Environment IMPACT Assessment of Proposed SUPER Speciality Hospital

EIA STUDY OF PROPOSED SUPER SPECIALITY
HOSPITAL

SRUTHY.P.S,
Dr. MADHU.G

SAFETY
AND FIRE ENDINEERING DIVISION

SCHOOL
OF ENGINEERING

CUSAT,
KOCHI.

ABSTRACT

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a tool
for assisting
environmental management and for contributing to Sustainable Development. The
purpose of EIA is to identify potential environmental impacts from proposals and
to propose means to avoid or reduce the significant impacts. It is also a process for collecting the data
related to a project design and project area. EIA has been formally introduced in India in
1994. Impacts have been depicted using network diagram. In 1986 Environment
Protection Act (EPA) was formulated and under this Act notifications were
issued for supporting the EIA study. In 1994 the first EIA notification was
amended and by 2006 the notification got revised. The important guidelines used
in the EIA study are EIA Guidelines issued by Ministry of Environment and
Forest (MoEF) (2006). The other supporting documents
and codes for EIA study are State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)Guidelines,
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Guidelines (2002a), Kerala Panchayat Building Rules (KPBR)(2007), Kerala Municipality
Building Rules (KMBR) (1999), National Building Code(NBC) (2005), Judgements on
Public Interest Litigations(PILs), Noise Pollution Rules2000,ISO14001:(2004),
Surface Water Standards (IS:2296,1982), Drinking Water
Standards(IS:10500,1991),IS:5182 Part-23,IS:5182 Part-02,IS:5182
Part-06,IS:5182 Part-10 and Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules,(2016). Health
impact assessment (HIA) of bio medical waste generated has been discussed. Effective
mitigation measures have been proposed for all the identified impacts in the
Environment Management Plan (EMP). Effective and detailed Disaster Management Plan(DMP) has been described for the proposed work. A
comparative study of Rapid Impact assessment matrix (RIAM) and Leopold matrix
has been conducted. The concept of Failure Mode and effect analysis (FMEA) in
waste management has been discussed. Detailed review of all the necessary rules
and regulations supporting the EIA study and its limitations has been described.

Key Words: EIA, EPA, MoEF,Bio-Medical
Waste,HIA,EMP,DMP.RIAM,Leopold Matrix,FMEA.