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Jubilee ESIA special feature continued
August 2009 Draft ESIA submitted to EPA for review
September 2009 Eight public
6. Approval process
Approval from the Ghana EPA
Feedback from the public consultation meetings
was drawn together into a draft ESIA which
was submitted to the Ghana EPA for review in
August 2009. In accordance with Ghana ESIA
requirements, Ghana EPA disclosed the draft
ESIA to the public for a 21 day review and
comment period. Copies were also given to
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies
in the coastal areas of the Western Region,
as well as to government departments.
The consultation and review process culminated
in a series of eight public hearings held between
September and November 2009 in the Western
Region and Accra. These hearings were conducted
to ensure that people affected by our activities
were given every opportunity to express their views
and concerns. As the Jubilee Project was seen
as a matter of national interest, we were required
to include a national public hearing in Accra –
the first of its kind in Ghana.
Comments from the EPA and comments raised
during the public hearings were addressed in the
final ESIA. The first part of a two stage approval
process was received in early 2010.
Aerial view of Takoradi Port, Ghana
7. Mitigation plans and monitoring programmes
Managing our impacts and measuring
our performance
Actions taken to mitigate our impact on the environment are based
on a hierarchy of decisions and measures, with many of the mitigation
processes effectively built into the design of the project.
We are also planning a number of monitoring programmes to collate
data to measure our performance. Monitoring will be in line with agreed
standards and is designed to support continual improvement, to verify
ESIA predictions, and to collate additional data where information gaps
are identified.
In addition, we have drawn up a series of management plans aimed at
ensuring compliance with the environmental and social requirements
of our operations including
• Environmental Management Plan;
• Waste Management Plan;
• Environmental Monitoring Plan;
• Emergency Response Plan;
• Oil Spill Contingency Plan;
• Transport Management Plan;
• Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan; and
• Corporate Social Responsibility Management Plan.
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