Ghana - Obtain Environmental Assessment for Agricultural Projects

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To obtain Environmental Assessment for Agricultural Projects in Ghana, the applicant has to approach the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional and District Offices contact link
2. An applicant has to approach the EPA office and applicant can get their application form.
3. Applicant has to enter all information in the application form.
4. The completed form along with the required documents is to be submitted in 3 copies to any EPA Regional/ Area/District Office or the Head office.
5. Applicant must make sure to carry all necessary documents that are mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page.
6. A fee for this procedure is has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
7. Upon submission of the Registration Form, EPA would conduct an inspection of the proposed site and issue a report (screening report) which would be presented to a cross-sectorial technical committee (the EIA Technical Review Committee) for a decision on the application within 25 working days from the date of registration.
8. If the technical committee is satisfied with the findings on the report and there is no objection his/her will be issued with the environmental assessment permit upon payment of the required processing fees.
9. If all above mentioned procedures were followed properly by the applicant, the application form will be viewed by concerned authorities and the applicant will be notified regarding their permit.
10. Environmental assessment will take 90 days.

Note: All fees charged are payable at any ECOBANK Ghana Branch by presenting the invoice issued by the Agency to the bank.

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Required Documents

• 12 copies of the environmental impact statement.
• Copies of the environmental impact statement as the Agency shall direct to sector Ministries, government departments and organizations of relevance to the undertaking.
• Compliance with mitigation commitments indicated in the environmental impact statement or preliminary environmental report.
• First annual environmental report.
• 3 copies of projects
• Identification document (valid passport/Id card)
• Other relevant attachments (where applicable)

Office Locations & Contacts

Environmental protection agency (EPA)
Address: HR22+H42, Accra, Ghana
Postal address: P.O .Box M.326 Accra, Ghana
Email id; [email protected]
Phone number: 0302 664697-8/ 0302 662690
Location link
Contact link

Eligibility

• Individuals/companies/business in Ghana.

Fees

• A fee for this procedure is has to be paid as per the authority’s request.

Validity

• The permit shall be valid for a period of 18 month effective from the date 'of the issue of the permit. Failure to commence operation within this period the permit will be render invalid

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Processing Time

• Environmental assessment will take 90 days.

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Instructions

• The completed forms along with the required documents for Agricultural Projects assessment are to be submitted in 3 copies to any EPA Regional/ Area/District Office or the Head office.
• Upon submission of the Registration Form, EPA would conduct an inspection of the proposed site and issue a report (screening report) which would be presented to a cross-sectorial technical committee (the EIA Technical Review Committee) for a decision on the application within 90 days from the date of registration.
• If the technical committee is satisfied with the findings on the report and this no objection the application will be issued with the environmental assessment permit upon payment of the required processing fees.

Required Information

• Registered Name of company
• Company/business registration certificate details
• Actual date of commencement of Undertaking
• Total Land take (operational area)
• Contact details (Tel/mobile/fax number, email/residential address, website)
• Details of Person to contact from the company/business (position, Tel/mobile/fax number, email address
• Location of Undertaking (Region, district, town, major landmark ,coordinate)
• Workforce details
• Other Permits/ certificates from relevant institutions
• Names of members of environmental committee designated by the company
• Declaration by the applicant

Need for the Document

• "Environmental permit"means an environmental authorization to commence a proposed undertaking or continue with the undertaking, issued after registration of the undertaking or upon submission of a preliminary environmental report or environmental impact statement.

Information which might help

• "Environmental assessment" means the process for the orderly and systematic identification, prediction and evaluation of the likely environmental, socio-economic, and cultural and health effects of an undertaking and the mitigation and management of those effects.
• The Environmental Protection Agency Act 1994, Act 490 and Ghana Environmental Assessment Regulations 1999, LI 1652 requires that undertakings (developments) likely to have significant impacts on the environment must register with the EPA and obtain environmental permits before commencement of construction and operations.

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