Oman

Fees slashed for environmental permits

EA
 
EA
Muscat: The chairman of the Environment Agency (EA) has issued decision 107/2023 regulating environmental permits, which was published in the official gazette on Sunday.

The new decision canceled the decision that regulated environmental requirements for service and industrial activities.

The decision specified the procedures for obtaining environmental permits, including the most important data included in the application for obtaining an environmental permit, including the project site, and the study of environmental impact assessment if needed, with the permissibility of requesting any other data or documents according to the nature of the project. It does not exceed (30) days, and the permit period is set at (3) renewable years.

Article 12 of the environmental permit is based on applications related to mining and construction activities and specified a sum of money to be deposited by the owner of the project as a guarantee of his commitment to the terms of the permit, which are as follows.

Existing executive regulations:

New regulations: