ENERGY ANALYSIS AND ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A COASTAL POWER PLANT

By D. KAKAT

CONTENTS 1 EIA PROCESS IN INDIA AND ITS CONSTRAINTS 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 WHAT IS AN EIA? 1 3 EIA IN INDIA 1 4 SIGNI? CANCE OF THE STUDY 1 5 OUTLINE OF THE BOOK 2 COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF EIA 2 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 EIA IN INDIA 2 3 EVALUATION OF THE INDIAN EIA SYSTEM 3 HALDIA: A CASE STUDY 3 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 HALDIA: AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 4 CONCEPT OF EIA FOLLOW–UP AND PRACTICE IN INDIA 4 1 EIA FOLLOW-UP 4 2 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT OF FOLLOW-UP IN INDIA 4 3 APPRAISAL OF FOLLOW-UP PROCESS IN INDIA 4 4 COST OF FOLLOW-UP IN HALDIA 5 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYASSESSMENT 5 1 INTRODUCTION 5 2 POLLUTION LOAD FROM VARIOUS UNITS 5 3 AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT—DISPERSION MODELLING 5 4 WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT 5 5 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MONITORING NETWORK 6 ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS 6 1 INTRODUCTION 6 2 ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM IN INDIA 6 3 ENFORCEMENT IN HALDIA 6 4 PENALTIES IMPOSED VERSUS COST OF COMPLIANCE IN HALDIA 7 QUESTIONNAIRE ANALYSIS 7 1 INTRODUCTION 7 2 STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE 7 3 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE 7 4 COMMON FACTS IN THE ANALYSIS AND QUESTIONNAIRE 8 CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS 8 1 CONCLUSION 8 2 POLICY IMPLICATIONS TO MAKE THE FOLLOW-UP EFFECTIVE ANNEXURES A: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS B: EXPERT QUESTIONNAIRE C: INDUSTRIAL QUESTIONNAIRE REFERENCES