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{"title":"Review of Indian studies on environmental impact assessment.","authors":"Kritika, Anjali Sharma","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjae004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjae004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Environmental clearance in India is a legal instrument that determines potential environmental implication of organized projects in India. It entails an assessment of sensitive projects, focal points, and proposals that have potential and likely effects on social, environmental, and economic matters before they are commenced. The intended goal of this procedure is to detect negative effects on local societies, the environment in this case, so as to foster sustainable development. In India, environmental impact assessment (EIA) is governed by the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and EIA Notification, 2006, that outline how and what EIAs should be prepared for different projects. Subsequent research has been executed on various aspects of EIA in a bid to improve the utility of the assessment tool in the Indian environment. This article provides a rigorous synthesis of existing literature on the subject of EIA in the context of India. A total of 47 research papers related to the subject were retrieved and subjected to a rigorous analysis through the PRISMA method. The objectives of the research are (1) to assess existing literature for the effectiveness of EIA processes in different contexts and identify gaps or areas for improvement; (2) to compile and synthesize findings from various studies to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of EIA research in India; (3) to identify patterns and indicators across different studies; (4) to analyze the evolution of environmental policies related to EIA in India and assess their impact; and (5) to provide recommendations for future research directions, policy enhancements, and practical improvements in the EIA process in India based on the synthesized findings. These summaries the comprehensive characteristic of the EIA studies related to India that might be useful for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners engaged in environmental management and sustainable development interventions in India.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"21 1","pages":"117-130"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143065432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health risk assessment and Sobol' sensitivity analysis of power plant air pollution (SO2 and NOX): the effect of power plant fuel change.","authors":"Reza Fouladi-Fard, Kazem Naddafi, Mohammad Reza Hosseini, Masud Yunesian, Ramin Nabizadeh Nodehi, Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Monireh Dehabadi, Maria Fiore, Nayereh Rezaei Rahimi, Saeed Rajabi","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjae014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjae014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to evaluate the concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) around the Qom (a province in Iran) combined cycle power plant in relation to seasonal variations and fuel type from December 2014 to May 2015. Passive sampling was used in three monitoring sites around the power plant to assess noncarcinogenic health risks associated with exposure to SO2 and NOX. Results showed the higher concentrations of NOX and SO2 in winter than in spring. The highest concentrations of NOX in winter (when power plants used gasoil) and spring (when power plants used gas fuel) were 52.70 ± 21.70/52.70 ± 13.20 and 22.10 ± 7.00 µg/m3. Similarly, the highest concentrations of SO2 in winter and spring were 5.00 ± 0.20 and 3.90 ± 0.70 µg/m3. There was a moderately significant correlation between NOx and SO2 concentrations when the power plant consumed gasoil (Spearman rho coefficient, 0.68, p < .05). A significant difference was observed between gas concentration and fuel type (p < .05). The hazard quotient values for SO2 exposure were below 1 for all age groups, whereas those for NOx were above 1 for infants and children. The hazard index for NOX was above 1, indicating an unacceptable risk to human health. Sobol' sensitivity analysis identified the inhalation rate and NOX concentration as the most significant factors determining the noncarcinogenic risks across age groups. In conclusion, the use of gasoil by power plants increases the emission of pollutants, thereby raising the health risks for residents in these regions, particularly vulnerable demographics like children. Therefore, prioritizing air quality management such as using cleaner fuels and emission control technologies in power plants as well as continuous air quality monitoring are of utmost importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"21 1","pages":"161-171"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143065383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between cellular protein content and selenium accumulation in freshwater microalgae.","authors":"Courtney Bogstie, Melanie Gallant, James R Elphick, Christopher Kennedy","doi":"10.1002/ieam.4946","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ieam.4946","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Variability in the bioconcentration of selenium (Se) by primary producers at the base of the food web results in uncertainty in predictions of bioaccumulation and ecological risk to higher trophic level organisms. Water chemistry, speciation of Se, and periphyton community composition have all been suggested as factors that contribute to variability in bioconcentration by primary producers; however, the role of physiological composition of periphyton species in influencing the bioconcentration of Se has not been previously evaluated. To determine if a relationship exists between algal protein content and Se accumulation, Parachlorella kessleri, Chlorella vulgaris, and Raphidocelis subcapitata were exposed to Se (as selenate) and analyzed for total protein and tissue Se content in the exponential and stationary growth phases. Protein content and Se accumulation in R. subcapitata in the stationary phase were also measured under two light intensities. No relationship between cellular protein content and Se accumulation was found for algae in the exponential phase; however, a strong relationship was found in the stationary phase among species and for R. subcapitata under differing light intensities. Absolute Se accumulations by P. kessleri, C. vulgaris, and R. subcapitata in the stationary phase were statistically different; however, the concentrations of Se in protein were similar across species. These results suggest that cellular protein content in microalgae influences Se bioconcentration and that algal protein content may improve Se bioaccumulation modeling in food webs.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"62-69"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141086849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Books and Other Reviews.