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Draft Environmental Impact Assessment for Montserrat geothermal project released

Draft Environmental Impact Assessment for Montserrat geothermal project released Site of Well MON-01, Montserrat, Caribbean (source: Montserrat government)
Alexander Richter 7 Dec 2015

The draft of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the drilling of a third well of the geothermal project on Montserrat in the Caribbean has been released for comments.

The draft of the Environmental Impact Assessment study for the drilling of the third well for the geothermal project on Montserrat in the Caribbean has been released for public review.

The Public Works Department of Montserrat is encouraging interested stakeholders and residents to read the document online on the Government of Montserrat website. The link is provided below

Comments can also be sent in to esales@caribsurf.com

A public consultation to present the document will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 6PM, at a venue to be confirmed.

Residents will also be able to listen to the consultants from Atom Solutions Barbados on Wednesday morning at 10AM on ZJB Radio Montserrat. The Government of Montserrat has a mandate to provide an opportunity for the public to provide feedback on projects and programmes which would affect the general population.

Download a copy of the draft EIA here (pdf).

Source: MNI Alive