Press Release

March 01, 2007
  • Environmental Policy

Invitation for Public Comments regarding the Draft Guidelines for the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment

The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has held meetings of the Study Group on Strategic Environmental Assessment since last summer and has discussed the Guidelines for the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment, which is to be applied to plans and/or programs which frame the site and/or scale of a development project.

The MOE invites comments from the public regarding the draft guidelines. Comments will be accepted from March 1, 2007 to March 15, 2007.
All procedures related to this invitation for public comments will be conducted in Japanese. Comments need to be submitted in Japanese.

For further information, please visit the Ministry of the Environment web page (in Japanese) (https://www.env.go.jp/info/iken.html).

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