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjae012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjae012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"21 1","pages":"220-226"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143122867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental fate and aquatic risk assessment of oxyfluorfen in California rice fields.","authors":"David J Bonnar, Ronald S Tjeerdema","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjae001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjae001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The herbicide oxyfluorfen [OXY; 2-chloro-1-(3-ethoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzene] recently emerged as a potential solution to combat herbicide resistance in California rice. Proposed as a preemergent applied preflood to soil, products are in development for use with OXY-tolerant rice strains. Currently, OXY is not registered for use with rice and its use in or near aquatic resources is restricted due to its high aquatic toxicity. Before OXY may be registered for use in California rice fields, its potential fate and aquatic risk must be evaluated. Particularly important is the identification of the minimum period water must be held on the field (water holding period) necessary for OXY to dissipate below levels of concern. In this assessment, the environmental fate of OXY and its risk to aquatic organisms under simulated California rice field conditions are characterized. The Pesticides in Flooded Applications Model (PFAM) was used to estimate environmental concentrations based on anticipated use patterns and water management practices in California (e.g., winter flooding, turnover, water holding, etc.). Two California rice field soil conditions were simulated in addition to standard soil conditions used in ecological risk assessment for rice. Results suggest OXY is likely to concentrate in sediment, dissipate slowly, and persist. Water holding period had little effect on paddy and release water concentrations. Risks from water column exposure were generally below levels of concern (LOC) for aquatic animals, whereas risks to aquatic plants, algae, and benthic invertebrates exceeded LOCs under all conditions evaluated. California rice field soil conditions were also associated with less risk compared with standard conditions. Reduced application rates were sufficient to reduce risk to acceptable levels in some situations. However, holding times up to 30 days had no effect on risk outcomes, suggesting water management needs of growers should be strongly considered when stipulating water holding periods for OXY.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"21 1","pages":"172-183"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143065355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationships among tissues, biofluids, and otolith selenium concentrations in wild female burbot (Lota lota).","authors":"Stephanie D Graves, Noëlie Molbert, David M Janz, Lauren D Hayhurst, Jessica E Brandt, Lauren Timlick, Vince P Palace","doi":"10.1002/ieam.4874","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ieam.4874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the Lake Koocanusa-Kootenai River system (Montana, USA and British Columbia, Canada), selenium (Se) contamination has become an international concern and is suspected to contribute to the observed burbot (Lota lota) population collapse. Due to our limited ability to sample burbot in Lake Koocanusa for monitoring studies, we used a reference population to develop tools to model tissue Se disposition for a focal species in systems with elevated Se. Total Se concentrations in otoliths, biofluids (blood and endolymph), and tissues (muscle, liver, and ovary) from burbot in reference lakes in northwestern Ontario, Canada, were measured to document tissue-to-tissue Se relationships and evaluate the potential for otoliths to retrace Se exposure in fish. Among burbot tissue, Se concentrations were the highest in the ovary (mean ± SD = 4.55 ± 2.23 μg g-1 dry mass [dm]), followed by the liver (2.69 ± 1.96 μg g-1 dm) and muscle (1.87 ± 1.14 μg g-1 dm), and decreased with body size (p < 0.05). In otoliths, Se was detected at low levels (<1 μg g-1). Selenium concentrations in burbot samples were positively correlated among muscle, ovary, liver, and endolymph tissues, but not for the most recent annually averaged or lifetime-averaged Se concentrations in otoliths. We hypothesize that Se concentrations were too low in this study to establish links between otoliths and other fish tissues and to detect significant lifetime variation in individuals, and that further validation using archived otoliths from burbot exposed to elevated Se levels in Lake Koocanusa-Kootenai River is needed to reconstruct exposure histories. However, intercompartmental models proved valuable for estimating Se concentrations in burbot tissues only available by means of lethal sampling (i.e., ovary), although additional work should confirm whether the established models are reliable to predict concentrations in Se-impaired systems as tissue distributions are likely to differ with increasing Se levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"52-61"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138470161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Books and Other Reviews","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ieam.4994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4994","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"20 6","pages":"2366-2371"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142449042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The postmodern era of environmental regulation","authors":"John Toll","doi":"10.1002/ieam.4995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4995","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Four years ago this month, I published an editorial in &lt;i&gt;Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management&lt;/i&gt; (IEAM) titled “The Modern Era of Environmental Regulation” (Toll, &lt;span&gt;2020&lt;/span&gt;), a synopsis of the first 50 years of the modern era. It applauded improvements in environmental quality achieved by regulating chemical pollution, but it criticized the environmental regulatory framework and the profession that had developed to serve it. My concern was that environmental regulations provided the motive, means, and opportunity to spend too much time and money on relatively minor problems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That concern hasn't ebbed. I've become both more cynical and more pragmatic. I've come to appreciate the importance of trust. Risk aversion creates mistrust, making smaller problems more difficult to solve than bigger ones. If you find yourself working on a site where the risk or potential risk reduction is relatively low, beware: Such sites can be more difficult to close. Stakeholders often mistrust experts who tell them that a site is not badly polluted, especially if remediation might be a gateway to restoration or redevelopment opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My pragmatic side recognizes that people, by and large, are rational actors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If behaviors seem irrational, then we should suspect that we misunderstand what motivates those behaviors. As environmental scientists and engineers, we are trained to collect and analyze data to gradually reveal the truth of a matter. That's fine up to a point, but the logic breaks down when we buy into the belief that environmental data and their analyses hold the answers to environmental problems. We overvalue data on environmental conditions and undervalue data on human values and motivations. This fundamental misconception leads to misunderstandings, which lead to frustration. Frustration makes us vulnerable to being drawn into what, in my 2020 editorial, I called the “regulatory-industrial complex.” The “regulatory-industrial complex” rewards people for enabling and indulging risk aversion because, frankly, fearmongering pays and most of us need paychecks. In the United States alone, we're spending billions of dollars (USD) to remediate (and litigate) contaminated sites, with little evidence that these investments are paying off in reduced risk. Were I to indulge my cynicism, I might say that these expenditures are meant to fund careers rather than mitigate risk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This problem is on track to get worse before it gets better. Remedial investigations at contaminated sites in the United States generally focus on Toxic and Priority Pollutants. The Toxic Chemicals list is found at 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 401, §401.15 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-N/part-401/section-401.15) and the Priority Pollutants list is found in Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 423 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-N/part-423/appendix-Appendix%20A%20to%20Part%20423). Both","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"20 6","pages":"1783-1786"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ieam.4995","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142449186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Studies to assess natural resource recovery and evaluate monitoring methods for restored bottomland hardwood forests","authors":"Michael J. Hooper,&nbsp;Matthew A. Struckhoff,&nbsp;John P. Isanhart,&nbsp;Janice L. Albers,&nbsp;Keith W. Grabner,&nbsp;Nicholas S. Green,&nbsp;Bethany K. Kunz,&nbsp;M. Victoria McDonald,&nbsp;Benjamin M. West","doi":"10.1002/ieam.4996","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ieam.4996","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration process assesses natural resource injury due to oil or chemical spills and calculates the damages to compensate the public for those injuries. Ecological restoration provides a means for recovering resources injured or lost due to contamination from oil or chemical spills by restoring the injured site after remediation, or acquiring or reconstructing equivalent resources off site to replace those lost due to the spill. In the case of restored forests, once restoration is implemented, monitoring of forest ecology helps keep recovery on track, with the maturation of forest vegetation, recovered soil conditions, and development of microbial, fungal, and faunal communities, necessary for ecologically functioning forests. This series of papers focuses on applying methods for monitoring restoration progress in forest vegetation and soils, and amphibian, avian, and mammalian communities, assessing strengths and weaknesses of different methods, and evaluating levels of effort needed to obtain accurate indications of forest ecological condition. <i>Integr Environ Assess Manag</i> 2024;20:1912–1916. © 2024 The Author(s). <i>Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management</i> published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology &amp; Chemistry (SETAC). This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"20 6","pages":"1912-1916"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ieam.4996","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Vegetation community recovery on restored bottomland hardwood forests in northeast Indiana, USA","authors":"Matthew A. Struckhoff,&nbsp;Keith W. Grabner,&nbsp;Janice L. Albers,&nbsp;Michael J. Hooper","doi":"10.1002/ieam.4993","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ieam.4993","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Vegetation communities in restored bottomland hardwood forests in northeast Indiana were studied 6–21 years after restoration to assess progress toward restoration objectives. The study focused on four sites that were restored to compensate for resource injuries after contaminant releases. The restored sites were compared with four reference-site conditions, including crops (prerestoration condition), old field communities representing a no-management alternative, locally sampled second-growth mature forests, and forest community types described by the US National Vegetation Classification (USNVC), which represent ideal or defining conditions of recognized vegetation communities. Fixed-area plots provided data on field-sampled environmental variables, vegetation, soil, and hydrological conditions for crops, old fields, restored areas, and mature forests. The USNVC database provided quantitative data for three historically and geographically relevant reference forest community types for comparison with the sampled communities. Results of nonmetric multidimensional scaling based on species cover revealed clear gradients relating to site age and canopy development. Along those gradients, restored areas demonstrated increasing similarity to mature forest reference communities in terms of floristic composition. Specifically, the floristic quality of restored areas was significantly greater than that of crops and old fields. Furthermore, soil health measurements of physical, chemical, and hydrological conditions indicated significant improvements in restored site soils compared with prerestoration conditions represented by cropland soils. Descriptions and data from the USNVC provided ecological context for restoration target conditions and facilitated the assessment of restoration recovery along a trajectory from starting conditions to those target conditions. Descriptions by USNVC also helped identify deviations from the intended restoration objectives (e.g., invasive species recruitment) and potential adaptive management actions to return sites to their intended trajectories. <i>Integr Environ Assess Manag</i> 2024;20:1917–1938. Published 2024. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. <i>Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management</i> published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology &amp; Chemistry (SETAC).</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"20 6","pages":"1917-1938"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ieam.4993","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}