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2.0. Policy and Legal Framework: 2.1.1. The Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 2002
2.0. Policy and Legal Framework: 2.1.1. The Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 2002
2.0. Policy and Legal Framework: 2.1.1. The Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 2002
With regards to the EPA 2002, an EIA licence must be obtained for any
development that will impact the environment. Part IV of the Environment
Protection Act 2002, stipulates that “No proponent shall commence, proceed
with, carry out, execute, or conduct or cause to be commenced, proceeded with,
carried out, executed or conducted an undertaking specified in Part B or Part C
of the First Schedule, without an EIA licence”.
This Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been drafted with due
considerations paid to the guidelines set out in the “Proponent’s guide to
Environmental Impact Assessment 2004” and the undertaking will occur
following the same principles and methodology as for the EIA licence
referenced ENV/DOE/EIA/1646 granted in February 2015 for the
implementation of a 2MW solar farm on part of the land.
Policy E1 is aimed towards the choice of sites for the proposed power stations
bearing in mind the protection from future development, import of fuel,
closeness to the major demand centres.
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Policy E2 highlights the need for consideration during the planning stage for the
needs for service corridors and rights of way for power cable networks.
The project being an extension to the existing 2MW solar farm will therefore be
covered by some of the previous permits as well. Table 1 below highlights the
different permits and clearances obtained for the 2MW solar farm.
Table 1: Permits and Clearances Obtained for the Previous 2MW solar farm