and mainstreaming of national environmental policies across the development sectors. Ministry of Environment Division Environmental Division Environmental Directly responsible. It is It has the Climate Change Evaluation Section the apex authority in the responsibility of Environment Management Division (EIA review and matters related to formulating (MoE) Planning, Evaluation approval also environment. It reviews the environmental and Administrative covering social EIA documents of the bridge policies for Division impacts) projects and has authority to approval from Environmental give environmental approval higher authority Pollution Control and Evaluation for the bridge project (Environment Section development. It has power to Protection Environment delegate its approval Council, Standard Section authority for IEE level National Environment projects to the concerned Planning Promotion and agency (other sector ministry Commission). Level Fund and sector departments). It Mainstreaming Administration Section has the authority to set the cross sectoral pollution standards for agencies in the Ministry emissions, effluents and matters related to other discharges into the environment environment. It has the policy and EA authority of project process is the environmental audit, and other monitoring/supervision of responsibility of compliance to environmental this ministry. It pollution and environmental has authority to approval conditions. It has prepare draft the authority to penalize based on wider developer and prohibit the consultation with
and mainstreaming of national environmental policies across the development sectors. Ministry Level Ministry of Environment (MoE) Environment Division Climate Change Management Division Planning, Evaluation and Administrative Division Environmental Division Environmental Evaluation Section (EIA review and approval also covering social impacts) Environmental Pollution Control and Evaluation Section Environment Standard Section Environment Promotion and Fund Administration Section Directly responsible. It is the apex authority in the matters related to environment. It reviews the EIA documents of the bridge projects and has authority to give environmental approval for the bridge project development. It has power to delegate its approval authority for IEE level projects to the concerned agency (other sector ministry and sector departments). It has the authority to set pollution standards for emissions, effluents and other discharges into the environment. It has the authority of project environmental audit, and monitoring/supervision of compliance to environmental pollution and environmental approval conditions. It has the authority to penalize developer and prohibit the It has the responsibility of formulating environmental policies for approval from higher authority (Environment Protection Council, National Planning Commission). Mainstreaming the cross sectoral agencies in the matters related to environment policy and EA process is the other responsibility of this ministry. It has authority to prepare draft based on wider consultation with
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