Environmental Management Plan (EMP)

The EMP is an essential tool for ensuring that mitigation of the negative impacts and enhancement of the positive impacts is carried out effectively throughout the life of the project. An EMP should be systematically improved on a regular basis to ensure that best available technologies (BATs) and best environmental management practices are implemented in a manner that is pragmatic, efficient and cost-effective.

The Environmental Licensing Law requires that the EMP is a separate document from the EIS or SEIS. The EMP must be prepared as a stand-alone document: This means that there may be some repetition of information from other parts of the environmental assessment process, especially the EIS/SEIS.

It should be noted that the any resettlement or compensation matters are not part of the EMP, but should be presented separately.