This Decree regards technical guidelines for preparation of environmental information reports, environmental impact analyses, environmental evaluation reports and environmental evaluation studies in the ports sector. The Decree includes an introduction chapter that comprises a brief description regarding the background to the implementation of environmental impact analysis (referred to as ANDAL) for the planned port construction and development activities/projects. The objectives of ANDAL include evaluating significant impacts upon the environment at the site of the planned activities. The guidelines include provisions including descriptions of port construction activities, the environmental characteristics of the area and estimations of impact. The estimations of impacts are based upon the factors of climate, physiography and geology, hydrology, space and land, biology, social economy, and social culture of the community surrounding the area.
Technical Guidelines for the Analysis of Impacts upon the Environment in the Ports Sector (No. 4 of 1990).