Planning and Permitting
Our team are highly experienced in undertaking high-quality environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) aligned with international standards, and in navigating the planning, permitting and approvals process in Papua New Guinea and throughout Australia. We pride ourselves on securing project approvals for our clients on time and on budget.
We will work with you all the way, from risk and impact identification, to the development of pragmatic strategies to avoid, mitigate or offset project impacts to meet stakeholder, lender and regulator expectations and to support the negotiation of permit conditions.
Our services encompass the full permitting cycle and include:
- Scoping studies and permitting strategies
- Regulatory roadmaps and compliance tracking
- Risk assessments
- Stakeholder consultation
- Regulatory engagement
- Baseline studies
- Environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs)
- Visual impact assessments
- Construction and operations management plans
- Planning approval applications
- EPA licence applications
- Negotiation of permit conditions
AGX Project
In 2019 ERIAS was engaged by Oil Search to undertake environmental and social baseline studies to support an internal impact assessment of early works activities associated with their Associated Gas in Expansion (AGX) Project in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Fountain Head Gold Project Approvals
PNX Metals Limited (PNX) is proposing to develop the Fountain Head Gold Project located approximately 170 km south of Darwin. The project is located on pastoral land at a site that has previously been mined and has been under ‘care and maintenance’ since 2008.
Papua LNG Project
ERIAS was the lead environmental consultant on the Papua LNG Project, which incorporated social and environmental baseline surveys, impact assessment modelling and the development of a Level 3 EIS and ESHIA .
Pasca A Development Project
In 2019 ERIAS was engaged by Oil Search to undertake environmental and social baseline studies to support an internal impact assessment of early works activities associated with their Associated Gas in Expansion (AGX) Project in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
TOLL Berthing and Infrastructure Project
In 2017, ERIAS was engaged by TOLL to provide project support in planning and environmental approvals for the port upgrades.
TWM Integrated Waste Management Facility Expansion
In 2020 ERIAS was engaged by Total Waste Management (TWM) to undertake environmental and social baseline studies and an environmental impact statement (EIS) to support a Level 3 environment permit for the expansion of their integrated waste management facility in Roku, approximately 20 km from Port Moresby.