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Legal and Scientific Resources for Environmental Impact Assessment
Cases
Belize -- BACONGO v. Department of the Environment and Belize Electric Company Limited (Application for Judicial Review)
Belize -- BACONGO v. Department of the Environment and Belize Electric Company Limited (Judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (29 January 2004) (Chalillo - 2 of 2 Privy Council decisions)
Belize -- BACONGO v. Department of the Environment and Belize Electric Company Limited (Judgment upon a Petition for a Conservatory Order of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (13 August 2003) (Chalillo) (1 of 2 decisions)
Belize -- SATIIM v. Forest Dept. Min of Natural Resources and U.S. Capital (29-9-06)
Belize Institute for Environmental Law (BELPO) v. Department of Environment (DOE), Supreme Court of Belize (30 June 2008) (Claim No. 302 OF 2007)
Costa Rica -- Proyecto Perforación de Pozo Exploratorio Petrolero (fase 2) Resolución Nº 0146 - 2002 - SETENA
India -- Athirappally Grama Panchayat v. Union of India and others (2006.03.23) (Anthirampilly Dam)
India -- Balachandra Bhikaji Nalwade v Union of India et al. WPC No.388/2009, Delhi High Court (2009.09.18)
India -- Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshna Samithy "Chithanya" v. State of Kerala, OP 3581/2001 (2001.10.17)
India -- Geetha v Union of India and others, WP 30801/2007 (Original Petition)
India -- Geetha v Union of India and others, WP 30801/2007(Final written note) (2009.11.18)
India -- Goa Foundation v. Union of India W.P. No. 221/1997 (Konkan Railway)
India -- Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board v. C.Kenchappa and others (2006)
India -- Showcause Notice under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for Athirapally Hydroelectric Project (183 MW) in Kerala
India -- Vimal Bhai & others v. Union of India & others (2005.09.29)
Jamaica -- Pear Tree Bottom decision (April 27, 28, May 4, 5, 11 and 16, 2006)
Kenya -- Rodgers Muema Nzioka v. Tiomin Kenya Ltd (97 of 2001) High Court of Kenya at Mombasa
Matu People’s Organization et al. v. Ministry of Environment & Forests, et al. (National Environmental Appellate Authority) (dd 7 Feb 2008)
Russia -- Forest case (1998.2.17), Ecojuris` Press Releases
South Africa -- Earthlife Africa v. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and others (2005.01.26) (PBMR EIA judgment)
South Africa -- Earthlife Africa v. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, in the High Court of South Africa (Cape of Good Hope provincial division) (case No. 7653/03)
South Africa – Fuel Retailers Association of Southern Africa v. DACEMP (Case CCT 67/06) (2007.06.07)
Sri Lanka -- Mundy vs. Central Environmental Authority and others (SC Appeal 58/2003) (decided 20 January 2004)
Trinidad & Tobago - People United Respecting the Environment (PURE) v. the Environmental Management Authority, CV 2007-02263 (High Court of Justice) (2009.06.16) (840 kb)
Trinidad & Tobago -- Smelta Karavan v. Environmental Management Authority, Petition for Judicial Review (2007.06.29)
Trinidad & Tobago – Trinidad and Tobago Civil Rights Association v. Environmental Management Authority, Affidavit of Mark Chernaik (2007.07.05)
U.K. -- Berkeley v. Secretary of State for the Environment(2000.06.06)(Enforcement of EIA`s)
Ukraine -- Ecopravo-Lviv vs. Ministry of Natural Environment (Kyiv Commercial Court, Feb. 10, 2004)
Utkarsh Mandal v. Union of India, WP 9340/2009, High Court of Delhi (2009.11.26)
EIAs
Argentina -- Nueva et 500/132 KV Parana (October 2007)
Belarus -- Proposed Construction and Operation of Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant (September 2009)
Belize -- Ara Macao Resort and Marina in Placencia, Stann Creek District (January 2006)
Belize -- Belize Electric Company Ltd. Vaca Hydroelectric Project, Cayo District (April 2006)
Belize -- Belize Natural Energy: Spanish Lookout Field Oil Development (March 2007)
Belize -- EIA for proposed Chalillo Dam in Belize -- Macal River Upstream Storage Facility EIA (August 2001)
Belize -- False Caye Resort and Residential Development; A Tourism Project for False Caye 5 nautical miles north of the Placencia Peninsula (September 2007)
Belize -- Hugh Parkey's Belize Adventure Island (formerly Spanish Bay Resort); A Proposed Tourism Expansion Project for Spanish Lookout Caye (February 2008)
