The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again announced that an impact assessment will not be required for Non Destructive Testers Limited (Guyana) Inc. to operate and store Industrial X-Ray and Gamma Ray Equipment at Coverden, East Bank Demerara.
NDTL, a Trinidadian-based company, has partnered with the National Hardware to undertake the venture. In June, 2021, the EPA made its first announcement that the proposed operation would not require an impact assessment. Instead NDTL would’ve had to prepare an Environmental Management Plan (EMP). But Cover-den residents appealed against the agency’s decision and public hearings were held by the Environmental Authorisation Board (EAB) to listen to concerns of the people and determine whether the EPA erred in its decision to forgo an impact assessment.