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2015 Annual Report.Cdr ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xv 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Declaration and Statutory Functions of EPA 1 1.1.1 Our Vision 1 1.1.2 Our Mission 1 1.1.3 Statutory Functions of EPA 1 1.1.4 Strategic Objectives 2 1.2 Rationale and Structure of Report 2 SECTION 1: STRATEGIC THEMES 4 2.0 POLICY, INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL REFORM 4 2.1 Alien Invasive Species Policy 4 2.2 Draft Policy and Legal Framework on Chemical Related Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) 4 2.3 Hazardous Waste Bill 4 2.4 Pesticide Regulations 4 2.5 Waste Regulations 4 2.6 Onshore Oil and Gas Guidelines 4 2.7 Offshore Oil and Gas Regulations 4 2.8 The Coastal and Marine Habitats Protection Regulations 4 2.9 Conversion of Environmental Quality Guidelines into Standards 5 2.10 Guidelines for Biodiversity Offset Business Scheme 5 2.11 Forest and Wood Industry Sector Guideline 5 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE 6 3.1 Environmental Assessment (EA) Administration 6 3.1.1 Applications processed and Permits issued (General) 6 3.1.2 Chemicals Management 7 3.1.3 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Technical Reviews 8 3.1.4 Public hearing 9 3.1.5 Enhancing the Environmental Assessment Process 9 3.1.6 Complaints Investigation/Resolution 10 3.2 Compliance Monitoring 10 3.2.1 Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement 10 3.2.2 The Special Ministerial Compliance Exercise 12 3.2.3 Monitoring of Mining Projects 12 3.2.4 Monitoring of Aquaculture Projects 14 3.2.5 Compliance Monitoring of the Oil and Gas Sector 15 3.2.6 Enforcement Actions and Prosecutions 15 3.3 Environmental Performance and Disclosure Rating Programme (AKOBEN) 16 Akoben Programme for the Mining Sector 16 3.3.2 Akoben Programme for the Manufacturing Sector 16 3.3.3 Akoben rating system for Hospitality and Energy sectors 16 3.3.4 Akoben Performance Rating of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies 16 2015 Annual Progress Report i 4.0 CO-ORDINATION AND MAINSTREAMING 17 4.1 Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Marine Drive Investment Plan 17 4.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Fiscal Reform Policy 17 4.3 Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Policy 17 4.4 Framework for Operationalizing Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Practice 18 4.5 Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda 18 4.6 Natural Resource and Environmental Governance Programme 19 4.7 Environment and Natural Resource Sector Working Group 19 4.8 Development of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions 20 4.9 Management of Invasive Aquatic Weeds 20 4.10 Ghana Commercial Agricultural Project 20 4.11 Management of Biospere Reserves 20 4.12 Sustainable Land and Water Management Project 20 4.12.1 Impact Evaluation 20 4.12.2 SLWM Project Steering Committee 21 4.13 Source Waste Segregation Programme 21 4.14 Cleaner Production Initiatives 21 5.0 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 22 5.1 Participation in Conference of the Parties (COPs) of chemicals and related conventions 22 5.2 Participation in Natural Resources Conferences-Man and Biosphere and AfriMab 22 5.3 Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 24 5.4 Odisha State Pollution Control Board-India Delegation visit to the Agency 24 5.5 Gambian delegation visit to the Agency 24 5.6 Ghana's compliance with Article 7 and 9 of the Montreal Protocol 24 5.7 Reduction in the Consumption of Ozone Depletion Substances 25 6.0 AWARENESS RAISING, CAPACITY BUILDING AND EDUCATION 26 6.1 Celebration of International Environmental Days 26 6.2 Revision and Reprinting of Education Materials 27 6.3 Communication Strategy 27 6.4 Communication Plan of Whales 27 6.5 School Awareness Creation Programmes 27 6.6 Community Fora and Sensitizations 28 6.7 Orientation for newly elected Assembly members 28 6.8 Media Outreach Programmes 28 6.9 Other Capacity Building Initiatives 29 6.10 Collaboration with Non-Governmental & Civil Society Organizations 29 6.11 Exhibitions Mounted 29 6.12 Survey on the acceptance and use of Biogas for Cooking and Lighting in Schools 29 6.13 Climate Change Learning Strategy 29 6.14 Training Workshop for Chief Executive Officers of Oil Marketing and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketing Companies 30 2015 Annual Progress Report ii 6.15 Awareness on safe Transport of Hazardous Chemicals 30 6.16 Capacity Building on Pesticide and Environmental Assessment Regulations 30 6.17 Green Cooling Africa Initiative (GCAI) Air Conditioning (A/C) Workshop 30 6.18 Training for manufacturing industries 31 6.19 Sensitization on the need to protect the Ozone Layer 31 6.20 Training of Air Condition Technicians 31 6.21 Hydrocarbon Refrigerant Training 31 6.22 The Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa 31 6.23 Other Trainings 32 7.