What triggers EIA?
EIA may be requested by an authorising body, such as a Planning or Environmental authority, an agency such as a government ministry, or a lending agency considering funding a development. In either case it is usually triggered by some legislative means. For example, the size of a proposal may exceed a threshold written into EIA law, or the lending rules of a bank, requiring that EIA be conducted. Alternatively, it may be begun voluntarily by the developer, either in anticipation of an authority’s decision, or for its own needs. Often an initial screening study may be conducted in order to determine whether EIA is necessary. Questions Top of the page Ask Another Question 7. Who conducts EIAs? Under different systems, EIAs are conducted by different parties. In the most common case, they are done by, or on the behalf of, the developers who have made the proposal under consideration. In other cases, they may be done by the authorising body – that is, the organisation that requires the EIA
