residents appealed. Under Section 18(2) of the EPA Act, Cap.20:05, Laws of Guyana, the EAB is mandated to conduct public hearings into all appeals submitted against an EPA decision not to require an EIA for the project.

The plan by SLB is to have several facilities in its Houston Complex that will store and facilitate the transport of sources. These sources are used in the oil and gas sector and as such, are expected to be transported to production sites offshores.

The sources will be stored in 19 pits underground, with 300-millimetre-thick concrete walls, and for secondary protection, a six-millimetre carbon steel casing, above flood water levels, and sealed with a heavy steel cap that has to be lifted with a heavy-duty machine.