Final Report Chapter 9 Environmental and Social Considerations there is any environmental impact) and projects with no need for environmental assessment.  Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)  The proposer of a project shall employ a survey company registered by the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry to make the examination and shall provide an explanation of the outline of the project and of the environmental protection measures to be taken to related parties or residents of the local communities in order to gather their opinions.  The proposer shall submit to the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry an IEE report reflecting the results of the opinion gathering; the Ministry shall make this report public in order to gather opinions and shall approve or reject the implementation of the project on the basis of the opinions gathered.  Environmental Impact Assessment (IEA)  The proposer of a project shall notify the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry of the EIA survey company chosen, and shall commission the said survey company to survey the project.  The proposer of the project shall, if the project is classified an EIA type project, carry out a scoping assessment from the following viewpoints:  Survey areas and range of impact  Methods of monitoring the regulations, criteria and standards adopted for the proposed project  Estimate of impact on the environment( description, degree)  Information necessary for the assessment, and method of collecting said information  Specification of parties or persons related to the project, the municipalities and local residents on which the project may have an impact, and how their opinions are to be gathered  Presentation of a comprehensive and efficient assessment process  The scoping report, based on the results of the scoping assessment and the survey specifications shall be prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry. The Ministry will request any necessary corrections to the scoping report and the survey specifications and will approve the same.  The EIA survey shall be assessed assuming all detrimental impacts and risks that may result from the proposed project. The assessment shall cover all biophysical, social, economic, health, cultural and appearance elements as well as all legal matters related to the environment.  Within the framework of the EIA survey, the outline of the proposed project, the possibility of detrimental impacts and measures for the alleviation of any such impacts shall be disclosed to the public through the media and the Internet, and explained not only to those affected by the project, the local authority, community-based organizations and the civil society, but also at the central, state and local government levels to the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, related ministries and agencies, local governmental authorities. 9-7