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Environmental Impact Assessment Act 1992.

Country/Territory
Nigeria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to set out the general principles, procedure and methods to enable the prior consideration of environmental impact assessment on certain public or private projects.
Subject
Environment gen., Water
Keyword
Basic legislation EIA Sustainable use
Geographical area
Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa
Abstract

This Act, among other things sets out the procedures and methods to enable the prior consideration of environmental impact assessment on certain public or private projects. The Act also gives specific powers to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency to facilitate environmental assessment on the projects. The text consists of 64 sections divided into 3 Parts: General principles of environmental impact assessment (I); Environmental assessment of projects (II); Miscellaneous (III). The Schedule lists mandatory study activities including agriculture, irrigation and drainage and fisheries.

Full text
English
Website
www.placng.org