Environmental Protection Agency Services

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Sr #

Nature of Business

Regulatory Requirements (Approvals, Licenses, Environmental Protection Act)

Applicability (One Time, Renewal) (Frequency)

Manual / Digital

Required Documents

Regulating Law, Rules

Fee / Charges

Average Time Required

Approving Authority

1

Establishment of new industrial units/ businesses (Schedule I, II and III are attached)

Import of hazardous substances/ scrap.

Handling of hazardous waste.


Quota assessment industrial units dealing with hazardous substance.

Environmental Approval under section- 13 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Environmental Protection Act, 2014

Licenses under Section- 14 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Environmental Protection Act, 2014

Construction Environmental Approval Operational environmental approval.

Manual

10 hard copies and 2 soft copies of Initial Environmental Examination (IEE).

Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIA) or General Environmental Approval (GEA) report as per Schedule-I, II and III of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Assessment Rules 2021

Paid fee Challan form

Schedule-IV dully filled

Details of facility/infrastructure setup along with registration detail NOCs/Approvals already obtained from EPA, if firm is involved than firm profile in
detail.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Act, 2014.

New rules have been framed and in final stage in Law Department for approval.

IEEE/EIA
regulations 2000
Hospital waste Management Rules, 2005.

Draft Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Assessment Rules, 2021

For EIA schemes=100000/-

For IEE schemes=50000/-

For GEA= 10000/- (under draft Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Assessment Rules- 2020)

No Fee

EIA= 90
days IEE= 45
days GEA =30
days (renewal/ environmental Approval processing time) time gap in public participation and advertisement in case of EIA is reduced from 01 month to 15 days in the draft EIA Rules, 2021.


Time limit has not been specified

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Agency (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa EPA)