A decision-support platform for the Environmental Protection Authority of Ghana — compresses the statutory 25-day screening clock and 25-day scoping clock into a single auditable workflow. Officers see the regulatory pathway, the spatial environmental profile, and the plausibility cross-check on one screen.
An EPA officer (or an EIA consultant working with EPA) completes the workflow on a single screen.
Search a place name, paste coordinates (decimal, DMS, UTM, or Google Maps URL), or pin the site directly on the map. Satellite and hybrid layers available.
Sector, sub-type, scale, and other dimensions drive the regulatory pathway. Sector-specific fields prevent under-declaration.
Regulatory pathway from L.I. 2504, spatial environmental profile from 13 indicators, plausibility flags from industry benchmarks — all on one card with full legal citations.
Every red or amber spatial finding generates a scoping topic for the EIS/EMP, linked to the relevant agency (FC, WRC, GRIDCo, Ghana Highways Authority). The officer signs the case off with a full audit trail.
Three layers of analysis, every screening, every site.
From L.I. 2504 First Schedule, Act 1124, and Act 1080 fee schedule. Determines requires_eia / requires_registration / requires_sea with full legal citations and indicative fee bands.
13 indicators evaluated at the project location: flood, wetland, river corridor, protected area, road setback, slope, seismic, soil, infrastructure, HT electricity ROW, coastal erosion, contamination, groundwater.
Detects physically impossible declarations and order-of-magnitude scale mismatches (e.g. cement plant footprint too small for declared production). Tier-1 today; full benchmark engine in development.
Every red or amber finding auto-generates a scoping topic the EIS or EMP must address — linked to the responsible agency.
Statutory right-of-way under L.I. 1737 (1967 / 2004) — flags any project inside the 15 m corridor for 161 kV lines or 20 m for 330 kV. The only tool in Ghana that surfaces GRIDCo ROW conflicts at screening time.
Every decision is hash-signed with the inputs, rule version, data version, and officer signature. Defensible in court and before Parliament.
EPA officers run screenings; consultants prepare submissions; proponents understand what scoping topics their EIS must cover.
Primary users. Run screenings, assign cases, sign off decisions, monitor the 25/90-day statutory clocks, and track post-permit EMP submissions.
Pre-screen client projects before EPA submission; use auto-generated scoping topics to scope the EIS or EMP; submit completed scoping reports through the Platform for reconciliation.
Understand which permits apply, what baseline surveys are required, and what scoping topics the EIS must address — before engaging a consultant.
FC, WRC, Minerals Commission, Ghana Highways Authority, GRIDCo — referrals auto-routed when a project's spatial profile triggers their jurisdiction.
Every decision in the Platform is traceable to a statutory provision.
The Authority issues environmental permits under Act 1124 (2025) and the Environmental Assessment Regulations, 2025 (L.I. 2504). Statutory clocks: 25 days for screening, 25 days for scoping review, 90 days total decision.
Riparian buffer policy 10–100 m by stream order. WRC licensing for water abstraction, river setbacks, and discharge. Wetland delineation triggers when SafeGround flags wetland proximity.
Forest reserves and off-reserve areas. Clearance required for any project in or adjacent to a Forestry Commission gazetted area.
Transmission Line Protection Regulations. Construction prohibited within 15 m of a 161 kV line or 20 m of a 330 kV line. The Platform flags ROW conflicts before submission.
This platform is decision-support software for the Environmental Protection Authority of Ghana. It does not issue environmental permits, does not constitute a determination by the Authority, and does not replace the statutory functions of EPA officers, the Director-General, or the Board.
Every output is advisory. The legal force of any environmental decision derives solely from the Authority's formal act under Act 1124 (2025) and L.I. 2504 (2025).
The Platform composes data from EIAfinder (regulatory pathway engine) and SafeGround (spatial environmental screening). Third-party datasets may contain inaccuracies or be outdated. Findings should be verified by the responsible officer before any permit decision.