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El Sadat – El Faium <strong>Gas</strong> Pip<strong>el</strong>ine<br />

Environmental Impact Assessment<br />

OHSAS 18 0 0 1<br />

2- Environmental Legislation<br />

Ministry of water<br />

Resources and<br />

Irrigation<br />

• Environmental policy and planning<br />

• Improvement of the natural oil spill and pollution emergency plans<br />

• Administration of the natural protectorates<br />

• Dev<strong>el</strong>opment of coastal management plan<br />

• Provision of irrigation and drainage infrastructure water resource management<br />

• Protection of lakes and River Nile<br />

• Monitoring and management of water quality<br />

Municipalities • Local public administration and management<br />

2.3. LAW NO. 4 OF 1994 AND ITS EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS<br />

2.3.1 LAW NO. 4 OF 1994<br />

Within the frame work of sustainable dev<strong>el</strong>opment and the increasing need to<br />

dev<strong>el</strong>op the country without causing any depletion or deterioration to our limited<br />

natural resources, Egypt has issued Law No. 4 of 1994 concerning the protection of<br />

the environment, the objectives of this law has not confined to addressing pollution<br />

problems emanating from existing establishments, but also to involve new<br />

establishments/factories including expansions of the existing ones.<br />

Because EIA aims to insure the protection and conservation of the environment and<br />

natural resources including human health aspects against uncontrolled dev<strong>el</strong>opment,<br />

Law 4/1994 states that new establishments or projects, expansions or renovations of<br />

existing establishments must be subjected to and environmental impact assessment<br />

before a permit is issued.<br />

Measures concerning the assessment of environmental impact of establishments or<br />

projects are stipulated in articles No.: 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 of Law 4/1994<br />

Article: 19<br />

The competent Administrative Authority or the Authority granting the Licence shall<br />

evaluate the environmental impact of the establishment for which the licence is requested,<br />

according to the <strong>el</strong>ements, designs, specifications, and bases to be issued by the<br />

Environmental Affairs Agency in agreement with the competent administrative authorities.<br />

The Executive regulations of this law shall determine the installations to which the<br />

provisions of this article shall apply.<br />

Article: 20<br />

The competent administrative authorities, or the authority granting the Licence shall<br />

send a copy of its evaluation of the environmental impact referred to in the previous article<br />

November2009<br />

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Egyptian Natural <strong>Gas</strong> Co. (GASCO)

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