Standard or point
reference against which change may be compared it assessed
Benchmarks correct answers Standard or point(s) of reference against which change may be
compared or assessed
Threshold correct answers Established limit of change
What are the different kinds of matrices used in identifying VC interactions? correct answers 1)
Impact Identification Matrix (missing value attributed to each component and magnitude)
2) Impact Magnitude Matrix (includes magnitude and importance but missing relative
importance)
3) Weighted Impact Magnitude Matrix (considers relative importance)
When do you use an effects pathway network? correct answers To show secondary impacts as
well as direct impacts
Condition-based VC indicator correct answers Direct, measurable info about condition or state of
VC (ex. Temperature)
Stress-based VC indicator correct answers Measurable stress or disturbances that affect VC (ex.
change in temperature)
VC indicators should be: correct answers Relevant, measurable, predictable, understandable,
responsive, practical, scale appropriate, aligned with permitting, and definable target condition
Cautionary threshold correct answers Established to indicate that additional or more intensive
monitoring is required to provide sufficient local data to confirm scientific predictions of both
target and critical thresholds
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