However, often times, it cannot be taken for granted that, once an EIA Report is formally accepted, as part of an EIA process, its quality standard is, consistently, of a satisfactory level.
An example include a 2-step algorithm, in which the first step is to perform an EIA for glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and the second step is to test the GDH-positives with an EIA for toxins.
These case studies are taken from an EIA report.
Although an EIA was completed for this section of the plan, experts say it is flawed.
"The legal requirement is the worst reason to do an EIA," he says.
Developing Inga 3 without an EIA will violate national law, World Bank safeguard policies, and Chinese guidelines for overseas contractors".
NGOs and environmentalists who requested an EIA be carried out for the planned project countered this statement.
"So where an EIA would look at the impact of an irrigation project on many aspects of the environment, the health impact assessment looks at unintended health consequences.
He ruled the polytunnel site should be subject to an EIA because it was close to a conservation area and a site of special scientific interest overlooked by a historical monument, Goodrich castle.
However, he specified that, depending on the area to be explored, an EIA could still be required and that the predictability and objectivity of such studies will accelerate the approval process in areas where operations have already taken place.
IGas said the development did not currently require an EIA.
