Ghana - Get License from Environmental Protection Agency

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Get License from Environmental Protection Agency in Ghana, the applicant must go to the any Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional and District Offices or the Head office in Accra or visit the EPA website contact link
2. Then, the applicant must obtain the application form from the authority.
3. Read through the application form carefully as it contains different section.
4. 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.
5. A fee for this procedure is has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
6. Submit the completed forms along with the supporting documents at the EPA office for verification and processing.
7. 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.
8. 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 to rectify the problem.
9. 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).
10. If the authorized official is satisfied that all the conditions are met as required for the application, applicant will be notified of the outcome and issued with the License.
11. Generally, the processing time for this procedure is 3 months.

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

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Required Documents

• Application form
• 12 copies of the environmental impact statement.
• Copies of the environmental impact statement as the Agency shall direct to sector Ministries, government departments and organizations of relevance to the undertaking.
• Compliance with mitigation commitments indicated in the environmental impact statement or preliminary environmental report.
• First annual environmental report.
• 3 copies of projects
• Identification document (valid passport/Id card)
• Other relevant attachments (where applicable)

Office Locations & Contacts

Environmental protection agency (EPA)
Address: HR22+H42, Accra, Ghana
Postal address: P.O .Box M.326 Accra, Ghana
Email id: [email protected]
Phone number: 0302 664697-8/ 0302 662690
Location link
Contact link

Eligibility

• Individuals/companies/business in Ghana are eligible to make this application.

Fees

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

Validity

• The permit shall be valid for a period of 18 month effective from the date 'of the issue of the permit. Failure to commence operation within this period the permit will be render invalid

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• Generally, the processing time for this procedure is 3 months.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
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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'.

Instructions

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

• 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

Need for the Document

• 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.

Information which might help

• 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.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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