Post by
ScandiumPower on Mar 17, 2023 4:26am
Savannah made it - APA has 50 days to made the decision
Savannah made its resubmission to APA on 16 March 2023, ahead of the deadline set by the legislation.
Following resubmission, APA has a maximum of 50 business days to review the resubmission and give its Environmental Impact Statement decision (‘DIA’).
Savannah first submitted the EIA to Agncia Portuguesa do Ambiente ("APA"), the Portuguese environmental regulator, in June 2020. APA declared Savannah’s submission to be in conformity with its requirements for the content of the EIA on 16 April 2021, and a public consultation period was held from 22 April until 16 July 2021.On 6 July 2022 Savannah announced that it had agreed with APA that the EIA review process would continue under Article 16 of Decree-Law No. 151-B/2013 ('Article 16'), which regulates Environmental Impact Assessments in Portugal. Under Article 16. Savannah had up to 180 business days to redesign or revise certain physical aspects of the Project's design and associated environment, ecology and socio-economic considerations and resubmit them to APA for consideration
https://www.savannahresources.com/project/environmental-impact-assessment/