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FUNCTION
- Processing TOR documents and EIA reports.
- Processing applications, including appeals, related to TOR documents and the approval conditions of EIA reports.
- Providing input on development projects for bilateral issues.
- Providing input on plans and planning studies to agencies during the early planning stages, including for foreign investors.
- Providing technical advice and pollution control technology guidance to individuals or project proponents.
- Regulation of the implementation of Sections 34A & 34AA of the Environmental Quality Act (EQA) 1974 and the EIA Order 2015.
- Monitoring and enforcement of EIA compliance and taking EIA enforcement actions.
- Monitoring implementation under Section 33 of the EQA 1974, related to environmental audits for projects with approved EIA reports.
- Monitoring and supervision of registration, renewal, and cancellation under the EIA Consultant Registration Scheme and Environmental Auditor Registration Scheme.