Technical Memorandum
8. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS
8.1 The environmental permit may impose requirements for monitoring the
environmental impacts of the project for verification of predictions or
the effectiveness of measures to mitigate its environmental impacts, whether
such impacts occur within or outside the physical boundary of the project.
The environmental permit may also impose requirements for the formulation
of environmental audit requirements, including any necessary compliance
and post-project audit programme, in order to review the environmental
monitoring data, assess compliance with regulatory requirements, policies
and standards, and identify any remedial works required to redress unacceptable
or unanticipated environmental impacts. In determining the need for and
the scope of the environmental monitoring and audit programme, the Director
shall have regard to the findings and recommendations in an approved EIA
report.
8.2 In cases where any exceedances are likely to be limited either in
time, space or magnitude and no environmentally sensitive uses shall be
adversely affected in the long term, the Director may allow the issue
of an environmental permit subject to appropriate conditions.
8.3 Generally implementation of a full environmental monitoring and auditing
programme shall be required under the following circumstances:
(a) the project has the potential of causing environmental impacts which
are or are likely to be prejudicial to the health or well being of people,
the flora, fauna or ecosystem if the recommended mitigation measures are
not properly implemented;
(b) the project is situated in any area of high conservation value;
(c) the project involves mitigation measures of which the effectiveness
may require a long period to establish, e.g. compensatory planting of
trees or mangroves;
(d) the project involves an unproven technology;
(e) the project involves unproven mitigation measures;
(f) an otherwise familiar or routine mitigation measure is proposed for
a new or unfamiliar environmental setting;
(g) the analysis is based on a new technique or model, or there is other
uncertainty about design assumptions and/or the conclusions; or
(h) project scheduling is subject to change such that significant environmental
impacts could result.
8.4 The contents of a full environmental monitoring and auditing programme
can include but are not limited to, the items listed in Annex 21.
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