Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA )

Purpose

• A planning tool for preventing environmental problems due to an activity 
• Systematically identify , assess and mitigate negative environmental impacts of major development 
• In Malaysia , EIA is required under section 34A , Environmentgal QUality Act , 1974 , which specifies the legal requirements in respect of EIA for Prescribed Activities . 
• It empowers the MInister of Natural Resources and Environment after due consultation , to prescribe any activity which may have significant environmental impact as a Prescribed Activity . which may have significant environmental impact as a Prescribed Activity . 
• The section further requires the Project Proponent of a Prescribed Activity to submit a report ( the EIA ) to the Director General of Environmental Quality before approval for the proposed activity is granted by the relevant approving authority ( Department of Environment )