National Planning Agency
About environmental assessment of projects
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Environmental assessments are being carried out
View, evaluate and inform the likely impact of the project on the environment.
Analyze the impact and its importance, and suggest how to respond.
The results of the environmental assessment are then used to decide whether to grant a permit for the project.
If an authorisation is granted, information from an environmental assessment is used to carry out the project so that it has minimal impact on the environment.
The purpose of environmental assessments of projects is to:
Ensure that the impact of projects on the environment is examined before decisions on permits are made.
Let people be involved in assessing the impact of projects on the environment.
Demonstrate how to deal with the negative impact of projects.
It is stated which projects always need an environmental assessment and which projects only need notification. It is necessary to evaluate whether notification-related projects need an environmental assessment.