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EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment)?

What is EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment)?

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); a process carried out in order to identify the environmental impacts of development projects. This process is not a decision-making process in itself; it is developing with the decision-making process and a process that supports it.

EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment), under the National Environmental Policy Act in 1969, which came into force in the United States and met with the world is still the most effective environmental management system in United States, the EU countries, as well as other countries of the world that consolidates this place as time goes on. Since 7 February 1993 is being implemented in our country and it became a legal practice in order to assess the environmental effects of public and private sector projects.

In order to provide for rapidly increasing population, in relation to developing technology, industrialization should increase development as well. This increase leads to rapid depletion of natural resources.

Purpose of EIA; is protecting environmental values against economic policies without hindering economic and social development. Detecting all the possible negative environmental impacts of a planned activity beforehand and ensuring that necessary precautions are taken.

Unless Environmental Impact Assessment affirmative decision or Environmental Impact Assessment not required decisions are made, no approval, authorization, incentive, construction and use permit pertinent to projects would be given; the project cannot be investment nor be awarded.

Ekonorm Environmentobtained no. 212 certificate in 12.30.2011 and was authorized to prepare the EIA Application, the EIA Report and the PIF Report, pursuant to the Article 18 and 26 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations which was published in the 07.17.2008 dated 26939numbered Official Journal and came into force and to the statement of Certificate of Competency which was published 12.18.2009 dated and 27436 numbered Official Journal and came into force.

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Within our company, experienced and expert environmental, mining, geology, hydrogeology, mechanics, forest engineers and biologists are available, and reports have been prepared for wide variety of sector and documents have been approved.

EIAs of mine, weir and hydro power plants (HPP), drinking water / irrigation dams, ponds, quarries and natural construction materials, tailings impoundment, gold production facility, pyrolusite plants, fish farms, breeding facilities, natural gas combined cycle plant, quarries and crushing and screening facilities, recycling facilities are by far the titles of some of the ongoing projects.

What is PIF (Project Introduction File)?

What is included in Project Introduction File?

Selection, Screening Criteria Application Procedure

Regulation of;

a)the projects listed in Annex II,

b)in case of increasing capacity and / or in the expansion of the capacity of the projects that are in scope of the regulationor for projects outside the scope, threshold or above valued projects of Annex-II of the total increase capacity regulation are subjected to qualifying criteria.

Application and Process

The project owner, submits a petition for review that also includes three copies of the project presentation file with the proof of the information given on the project file and the attachmentswithin letter of commitment and authorized signatures list to the Ministry, as so according to Annex IV of the regulation, in order to ensure whether or not the Environmental Impact Assessment application is required.

The Ministry reviews the project presentation file that has been prepared for the project according to criteria in Annex IV of theRegulation within five days. In case of deficiencies in the file and documentation within the file, these missing information are asked to be completed by the project owner.

If the completed project file is not resubmitted within six months, project file will be returned and the application will be invalid.

If the ministry finds it necessary, they can examine or get the project site examined.

Decision of if EIA is required or not required

The Ministry examines and evaluates the projects that are related to the first article of theparagraphs (a) and (b) of Article 15 within the scope ofthe criteria in Annex IV of theRegulation.At this stage if the ministry finds it necessary, the project owner can be requested to give detailed comprehensive information about the project, provide equipment and ask to complete analysis, experiments and measurements at considered adequate institutions. The Ministry reviews the project presentation file that has been prepared for the project according to criteria in Annex IV of theRegulation within five days.

The Ministry reviews and evaluates the project within fifteen business days and informs the project owner and the Governor about if the Impact Assessment is required or not. Then the Governor announces this decision to the public.

In case of the project with Impact “Assessment is not Required” decision is not began investment within five years, the Impact Assessment is not required decision becomes invalid. In case of a project with “Impact Assessment is Required” decision.

For the projects given "Environmental Impact Assessment is Required" reasoned decision is notified to the Ministry. Accordance with Article 7 of the Regulation, "Environmental Impact Assessment is Required"decisioned projects are subjected to Environmental Impact Assessment. In this case, according to Article 8 of the Regulation if the project has not started on Environmental Impact Assessment process phase, application would be invalid.

EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) Monitoring - Control

After getting the approval of "Environmental Impact Assessment is not required" or "Positive Environmental Impact Assessment", is to ensure conditions and environmental values to avoid negative effects as accordance with the basis of the decision granting, during the construction, operation and post-operation stages of the project.