The impact assessment of the cumulative effects for Exxon’s planned 35 Multiwell Exploration and Appraisal (E&A) Drilling Programme should fill major gaps of the four existing EIAs including a much more detailed study of the marine environment than was previously done, says environmentalist Janette Bulkan.
On July 19th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that an impact assessment of the cumulative effects of Exxon’s 35 multiwell drilling programme is required and invited members of the public to make written submissions with questions they required to be answered or considered in the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
