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3. Getting an EIA Process Started

Understanding a Study Brief and Assessment Scope

A study brief is a key document in an EIA process sets out, among other:

1.	purposes and objectives of the EIA study;
2.	assessment scope;
3.	requirements to be fulfilled; and
4.	necessary procedural and reporting requirements.

A project proponent shall fully understand requirements of a study brief and what environmental issues need to be covered, assessed and addressed in an EIA study.

Scoping Checklist for Proponent

A scoping checklist can be used to help a project proponent to familiarize with the potential interactions between a project and the environment and the likely environmental impacts of the project during construction, operation and/or decommissioning stage.
An example of a simplified Scoping Checklist is given on the left.

[Table of simplified Scoping Checklist]

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Last Updated : 2004/03/01

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