Ahead of planned “public hearings” on the waiving of the impact study requirements for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge project and the Exxon-led drilling campaign in the Canje Block, environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has reminded that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still to fulfil its legal obligation to provide the technical reasons for the decisions.
As a result, Mangal-Joly has informed the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB), which is reviewing the decisions, that both it and the EPA should meet the legal thresholds prior to holding the hearings.
Mangal-Joly made her position known in responses to invitations by EAB Chairman Omkar Lochan to attend the meetings on the waivers for the drilling and bridge projects, , which are scheduled for Tuesday, October 12, and Thursday, October 14, respectively.
