<span dir="ltr" role="presentation">The Environmental Protection and Management Law (EPML)</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">provides</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">for a wide </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">ranging responsibility for environmental management by the EPA.</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">One of the most</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">prominent</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">mandates</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">is the need for development of administrative proced</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">ures for the </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">preparation of</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">ESIA</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">to ensure effective environmental governance.</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">The required </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">administrative procedures and how they are arranged to reflect the intent of the law is </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">the</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">subject</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">of</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">the</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">following</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">guidelines.</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">These</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Guidelines</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">will</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">be</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">reviewed </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">periodically and updated when necessary</span>