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Annexure 4 - Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (IEE and EIA) Regulations
Annexure 4 - Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (IEE and EIA) Regulations
Annexure 4 - Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (IEE and EIA) Regulations
EIA) Regulations
This describes the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (IEE and EIA)
Regulations. Since the 18th amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan, the subject of
‘environment protection’ has been given to the Provinces. Each of the four provinces
has developed their regulations to assess the development projects which may have
environmental impacts.
❑ The Punjab EPA [2012] have stated schedules I and II categorizing the
proposed projects requiring Initial Environmental Examination [IEE] and/or
Environmental Impact Assessment [EIA].
❑ The Sindh EPA [2014] have stated schedules I, II and III categorizing the
proposed projects requiring Checklist, Initial Environmental Examination [IEE]
and/or Environmental Impact Assessment [EIA].
SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE II
[IEE] [EIA]
A. Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries A. Energy
1. Poultry, livestock, stud and fish 1. Hydroelectric power generation over
farms with total cost more than 50 MW
Rs.10million 2. Thermal power generation over 200
2. Projects involving repacking, MW
formulation or warehousing of 3. Transmission lines (11 KV and
agricultural products above) and grid stations
4. Nuclear power plans
5. Petroleum refineries
B. Energy B. Manufacturing and processing
1. Hydroelectric power generation less 1. Cement plants
than 50 MW 2. Chemicals projects
2. Thermal power generation less than 3. Fertilizer plants
200 KW 4. Food processing industries including
3. Transmission lines less than 11 KV, sugar mills, beverages, milk and
and large distribution projects dairy products, with total cost of
4. Oil and gas transmission systems Rs.100 million and above
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Source: Punjab EPA Review of IEE & EIA Regulations, 2000
5. Oil and gas extraction projects 5. Industrial estates (including export
including exploration, production, processing zones)
gathering systems, separation and 6. Man-made fibers and resin projects
storage with total cost of Rs.100 M and
6. Waste-to-energy generation projects above
7. Pesticides (manufacture or
formulation)
8. Petrochemicals complex
9. Synthetic resins, plastics and man-
made fibers, paper and paperboard,
paper pulping, plastic products,
textiles (except apparel),printing and
publishing, paints and dyes, oils and
fats and vegetable ghee projects,
with total cost more than Rs.10
million
10. Tanning and leather finishing
projects
C. Manufacturing and processing C. Mining and mineral processing
1. Ceramics and glass units with total 1. Mining and processing of coal, gold,
cost more than Rs.50 million copper, sulphur and precious stones
2. Food processing industries including 2. Mining and processing of major non-
sugar mills, beverages, milk and ferrous metals, iron and steel rolling
dairy products, with total cost less 3. Smelting plants with total cost of
than Rs.100 million Rs.50 million and above
3. Man-made fibers and resin projects
with total cost less than Rs.100
million
4. Manufacturing of apparel, including
dyeing and printing, with total cost
more than Rs.25 million
5. Wood products with total cost more
than Rs.25 million
D. Mining and mineral processing D. Transport
1. Commercial extraction of sand, 1. Airports
gravel, limestone, clay, sulphur and 2. Federal or Provincial highways or
other minerals not included in major roads (except maintenance,
Schedule II with total cost less than rebuilding or reconstruction of
Rs.100 million existing roads) with total cost of
2. Crushing, grinding and separation Rs.50 million and above
processes 3. Ports and harbor development for
3. Smelting plants with total cost less ships of 500 gross tons and above
than Rs.50 million 4. Railway works
E. Transport E. Water management, dams, irrigation
1. Federal or Provincial highways and flood protection
(except maintenance, rebuilding or 1. Dams and reservoirs with storage
reconstruction of existing metalled volume of 50 million cubic meters
roads) with total cost less than and above or surface area of 8
Rs.50 million square kilometers and above
2. Ports and harbor development for 2. Irrigation and drainage projects
ships less than 500 gross tons serving 15,000 hectares and above
F. Water management, dams, irrigation F. Water supply and treatment
and flood protection
1. Dams and reservoirs with storage 1. Water supply schemes and
volume less than 50 million cubic treatment plants with total cost of
meters of surface area less than 8 Rs.25 million and above
square kilometers
2. Irrigation and drainage projects
