concept EIA-rapport - Staatsolie

SRK Consulting: Project No: 439414 Staatsolie Pipeline EIA – Draft EIA Report Page 50
5 Stakeholder engagement
5.1 Objectives and approach
The purpose of stakeholder engagement in an EIA process is to ensure that the views, interests and
concerns of stakeholders are taken into account in the assessment of the potential impacts of the
project as well as in project decisions, particularly in the design of mitigation measures.
SRK will aim to:
• Ensure timely dissemination of information that is understandable and accessible to all
stakeholders;
• Provide adequate opportunity for stakeholders to raise issues and concerns; and
• Ensure that all issues and concerns raised by stakeholders are considered and appropriately
responded to in the EIA documentation.
The following general principles are being adhered to during public consultation as part of the EIA
processes:
• Consultation will be undertaken in good faith;
• SRK will remain independent at all times and is neither a representative nor agent of local
communities nor of Staatsolie;
• Consultation must have a realistic timeframe and should not be an open-ended process and
should take account of both community requirements and the needs of Staatsolie; and
• The engagement process is not intended as a vehicle for negotiation between Staatsolie and
local communities (especially in respect of any compensation demands). Consultation may lead
to the identification of issues and management measures that warrant negotiation, but such
negotiation is expected to occur in a different context and forum.
5.2 Previous stakeholder engagement activities
During the Screening and Scoping phases, Staatsolie undertook two rounds of stakeholder
engagement with key stakeholders, notably adjacent landowners, to discuss the proposed terrestrial
pipeline route alternative. These meetings occurred on 12 December 2010 and 6 January 2012.
Staatsolie also consulted key stakeholders with regards to the alignment in the Suriname River:
• Meetings with the MAS were held on 25 October 2011, 22 December 2011 and 6 January 2012,
at which MAS did not raise any objections to the proposed alignment in the Suriname River; and
• Meetings with the District Commissioners of Wanica, Paramaribo Noordoost and Paramaribo
Zuidwest were held on 5 January 2012. All three DCs support the proposed alignment of the
pipeline in the Suriname River.
5.3 Impact Assessment Phase stakeholder engagement activities
The following stakeholder engagement activities will be undertaken for the Impact Assessment
phase:
• Notification of stakeholders about the EIA process and an opportunity to provide comment on
the Draft EIA Report and Draft Management Plans, through advertisements in at least the
following newspapers:
- De Ware Tijd;
REUT/DALC 439414_StaatsoliePipelineEIA_Draft EIA Report_Final June 2012