Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Waste water discharge permit in person, the applicant has to approach the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office. Contact link
2. Then, the applicant can get their application form.
3. Read through the application form carefully as it contains different section.
4. Make sure that his/her have all the documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Please refer to the fees details in the “Fees” section of this page.
6. Submit the completed forms along with the supporting documents at the EPA office for verification and processing.
7. Applicant will be issued with the prescribed fee invoice, visit any ECOBANK branch near you with the invoice and make the payment.
8. The EPA will dispatch an inspector to the facility premises for inspection to determine if Good Disposal Practice (GDP) and Good Transportation Practice (GTP) during storage and dispatch and disposal of product is practise.
9. A copy of the report finding will be given to the applicant and if any modification or upgrading is required, Corrective Action and Preventive Action Report (CAPA) report will be issued and the applicant will be required rectify the problem.
10. Upon successful implementation of the CAPA, a follow-up inspection may be conducted by the inspection team to ascertain the effectiveness of the implementation (where applicable).
11. If the authorized official is satisfied that all the conditions are meet as required for the application, applicant will be notified of the outcome and issued with the permit.
12. Generally, the processing time for this procedure is taken 1 month.

Note: All fees charged are payable at any ECOBANK Ghana Branch by presenting the invoice issued by the Agency to the bank.

• Application form
• Citizen need to be a valid national identity card copy.
• Companies need to be a valid company registration certificate copy.
• Document on an emergency preparedness and response system designed to prevent, detect, stop, remove or limit the impact of the wastage discharge.
• Report on an environmental and social impact assessment.
• Any other documents that may be request by the EPA.

Environmental protection agency (EPA)
Address: HR22+H42, Accra, Ghana
Postal address: P.O .Box M.326 Accra, Ghana
Email id; info@epa.gov.gh
Phone number: 0302 664697-8/ 0302 662690
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• Individuals/individual /Association /public Authority/corporate bodies to whom a works approval has been issued.

• Waste Water Discharge Permit as GHS.650, 000/=.

• License is valid for a period of 3 years and renewable thereafter.

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• The Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• All required document should submitted in English and must be legibly printed and not hand written.
• Where originals (documents) are in another language, copies should be presented together with certified English translations.
• To maintain your license status, the facility shall be inspected annually to ensure that the facility remains in compliance with the license requirements.

• Legal name of company
• Insurance information and company identification.
• Specify mode of transport of hazardous chemicals (road, air ,rail, water, others)
• Other name used (include trade name, doing business-as, previous names, etc.)
• Mailing address of company
• Disposal condition of chemical/ waste
• Method of disposal
• Physical state of chemical waste
• Location of disposal
• Physical address: (include legal name , number, street , city and district)
• Contact detail(telephone /fax number, email address)
• Contact person’s information (legal name/email/telephone)
• Information on the existing authorized uses of water
• Information on the possible future beneficial uses of water
• Declaration by the applicant.

• Authorization granted by the Regional Office to discharge liquid waste and/or pollutants of specified concentration and volume into any water or land.

• When submitting any supporting documents, please label the documents as indicated in this part. (e.g. attachment A, etc.)
• If the space provided on the application form is not sufficient, additional information required may be provided on separate documents and attached.
• A copy of the submitted documents shall be endorsed by the EPA and returned to the applicant.

Please explain what other uses of obtaining this document/certificate are.
E.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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