Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has written to the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) objecting to the EPA’s decision to not require an impact assessment for Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited’s (EEPGL) 12-Well Exploration and Appraisal Drilling programme in the Canje Block offshore Guyana.
In her letter dated August 28, 2021, and seen by Stabroek News, Mangal-Joly stated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not provided any information on the proposed activities via a project summary as is usually done with other applications. This, she says, completely undermines the 30-day public consideration exercise as required under Section 11(1) (iv) of the Environmental Protection Act (1996).
