Apply In-Person:

1. Application form for Environmental Impact Assessment Licence for large scale and significant impact is available in Accra Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office Contact link
2. An applicant has to approach the EPA office and applicant can get their application form for environmental assessment permit for large scale and significant impact.
3. Applicant has to enter all information in the application form.
4. The completed form along with the required documents for small/medium scale assessment is to be submitted in 3 copies to any EPA Regional/ Area/District Office or the Head office.
5. The applicant has to make sure that he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
6. Upon submission of the Registration Form, EPA would conduct an inspection of the proposed site and issue a report (screening report) which would be presented to a cross-sartorial technical committee (the EIA Technical Review Committee) for a decision on the application within 25 working days from the date of registration.
7. If the technical committee is satisfied with the findings on the report and there is no objection his/her will be issued with the environmental assessment permit upon payment of the required processing fees.
8. A fees for this procedure is has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
9. If all above mentioned procedures were followed properly by the applicant, the application form will be viewed by concerned authorities and the applicant will be notified regarding their permit.
10. Generally, the processing time for this procedure is taken 1 month.

• Site plan duly signed by a licensed surveyor
• Block plan
• Evidence of neighbouring consultation
• A lease agreement or land title deed
• Identification document ( if any)
• Valid passport
• Other document attached( where applicable)

Environmental protection agency (EPA)
Address: HR22+H42, Accra, Ghana
Postal address: P.O .Box M.326 Accra, Ghana
Email id; infor@epa.gov.gh
Phone number: 0302 664697-8/ 0302 662690
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• Any Individuals in Ghana or Ghanaian Firms who are going to undertake projects which may interfere in environmental impact are eligible.

• A fees for this procedure is has to be paid as per the authority’s request.

• Environmental assessments permit validity for 18 month.

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• The processing time for this procedure is 25 working days.

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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.

• Registered Name of company
• Company/business registration certificate details
• Actual date of commencement of Undertaking
• Total Land take (operational area)
• Contact details (Tel/mobile/fax number, email/residential address, website)
• Details of Person to contact from the company/business (position, Tel/mobile/fax number, email address
• Location of Undertaking (Region, district, town, major landmark ,coordinate)
• Workforce details
• Other Permits/ certificates from relevant institutions
• Names of members of environmental committee designated by the company
• Declaration by the applicant

• The Environmental Protection Agency Act 1994, Act 490 and Ghana Environmental Assessment Regulations 1999, LI 1652 requires that undertakings (developments) likely to have significant impacts on the environment must register with the EPA and obtain environmental permits before commencement of construction and operations

• Applicant must be aware of rules and regulations for getting an environmental impact assessment license.
• Applicant should follow all instructions provided by concerned authorities properly.
• Applicant should provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

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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