Belize -- Placencia Marina, A Project of Placencia Marina Limited at Blair Atholl, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek District (June 2009)
Belize -- Proposed Macal River Chalillo Project; Macal River Upstream Storage Facility (October 1999)
Belize -- Proposed Sarstoon Temash Oil Exploration Project Toledo District (June 2007)
Chile -- Barrick Gold Pascua Lama Project (November 2005)
Chile -- Planta Reductora de Aluminio in Aisen XI Region; Alumysa Aluminum (August 2001)
Ecuador -- Baba Hydroelectric Dam (September 2006)
Ghana -- Jubilee Field Development Tullow Ghana (August 2009)
Guatemala -- Oil Processing Plant at Salama y Caban (June 2005)
Guatemala -- Proyeta Minero Fenix (June 2006)
India -- Brahmaputra River Seismic Survey (August 2006)
India -- Captive Minor Port at Jatadharmoham in Orissa (January 2006)
India -- Cement Clinker Grinding Unit at Kodugallore, Kerala (July 2002)
India -- Coal Fired Power Plant in Thiyagavalli and Kudikadu (June 2007)
India -- Hazardous Waste TSDF at Ernakulam Kerala (March 2005)
India -- Hazardous Waste TSDF at Kochi Kerala (February 2005)
India -- Kalpakkam 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
India -- Kotli - Bhel II Hydroelectric Dam (January 2008)
India -- Kotli Bhel IB Hydroelectric Dam (April 2007)
India -- Lambapor - Peddagattu Uranium Mining Project (March 2003)
India -- Pondicherry Deep Water Port (February 2006)
India -- Proposed 1000 MW Coal Power Plant in Cuttack, Orissa (February 2008)
India -- Proposed Dibang 3000MV HydroDam (April 2007)
India -- Sethusamudram Ship Canal (May 2004)
India -- Syngenta Agro Chemicals Goa (June 2008)
India -- Tagros Chemicals Expansion (October 2002)
India -- Uranium Mining Lambapor -- Peddagattu (March 2003)
India -- Utkal Alumina Bauxite Mining Expansion in Orissa (January 2006)
India -- Vendanta Aluminium Smelter Jharsuguda, Orissa (March 2005)
India -- Water Front Development Plan in Kutch district (August 2008)
Jamaica -- Bahia Principe Hotel Resort Development, Pear Tree Bottom St. Ann (February 2005)
Jamaica -- Club Hotel RIU Montego Bay (December 2006)
Jamaica -- Contruction of a port, stockpile area and transportation corridor; Rinker cement port at Rocky Point, Clarendon (May 2008)
Jamaica -- Falmouth Cruise Ship Terminal (June 2007)
Jamaica -- Florence Hall Housing Development, Trelawny (March 2009)
Jamaica -- Goldeneye Resort Development, Oracabessa, St. Mary
Jamaica -- Oyster Bay Resort Development (January 2005)
Jamaica -- Port Antonio Water, Sewerage and Drainage Project (February 2008)
Jamaica -- Port Esquivel Jamica Broilers Ethanol Plant (October 2006)
Jamaica -- prepared for the Negril Peninsula Resort Eco-Tourism Development located at Wedderburns, West End, negril, Westmoreland (April 2007)
Jamaica -- Proposed Dolphin Park, Paradise, Hanover; prepared for Dolphin Cove Ltd (April 2007)
Jamaica -- Richond Development Llandovery, St. Ann (June 2005)
Jamaica -- Sagicor Jamaica Limited, Llandovery Development (June 2008)
Jamaica -- Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant St. Catherine (December 2004)
Liberia -- ArcelorMittal Buchanan - Yekepa Railway and Service Roads Rehabilitation (March 2008
Liberia -- Exploratory Drilling at Gangra and Yuelliton Mountains, Western Area Iron Ore Deposits Nimba County (August 2008)
Liberia -- Iron Ore Mining Tokadeh, Gangra, and Yueliton Mountains; Transportation of Ore for Export via Buchanan Port (June 2008)
Mexico -- Autopista Lerma-Tres Marias y Ramal Tenango
Mexico -- Pesca de Camaron en el Alto Golfo de California (July 2009)
Pakistan -- D.G.Khan Cement Plant in Chakwal (May 2004)
General Publications
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Appendix A: Environmental Impact Assessment Checklist
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Appendix B: Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Appendix C: Environmental Impact Assessment Term Definitions
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Appendix D: Contents of Specific Environmental Impact Assessment Tools
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Appendix E: Road Maps and Tool
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Chapter 1-Introduction to Guidance
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Chapter 2-Overview of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Chapter 3-Overview of the Reviewer’s Responsibilities
