Environmental Protection Agency Act 1998

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Sector Oil and Gas
Country Guyana
Year
RGI Edition Year 2021
Topic Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data
Document Type PDF
RGI Sub-component
RGI Questions 1.3.1a: Are extractive companies required to prepare an EIA and/or SIA prior to development?,
1.3.1b: Is there a requirement for the EIA and/or SIA to be publicly disclosed?,
1.3.1c: Are extractive companies required to prepare an SIA prior to development?,
1.3.1d: Is there a requirement for the SIA to be publicly disclosed?,
1.3.3b: Is there a requirement for environmental mitigation management plans to be publicly disclosed?,
1.3.5a: Do rules require the government to set penalties (i.e. fines, license suspension or license revocation) for non-compliance with environmental mitigation management plans?,
1.3.5b: Are there rules governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects?
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Source or API link http://www.epaguyana.org/epa/regulations2/category/7-regulations
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute