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Item Initial environmental evaluation (IEE) : dive centre jetty construction at Guraidhoo, South Male' Atoll, Republic of Maldives(2011-03) Land and Marine Environmental Resources GroupWater proof Sports limited (a UK based company in association with Mr. Jalaal (resident of Guraidhoo, south Male atoll has proposed to establish a professional dive and water sports centre at Guraidhoo. The proposal has been submitted to the government of Maldives for development approval. Land has been leased to the developer at Guraidhoo after assessment of the proposal by the Ministry of Home affairs and, province office and island office respectively. A copy of the proposal is given in appendix 1 as reference. Copy of the lease permit for the construction of the dive school is provided in Appendix 2. As part of the infrastructure associated with the dive school, a small size jetty dedicated to the dive school has been proposed to develop by the proponent. Coastal development structure such as jetties are required to submit an environmental impact assessment report as specified in the EIA regulation of Maldives that came effective in 2007. A scoping meeting to agree on the terms of reference was held at EPA on 29th December 2010. Based on the description of components project at the scoping meeting it was agreed among the stakeholder that a full EIA would not be required for the project. This was based on the small scale of the project and also its related impacts based on the environmental setting and location of the project. It was decided that an Initial Environmental Evaluation would be sufficient. This Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) report thus fulfils the requirements specified in the Terms of Reference (ToR) prepared for this project as output of the scoping meeting held at EPA between EIA consultant, proponent, representatives from EPA and other relevant stakeholders. In preparing the report consideration has been given to cover the environmental requirements that need to be covered by EIA regulations giving due consideration to the scale, location and usage of the project and its outputs. The Terms of Reference to the project is approved by EPA on 9th January 2011. A copy of ToR is given in Appendix 3. This IEE was based on the fieldwork visit by the consultant to Guraidhoo (project site) in January 2011 to collect site specific information on the project and qualitatively assess the environmental components that would be affected from the implementation of the project.Item Initial environmental evaluation report : construction of jetty at Vaadhoo Resort, South Male’ Atoll(2011-06) Land and Marine Environmental Resources GroupThe proposed project involves construction of jetty connecting existing detached honeymoon bungalows at the southern side of Vaadhoo to the island. Coastal development structure such as jetties are required to submit an environmental impact assessment report as specified in the EIA regulation of Maldives that came effective in 2007. A scoping meeting to agree on the terms of reference was held at EPA on 21st April 2011. Based on the description of project components at the scoping meeting it was agreed among the stakeholders that a full EIA would not be required for the project. This was based on the small scale of the project (addition to an existing facility) and also its related impacts based on the environmental setting and location of the project. It was decided that an Initial Environmental Evaluation would be sufficient. This Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) report thus fulfils the requirements specified in the Terms of Reference (ToR) prepared for this project as output of the scoping meeting held at EPA between EIA consultant, proponent, representatives from EPA and other relevant stakeholders. In preparing the report consideration has been given to cover the environmental requirements that need to be covered by EIA regulations giving due consideration to the scale, location and usage of the project and its outputs. The Terms of Reference to the project was approved by EPA on 11th May 2011. A copy of the ToR for this project is given in Appendix 1. This IEE was based on the fieldwork visit by the consultant to K. Vaadhoo Resort in May 2011 to collect site specific information on the project and qualitatively assess the environmental components that would be affected from the implementation of the project.Item Initial environmental evaluation report construction of new STP at Adaaran Select Meedhupparu, Raa Atoll(2011-08) Land and Marine Environmental Resources GroupThe proposed project involves construction and set up of a new sewage treatment plant on Adaaran Select Meedhupparu resort. Development of such structures require the submission of an environmental impact assessment report as specified in the EIA Regulations of Maldives that came effective in 2007. A scoping meeting to agree on the Terms of Reference (ToR) was held at EPA on 11th May 2011. Based on the description of project components at the scoping meeting it was agreed among the stakeholders that a full EIA would not be required for the project. This was based on the small scale of the project and also its related impacts based on the environmental setting and location of the project. It was decided that an Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) would be sufficient. This Initial Environmental Evaluation report thus fulfils the requirements specified in the Terms of Reference prepared for this project as the output of the scoping meeting held at EPA between the EIA consultant, proponent, representatives from EPA and other relevant stakeholders. In preparing the report, consideration has been given to cover the environmental requirements that need to be covered by EIA regulations giving due consideration to the scale, location and usage of the project and its outputs. The Terms of Reference for the project was approved by EPA on 5th June 2011. A copy of the ToR for this project is given in Appendix 1. This IEE was based on the fieldwork visit by the consultant to Adaaran Select Meedhupparu Resort in June 2011 to collect site specific information on the project and qualitatively assess the environmental components that would be affected from the implementation of the project.Item Initial environmental examination report : commercial sand mining at Fushidiggaru Falhu, South Male Atoll, Republic of Maldives(2011-05) Land and Marine Environmental Resources GroupSand mining as primary source of construction material has been on going from olden times. Traditionally sand is mined from island beaches mainly for convenience and easy access. However, due to erosion issues that result from sand mining in a given location several island communities are ware and complain about these problems. Therefore there is regulation on limiting and area where sand mining can be carried out. This is however not followed and often difficult to police. Self imposed good practice is followed by many communities shifting to near-shore lagoon area and sand cays nearby. Nevertheless sand mining from beaches is still continued. Currently there is high demand for coral sand due to booming construction industry. Limited natural resources as building material has led exploitation of this resource throughout Maldives for construction industry irrespective of the environmental issues related to marine resource extraction. The demand for natural resource is contrastingly high in Male region. As a result there are several supplier of sand in Male locally known as ‘sand miners’. Operated using a motorized boat 6-10 people travel to distance reefs and manually extract sand from shallow areas (1-2 meter depth) and bring back to Male at a designated site at south west corner of Male. Stock oiled sand is then available for sale. Recently some enterprising sand miners are seeking innovative methods for efficient and more convenient mining. Electric pump aided sand mining has initiated recently by the proponent of this project for commercial supply of sand. Sand pumps are quite commonly used for sand pumping for beach replenishment related works in the resorts. This is however screened through Environmental Impact Assessments as required by the EIA regulation of Maldives. Environmental Protection Agency of Maldives thus seek to follow the same protocol for sand pump aided or related extraction of sand for commercial purpose thus the proponent has been asked to submit an EIA report for approval before proceeding with the project any further. Prior to this the proponent has requested for a permit for sand mining from the Ministry of Fisheries (see appendix 1). Based on the above requirement, a scoping meeting to agree on the terms of reference for the EIA report was held at EPA on 21st April 2011. Based on the description of components project at the scoping meeting it was agreed among the stakeholder that a full EIA would not be required for the project. It was decided that an Initial Environmental Examination would be sufficient. This Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) report thus fulfils the requirements specified in the Terms of Reference (ToR) prepared for this project as output of the scoping meeting held at EPA between EIA consultant, proponent, representatives from EPA and other relevant stakeholders. In preparing the report consideration has been given to cover the environmental requirements that need to be covered by EIA regulations giving due consideration to the scale, location and usage of the project and its outputs. The Terms of Reference to the project is approved by EPA on 25th April 2011. A copy of ToR is given in Appendix 2. This IEE was based on the fieldwork visit by the consultant to Fushidiggaru falhu (project site) in 25th April 2011 to collect site specific information on the project and qualitatively assess the environmental components that would be affected from the implementation of the project.