ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PRESS RELEASE MAY 29, 2024 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby notifies the public that there is a development of a visible haze in the Georgetown area. The EPA’s air quality sensors in Eccles and central Georgetown have detected air quality in the ‘moderate’ range’, which is above the WHO Guidelines for good air quality. […]
EPA expands its Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring System in Bartica to Assess Water Quality of the Essequibo River
The Environmental Protection Agency, in mid-May, successfully deployed a 2nd Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring System, at Bartica, Essequibo, River. This cutting-edge technology is capable of measuring a range of water quality parameters and transmitting readings in real-time to a computer at EPA for storage and analysis. Data collected by the Monitoring System can also be […]
Court refuses Activists’ requests to cancel EPA’s Permit for Gas to Energy Project
On October 5, 2023, Justice Beharry refused to grant all the Orders requested by activists, Vanda Radzik and Elizabeth Deane-Hughes, who made an Application for Judicial Review to, among other things, have the Environmental Permit for the Gas to Energy (GTE) Project (Environmental Permit 20210528-NGPLE) cancelled. The two who were represented by Attorneys Melinda Janki, […]
Courts Order Polluters to Pay $300,000 Fine for Breach of EPA’s Prohibition Notice
The EPA in its efforts to ensure safe and healthy communities and address the numerous complaints received, has been providing compliance assistance for businesses to enable them to comply with good environmental management practices. However, in cases of continued disregard of its advice and recommendations the EPA has no choice but to enforce via the […]
Monitoring and Management of Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Produced Formation Water Releases
EPA Monitoring Produced Water Discharges Closely Produced Formation Water (PFW), sometimes called Produced Water (PW) is water trapped in underground formations that is brought to the surface during oil and gas extraction. This water has been in contact with the hydrocarbon-bearing formation and as a result, contains some of the chemical characteristics of the formation […]
EPA grants Environmental Authorisation for Uaru Petroleum Development Project
April 27, 2023 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the Uaru Petroleum Development Project. The Agency granted a 5-year Environmental Permit to Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to undertake the construction and operation of petroleum production facilities, within the Stabroek Block, Offshore Guyana. The approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment and […]
MAXAR Partnership launch
PRESS RELEASE Guyana – First in Latin America and Caribbean to Implement Cutting-edge Technologies for Remote Real-time Monitoring of Environmental Change and Impacts both Offshore and Onshore In a simple but important ceremony hosted at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) headquarters in Georgetown, the Government of Guyana (GoG) officially launched its partnership with MAXAR Technologies […]
Environmental Assessment Board
Styrofoam Ban
WHAT IS STYROFOAM? Polystyrene is a petroleum-based plastic made from the styrene monomer. Most people know it under the name Styrofoam, which is actually the trade name of a polystyrene foam product used for housing insulation. Polystyrene is a light-weight material, about 95% air, with very good insulation properties and is used in all types […]
EPA staff gets Internship from Mexican Embassy
Press Release EPA staff gets Internship from Mexican Embassy Environmental Officer within the Technical Secretariat of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ms. Savitri Itwaru is the EPA’s first beneficiary of internship through bilateral cooperation with the Mexican Embassy in Guyana. Ms.Itwaru has commenced her three weeks internship with the Mexican Agency for Security, Energy and […]
