- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 January 2021

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The following development proposals are to be approved by the EIA Administrator—

(a)a proposal that could result in erosion of any coast, coastline, beach or foreshore;
(b)a proposal that could result in the pollution of any marine waters, ground water, freshwater body or other water resource;
(c)a proposal that could result in the contamination or degradation of any agricultural area or land important for agriculture;
(d)a proposal for construction of an airport;
(e)a proposal for construction of a hotel or tourist resort;
(f)a proposal for mining, reclaiming of minerals or reprocessing of tailings;
(g)a proposal for construction of a dam, artificial lake, hydro-electric scheme or irrigation project;
(h)a proposal for heavy industrial development or noxious industrial development;
(i)a proposal for commercial logging or for a saw milling operation;
(j)a proposal that could alter tidal action, wave action, currents or other natural processes of the sea, including but not limited to reclamation of the sea, mangrove areas, foreshore, rivers or creeks or construction of a jetty, dock, wharf, pier or bridge;
(k)a proposal that would introduce pollutants or properties to the air that are disagreeable or potentially harmful to people and wildlife;
(l)a proposal that could jeopardise the continued existence of any protected, rare, threatened or endangered species or its critical habitat or nesting grounds;
(m)a proposal that could deplete populations of migratory species including, but not limited to, birds, sea turtles, fish, marine mammals;
(n)a proposal that could harm or destroy designated or proposed protected areas including, but not limited to, conservation areas, national parks, wildlife refuges, wildlife preserves, wildlife sanctuaries, mangrove conservation areas, forest reserves, fishing grounds (including reef fisheries), fish aggregation and spawning sites, fishing or gleaning areas, fish nursery areas, urban parks, recreational areas and any other category or area designated by a written law;
(o)a proposal that could destroy or damage an ecosystem of national importance, including, but not limited to, a beach, coral reef, rock and gravel deposit, sand deposit, island, native forest, agricultural area, lagoon, sea-grass bed, mangrove swamp, natural pass or channel, natural lake or pond, a pelagic (open ocean) ecosystem or an estuary;
(p)a proposal that would result in the introduction of genetically modified organisms or of non-native species that could compete with or destroy any native species;
(q)a proposal for the construction of a landfill facility, composting plant, marine outfall or waste water treatment plant;
(r)a proposal that involves dredging or excavating a river bed;
(s)a proposal that is controversial from an environmental standpoint, or is not supported for environmental or resource management reasons by a significant number of representatives from the local community, local government, churches, villages and other groups;
(t)a proposal that could lead to the depletion of non-renewable resources;
(u)a proposal that could challenge or contravene established customary controls over the use of natural resources;
(v)a proposal that could result in any trans-boundary movement of wastes that could have an impact on human health, the environment or natural resources in any neighbouring country;
(w)a proposal financed by an international or local development finance institution and which requires an EIA as a condition of the finance;
(x)a proposal for farming or agricultural method or system that could result in the contamination or degradation of any agricultural area or land important for agriculture;
(y)a proposal for a residential subdivision for more than 10 lots.