serving less than 15,000 hectares
3. Small-scale irrigation systems with
total cost less than Rs.50 million
G. Water supply and treatment G. Waste Disposal
1. Water supply schemes and 1. Waste disposal and/or storage of
treatment plants with total cost less hazardous or toxic wastes (including
than Rs.25 million landfill sites, incineration of hospital
toxic waste)
2. Waste disposal facilities for
domestic or industrial wastes, with
annual capacity more than 10,000
cubic meters
H. Waste disposal H. Urban development and tourism
1. Waste disposal facility for domestic 1. Land use studies and urban plans
or industrial wastes, with annual (large cities)
capacity less than 10,000 cubic 2. Large-scale tourism development
meters projects with total cost more than
Rs.50 million
I. Urban development and tourism I. Environmentally Sensitive Areas
1. Housing schemes 1. All projects situated in
2. Public facilities with significant off- environmentally sensitive areas
site impacts (e.g. hospital wastes)
3. Urban development projects
J. Other projects J. Other projects
Any other project for which filing of an IEE 1. Any other project for which filing of
is required by the Federal Agency under an EIA is required by the Federal
sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 5 Agency under sub-regulation (2) of
Regulation 5.
2. Any other project likely to cause an
adverse environmental effect
2. All Government Agencies, Local Councils and Local Authorities and Departments
may be asked to conduct and formulate the strategic environmental assessment
statement and shall submit it to the Agency which may contain--
i. Objectives, scale and environmental characteristics;
ii. Description of the natural, socio-economic and environmental conditions;
and
iii. Assessment of possible environmental impact likely to be caused during
implementation.
3. The Agency shall, within 120 days of the filing of a strategic environmental
assessment screening statement, complete in all respects---
i. Circulate the strategic environmental assessment report and conduct a
public hearing of the strategic environmental assessment report;
4. The provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall apply to such categories of
plans and policies and in such manner as may be prescribed.
a) Review the initial environmental examination and accord its approval or require
submission of an environmental impact assessment by the proponent; or
b) Review the environmental impact assessment and accord its approval subject
to such conditions as it may deem fit to impose, require that the environmental
impact assessment be re-submitted after such modifications as may be
stipulated, or reject the project as being contrary to environmental objectives.
4. The Agency shall communicate its approval or otherwise within a period of four
months from the date of the initial environmental examination or environmental
impact assessment is filed complete in all respects in accordance with the
prescribed procedure, failing which the initial environmental examination or, as the
case may be, the environmental impact assessment shall be deemed to have been
approved, to the extent to which it does not contravene the provisions of this Act
and the rules, provided that delay is not on part of the proponent for the provision
of additional information asked for during the review process or conductance of
public hearing of the project.
6. The provisions of sub-sections (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply to such
categories of projects and in such manner as may be prescribed.
7. The projects or any activity of a proponent not covered under sub-section (6),
specified in guidelines shall obtain a general environmental approval in a manner
prescribed in guidelines in respect thereof.
8. The Agency shall maintain separate Registers for initial environmental examination
and environmental impact assessment projects, which shall contain brief
particulars of each project and a summary of decisions taken thereon, and which
shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable hours and the disclosure
of information in such Registers shall be subject to the restrictions specified in sub-
section (3).
1) This section regulates the conditions, methods and procedure according to which
the assessment of impact of certain plans and programmes on the environment
(hereinafter referred to as: strategic assessment) shall be carried out in order to
provide for the environmental protection and improvement of sustainable
development through integration of basic principles of environmental protection
into the procedure of preparation and adoption of plans and programmes.
2) The Government at all levels of administration and in every sector shall incorporate
environmental considerations into policies, plans, programmes and strategies.
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