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Environmental Impact Assessment Process For

petroleum operation

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Principles of Environmental Management

The EIA process and how stakeholders can be contribute What is Environmental Impact Assessment ?

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the process by which the anticipated effects on the environment of a proposed development or project are measured. If the likely effects are unacceptable, design measures or other relevant mitigation measures can be taken to reduce or avoid those effects.

• The document from this process is called an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

• Projects listed in Annex I have mandatory EIA requirements. The Planning Authority makes decisions on a case-by-case basis on whether Annex II projects require an EIA.

• Thresholds have been set for Annex II projects. But even projects which do not meet the threshold may require an EIA.

• EIA requirements in Ireland are incorporated into planning laws and other infrastructural consent systems.

Topics Discussed • The EIA process and how stakeholders can be contribute.

• Laws ,Regulations and International standards.

• Typical impacts and mitigation.

• Public participation process for the scope definition phase.

Name:R G ROHITH KIRAN

Roll No: 16103061

Laws, Regulations and International standards

Public participation process for the scope definition phase

Typical impacts and mitigation

phase

purpose Public participation

Preassessment Pre-assessment by the Ministry for the Coordination of the Environmental Affairs (MICOA). MICOA has categorised this project as a Category A project,meaning a full EIA must be

done

Define scope of EIA Determine which environmental components may be affected by the proposed development and

must be evaluated in the EIA. Specialists do Baseline Reports. An Environmental Pre-viability Report and Scope Definition (EPDA) report and Terms of

Reference (TOR) of the specialist studies are produced.

Stakeholders comment on the EPDA and TOR. A simplified summary and posters with the main issues, conclusions and proposals will be used at meetings and verbally explained and left with stakeholders. Stakeholder comments will be reflected in a Comments and Response Report and submitted to MICOA.

Environmental impact Report (EIR) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP)

Specialists analyse the consequences of the proposed project and recommend ways to avoid or reduce negative impacts and enhance benefits. Findings are presented in individual specialist reports, and are integrated in the EIR and EMP. The EMP specifies the standards the developer must achieve and how to monitor compliance with the standards.

Stakeholders comment on the specialist studies, EIR and EMP. A simplified summary and posters illustrating the main issues, conclusions and proposals will be used at meetings and verbally explained. Posters and summaries will be left with stakeholders. Stakeholder comments will be reflected in a Comments and Response Report and submitted to MICOA

Decision- making MICOA, in consultation with the National Petroleum Institute and other relevant government agencies, reviews the reports and decides if the project may go ahead, and under which conditions.

Stakeholders will be advised of the decision and the opportunity to appeal the decision.

Laws Regulations Ifc performance standards (ps)

Environmental Law (Decree 20/97) Petroleum Operations Regulations (Decree 24/2004)

PS 1: Assessment and Management of Social and Environmental Risks and Impacts ● PS 2: Labour and Working Conditions

Petroleum Law (Decree 3/2001) Environmental Regulations for Petroleum Operations (Decree 56/2010)

PS 3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention ● PS 4: Community Health, Safety and Security

Land Law (Decree 19/1997) Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (Decree 45/2004 and

update Decree 42/2008)

PS 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement

The Water Law (Law 16/1991) ● Regulations on Environmental Quality and Effluent Emission Standards (Decree 18/2004 and Decree 67/2010)

PS 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living

Natural Resource Law for Protection of Cultural Assets (Law 10/88) Law on Spatial Planning (Decree 19/2007) Law for Protection of Cultural Assets (Law 10/88)

Regulation for the Prevention of Pollution and Marine and Coastal Environmental Protection (Decree 45/2006) ● Enabling Regulation for the Protection of Archaeological Assets (Decree 27/94) ● Regulations on the Resettlement Process resulting from Economic Activities (Decree 31/2012) ● Land Law Regulations (Decree 66/1998 ● Regulations on Spatial Planning (Decree 23/2008)

PS 7: Indigenous Peoples ● PS 8: Cultural Heritage

• Temporary storage of waste water

• before treatment in the CPF

• industrial Effluent Treatment Plant

• to Mozambican and EMP

• standards, and then sprayed on the

• CPF lawns and gardens. No waste

• water is released from the CPF

• Waste oils and chemical waste is safely stored and then incinerated or sent to the MAVOCO hazardous waste facility .

• Ground water is regularly tested to check that there are no leaks at the CPF.

• This equipment, mounted high up on a

• stack, measures gases released from

• the CPF to test compliance with

• standards.

• During construction, water is sprayed

• by truck onto roads and cleared areas

• to reduce dust.

Protecting water

quality

Preventing spills and

leaks Manage air quality

Dates Public participation activities

Mid to end February

Introductry meetings with village leaders by sasol CLO and SIA specialists.

4thmarch

Advertisments in notices, savana and vilanculos and Govuro community radio stations on availability of documents and dates of meetings.

17th march Draft EPDA,TORs summary and posters available and placed on the website.Hard copies and CD copies handed personally to key Govt. and key stakeholders.Also displayed in public places in and around the study area.summaries and posters are distributed in villages.

20th march Public meetings with visual with light lunch. Village leaders attend these meeting too.

8th April END of comment period on EPDA ,TORs.completion of comment and response report of few days later , to be included in final EPDA to be submitted to MICOA.