| S/N | ITEMS/EXPENSES | COST IMPLICATIONS |
| 1. | Registration of EIA with the Federal Ministry of Environment | N50, 000:00 through TSA remittal; visit the Ministry website. www.ead.gov.ng
REMITA ..generate a code..EIA registration (Revenue) |
| 2. | Participation of the Ministry officials/State in the Initial Site Verification Exercise to the Project location | Approximately N350, 000:00 -495,000:00 depending on the state/location of the project. This is paid into the Ministry’s TSA Account. This covers DTA and travel cost of the participating officers. For Delta it is 418,000:00 |
| 3. | Scoping Workshop is convened to give stakeholders especially proposed projects host communities the opportunity to make input into the issue to be addressed in the EIA. Usually is a 1 day programme. | The cost of the workshop varies depending on the location, Hotel used etc. the Ministry sends a participant to the workshop at indicative cost of around N190,000:00.
This is determined by project location from Abuja. |
| 4. | Participation of official in the Baseline data gathering | The cost of the data gathering exercise depends on the agreement between the proponent and his consultant. The Ministry only sends an officer to witness the exercise. DTA/Travel cost of the staff is about N190,000:00.
This is determined by project location from Abuja. |
| 5. | Participation of official in the Laboratory analysis of sample collected | The cost of the Laboratory Analysis also depends on the agreement between the proponent and his consultant. The Ministry only sends an officer to witness the exercise. DTA/Travel cost of the staff is about N190,000:00.
This is determined by project location from Abuja. |
| 6. | Submission of Draft Report: | Draft Report are provided by the Consultant and submitted to the Ministry by the proponent. The numbers of copies would be indicated after project categorization. Usually 10 copies with 2 electronic copies |
| 7. | Display exercise in three National Dailies including 1 in the State hosting the project, Radio Announcement (1st and last 5 days of the Display,) | Charges Depends on the State. |
| Review exercise is convened in a Hotel in the State where the project is located and the cost implication is as follows:
a. Honourarium of Panelist, Travels of FMenv officials b. Accommodation and feeding of Panelist/FMEnv Officials c. Logistic Support and Security Coverage during Panel/FMEnv site visit d. Safety kits for panel/FMEnv official e. Meeting Venue f. Tea Break during Review g. Group Lunch after review meeting h. Community Affairs |
About 3.5 Million will cover the exercise depending on the hotel chosen. | |
| 8 | Final Assessed Charge | 600 – 2M |
| 9. | Publication of EIS on National Dailies | Done by Project Proponent |
EIA PROCESS IN BRIEF
Stage 1
Submission of the following:
a. Letter of intent to:
The Honourable Minister,
Federal Ministry of Environment, Headquarters
Mabushi,
Abuja
(see attached sample)
b. Filled Registration Form with attached evidence of payment….visit ead.gov.ng
REMITA: www.remita.net
GIFMIS Code: 000070770
EIA revenue ….in the Sum of N50,000:00
c. Project summary Terms of Reference (TOR) containing the brief of the project, location of the project , project proponent, legislative frameworks, intended baseline to be studied etc about 10 – 15 pages
Stage 2
On submission of the above, the Ministry will conduct Initial Site Verification on the project location. The cost will be borne by the project owners covering the officers air travels, duty tour allowance usually about 350,000:00 to 500,000:00
The site visit report and the TOR submitted would be used to categorize the project into either Category 1 or 2 or 3
A letter from the Ministry would be written on the category and type and numbers of Baseline data you are to collect, for laboratory analysis thereafter submit draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. The number will be stated in the latter to your company
For Category 1 – The draft report will be displayed in the LGA headquarters where the project is domiciled, the respective State commissioner of Environment office, the Federal Controller office in the affected State, The Fed Min of Env Library, Abuja all for 21 working days for public information, comments and opinion in 3 National Dailies, one of which must be from the State where the project is domiciled. Also for the Category 2. You bear the cost of News papers and Radio announcement
And at time, Category 3 projects could be displayed depending on the project
Location sensitivity
All draft report of the EIA study submitted to the Ministry shall be reviewed
Category one will involve experts, the FMEnv officials, the state commissioner of Environment, The LGA chairman usually a period of 3 Day in a suitable in this format Day one = Arrival, Day 2= Site visit and Day 3= Review meeting while day 4 is departure. You will bear the cost of the Hotels, 3nights and feeding of participants. Accommodation would be reserved by you in a standard Hotels, for about 14 rooms including 2 suits. Provision for 100 people for tea break and group lunch only on the day of review being public review. You will also pay for the hall that will accommodate about 100 people for the 1 day meeting.