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Chapter 4- Evaluation of Each Element
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Cover Page
U.S. EPA (1998) Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Review: Table of Contents
Laws
Bangladesh -- Environment Conservation Rules, 1997 (763 KB)
Belize -- Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (1995) -- Statutory Instrument No. 107 of 1995
Belize -- Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (2007) -- Statutory Instrument 24 of 2007
Belize -- Environmental Protection Act (2000)
Belize -- Proposed EIA Regulations Amendments (2005)
Chile -- Reglamento del Sistema de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (español)
E.U. -- Council Directive (85/337/EEC) On the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment(1985.06.27)(EIA Directive)
E.U. -- Council Directive 2001/42/EC On he assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment(2001.06.27)(SEA Directive)
E.U. -- Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public partic
Georgia -- Law on State Environmental Assessment (English)
India -- Draft new EIA notification, 2005
India -- Environment Impact Assessment Notification (2006 Amendments)
Malaysia -- Sarawak, Natural Resources and Environment Ordinance 1997
Nigeria -- Environmental Impact Assessment Decree No. 86 (1992)
Russia -- EIA Regulation (May 16, 2000) Text of the Order of "Goscomecologia" of Russia “On approval of the Regulation of the I
South Africa -- Draft National Environmental Management Act Second Amendment bill (2007)
South Africa -- Government Notice. R. 1182 (1997)
South Africa -- Government Notice. R. 1183 (1997)
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental Act, 1980, 1988, Part IV C - Approval of Projects
Swaziland -- Environmental Audit, Assessment and Review Regulations, 2000
Other Resources
Australia -- Aldoga Aluminum Smelter EIS, Chapter 21 - Health and Safety
E.U. -- European Commission: EIA review guidelines
India -- Changes Proposed in the Draft EIA Notification of 19 Jan 2009 - a side-by-side comparison
India -- Evaluation of the EIA for the Proposed PVC Project at Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
India -- Regulator`s comments on draft EIA regulations
Indonesia -- judicial review cases on EIA Bodies
Jamaica -- Review of the EIA for the proposed Bahia Principe Hotel Resort Development
Jamiaca -- Evaluation of The Environmental Impact Assessment Report Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant, St. Catherine
Liberia – Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Firestone-Liberia Rubber Company (March 2008)
South Africa -- Evaluation of the EIR for the proposed two new rotary kilns for direct reduced iron at Mittal Steel Vanderbijlpark Steel
Sri Lanka -- Petition to the United Nations concerning human rights violations connected the Southern Transit Development Project (STDP) (Background Facts)
Sri Lanka -- Petition to the United Nations concerning human rights violations connected the Southern Transit Development Project (STDP) (Legal background)
Sri Lanka -- Petition to the United Nations concerning human rights violations connected the Southern Transit Development Project (STDP) (the PETITION)
U.N. -- UNEP Goals and Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment
Related Links
Australia -- Information about Western Australia`s environmental laws provided by the Environmental Defender`s Office of Wester
Agencies responsible for EIAs from around the world - from the Council on Environmental Quality
Canada -- The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency`s guide describing an approach for addressing cumulative environmental ef
E.U. -- Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment of Foreign Investment Projects (LEAT research report)
Georgia -- environmental legislation
Guia para elaborar programas de adecuación y manejo ambiental
Leading Judgements of the European Court of Justice: Environmental Impact Assessments
Philippines -- EIA regulations -- DENR Administrative Order No.37 of 1996(DAO 96-37)
The Calabash Project: Improving Civil Society Participation in Environmental Assessment
U.S. -- Council of Environmental Quality and information about the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
U.S. -- `Plain Language` Requirements: Oregon Environmental Council v. Kunzman, 817 F.2d 484 (9th Cir. 1987)
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