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, INFORMATION AND RESEARCH 33 7.1 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring 33 7.2 Industrial Effluent Quality monitoring 34 7.2.1 Pharmaceutical Industry 34 7.2.2 Paint and Chemical Industry 34 7.2.3 Oil and Food Processing Industry 34 7.2.4 Fish Processing Industry 34 7.2.5 Alcoholic Beverage Industry 34 7.2.6 Food and Beverage Industry 34 7.2.7 Thermal Power Plants 35 7.2.8 Textile Industry 35 7.2.9 General Industry 35 7.3 Surface Water Quality Monitoring 35 7.4 Monitoring of Fish Farms in the Volta Region 38 7.5 Study on Sewage Treatment Plants 38 7.6 Perception Study 40 7.7 Baseline Studies on Sargassum 40 7.8 Updating of the 2004 Coastal Sensitivity Atlas 41 7.9 Cost of Environmental Degradation in Ghana 41 7.10 Building a National Natural Capital Accounting System 41 7.11 Preparation of the State of Environment 2015 Report 41 7.12 Upgrade and improvement of the architectural design of existing GHG database to include climate actions, their effects, and support received, and deployment of a new online database/CCSI-MDS 41 7.13 The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the Management of the environment 41 7.14 Post Registration Monitoring and Surveillance of Pesticides and Update of Pesticides Register 43 SECTION 2: MANAGEMENT THEMES 44 8.0 PLANNING, MONITORING AND EVALUATION 44 8.1 Half year Performance Review 44 8.2 Report on Implementation of 2014 Budget Activities 44 8.3 Development of the 2015 Action Plan for the Sector Medium-Term Development Plan 44 8.4 Development of indicators and targets for NDPC monitoring 44 2015 Annual Progress Report iii 8.5 MESTI and NDPC Database updated 44 8.6 Validation of the 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) Report 44 The Agency participated in a meeting at MESTI to validate the Sector 2014 SONA Progress Report. The validated report was submitted to the Office of the President for necessary action. 44 8.7 Development of Sector Plan for EPA 44 9.0 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 45 9.1 Promotions 45 9.2 Study Leave (Degree Programmes) 45 9.3 Training, Conferences, and Workshop Programmes (Local and International) 45 9.5 Retirement 46 10.0. INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT SERVICES 47 10.1 Devolution to the District Level 47 10.2 Procurement of Works, Goods and Services 47 11.0 INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 47 11.1 Monthly Technical Presentation 47 12.0 FINANCING 48 12.1 Review of Information Technology Assets Register 48 12.2 Payroll Head Count Audit 48 12.3 Review of Assets bought under the Capacity Development Mechanism 48 12.4 Follow-up on 2013 and 2014 External and Internal Audit Reports at the Regional and District/Zonal Offices 48 12.5 Review of the Agency financial records 48 12.6 Operational Audit for Mining Projects 48 SECTION 3: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 49 13.0 Revenue Performance 49 APPENDICES 52 Appendix 1: Results of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring for 2015 Appendix 1a: Results of the PM10 Monitoring at the permanent monitoring sites (January-December 2015) Appendix 1b: Results of the PM10 Monitoring at the Roadside monitoring sites (January-December 2015) Appendix 1c: Results of the PM2.5 Monitoring at the Permanent monitoring sites (January-December 2015) Appendix 1d: Results of the PM2.5 Monitoring at Roadside monitoring sites (January-December 2015) Appendix 1e: PM10 Concentrations recorded at the permanent monitoring sites (January-December, 2015) Appendix 1f: PM10 Concentrations recorded at the roadside monitoring sites (January-December, 2015) Appendix 1g: PM2.5 Concentrations recorded at the permanent monitoring sites (January-December, 2015) 2015 Annual Progress Report iv Appendix 1h: PM2.5 Concentrations recorded at the roadside monitoring sites (January-December, 2015) Appendix 2: Analytical Results for Industrial Effluent Monitoring 2015 Appendix 2a: Analytical results for Pharmaceutical Industry, 2015 Appendix2b: Analytical results for Paint and Chemical Industry, 2015 Appendix 2c: Analytical results for Oil and fat processing industry, 2015 Appendix 2d: Analytical results Fish processing industry, 2015 Appendix 2e: Analytical results Alcoholic industry, 2015 Appendix 2f: Results for Food and Beverage Industry, 2015 Appendix 2g: Result for Thermal Energy Industry, 2015 Appendix 2h: Result for Textile Industry, 2015 Appendix 2i: Result for General Industry2015 Appendix 3: Activities of the Ghana National Cleaner Production Centre Appendix 4: Degree/Academic programmes Appendix 4a: Graduate Programmes Appendix 4b: Undergraduate programmes Appendix 5: Training programmes for 2015 5a: Local Training Appendix 5b: International Training Appendix 6: Officers returning from study leave Appendix 7: Staff on Retirement Appendix 8: New Area Offices Appendix 9: Summary of Items Procured LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1:
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