Aside the financial implications you will be asked to pay to the Ministry designated operational account. Usually around 1.8 – 2.4Million Naira to cover Honorarium.travels etc.
For Category 2; all is the same except the public will not be involved, a room that will take about 40 -50 people and tea break/ group lunch for the 50 people
Category 3 is in house technical review. There may be selection of one or two experts, also the regulators would be involved as the case may be. It is usually held in Abuja either in Hotel hall or in the Environment House conference room
After any of these above, the report will be written covering the proceeding for the Hon Minister approval or dis- approval
You will be asked to pay Final Assessed Charge which varies, but will be communicated to you by the Ministry.
You will also be asked to correct all inadequacies in the draft report to submit the Final EIA report along with the Final Assessed Charged
This is a guide for you please.
The cost of Baseline survey varies from consultant to the other
If you have any problem you are free to call for a guide please.
Note that Agric project of small scale may not be subjected to detailed process but must be subjected to public disclosure for details
SIMPLIFIED EIA STAGES AND COSTING FOR YOUR GUIDE
| S/N | ITEMS/EXPENSES | COST IMPLICATIONS |
| 1. | Registration of EIA with the Federal Ministry of Environment | N50, 000:00 through TSA remittal …visit the Ministry website. |
| 2. | Participation of the Ministry officials/State in the Initial Site Verification Exercise to the Project location | Approximately N350, 000:00 -495,000:00. This is either paid in the field or to the Ministry of to the Branch Head account or TSA Account depending on discussion with the office. This covers DTA and travel cost of the participating officers. |
| 3. | Scoping Workshop: An officer from the Abuja Headquarter or from the Federal office in the State, the State Ministry of Environment and LGA Chairman representative would witness the exercise. Usually 1 day | DTA/Travel cost of the FMEnv State @N190,000:00
State officer @N100, 000:00 ..not sure of their rate LGA Officer…same thing with the LGA |
| 4. | Participation of official in item No.3 above in the Baseline data gathering | DTA/Travel cost of the FMEnv State @N190, 000:00 depending on Nos of days for the exercise..usually addition of 12 -16,000:00 per day
State officer @N100, 000:00 ..not sure of their rate LGA Officer…same thing with the LGA |
| 5. | Participation of official in item No.3 above in the Laboratory analysis of sample collected | DTA/Travel cost of the FMEnv State @N190, 000:00 depending on Nos of days for the exercise..usually addition of 12 -16,000:00 per day
State officer and LGA Officer are not involved in most cases |
| 6. | Submission of Draft Report | The numbers of copies would be indicated after project categorization. Usually 10 copies with 2 electronic copies |
| 7. | Display exercise in three Dailies including 1 in the State, Radio Announcement(1st and last 5 days of Display,) | |
| Proponent Facilitated Review exercise:
i. Honourarium of Panelist, Travels of FMenv officials j. Accommodation and feeding of Panelist/FMEnv Officials k. Logistic Support and Security Coverage during Panel/FMEnv site visit l. Safety kits for panel/FMEnv official m. Meeting Venue n. Tea Break during Review o. Group Lunch after review meeting p. Community Affairs |
a.About 2M for big project . but being a small project , may be in-house…and the commissioner of env, LGA, and 1 expert be involved @ N800 – N1M
b.it depend on the nos, and the hotels (about 700k, but in this case..about N200k for 2nights as there may not be site visit if held in Abuja. And if it is EMP, you won’t pay anything c. If Abuja, you don’t pay d.Based on the nos of participant…about 10k per safety kit e. It depend on the size involve…range of hall 50k to 200k f. It depend on nos involve too, the hotels has fixed amount for tea break..lunch |
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| Assessed Charge | Pipeline Charged per length of Pipeline in km plus the First Impact Mitigation Monitoring exercise | |
| 9. | Publication of EIS on National Dailies | By Proponent |
| 10. | Participation of FMEnv/ State Ministry/LGA | |
If the project is a small one in terms of length of the pipeline, it may not require elaborate EIA. Although the will be all the preliminaries to the report submission. The review maybe technical in-house in Abuja so all the hotel bills may not come in. But I have no final say on this.
Or they may ask you to prepare an EMP.
