Regulation for the Environmental Clearance of Projects.

This Regulation provides for the issuance and enforcement of environmental clearances for individual projects. The Regulation consists of 3 Chapters divided into 49 sections: Administration (I); The environmental assessment of projects (II); Monitoring, offences, compliance orders, remedies (III).
An Environmental Assessment Advisory Board shall be established by the Head of the Secretariat (sects. 6 to 13). The Competent Authority shall issue an environmental clearance for projects listed in Annex 2 while the Secretariat shall issue environmental clearance for projects not included in the Annex and for projects that do not require development consent (sects. 16 to 21). An Environmental Unit shall be established by all Agencies in order to ensure compliance with the terms of the Environmental Assessment Act. Procedures for the screening of all environmental information by the Competent Authority or Secretariat and provisions to conduct environmental assessment reports are listed in sections 28 and 29. All environmental clearances must contain terms and conditions for the protection of the environment and shall be subject and contingent upon public notice (sects. 30 and 31). The remaining part of the Regulation makes provisions on the monitoring of projects, warning of offences, compliance orders, appeals and legal challenges, and sanctions and compensation.