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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

ACRONYMS

AAV Ambient Air Vaporisers

AER Annual Environmental Report

ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOI Area of Influence

API American Petroleum Institute

AQMP Air Quality Management Plan

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

BID Background Information Document

BMPs Best Management Practices

BS British Standards

CA Competent Authority

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CCTV Close Circuit Television

CITES Convention in International Trade of Endangered Species

CLM Community Liaison Manager

CLO Community Liaison Officer

CM Construction Manager

CMS Convention on Migratory Species

CP Cathodic Protection

CS Construction Supervision

DC Direct Current

DWD Dangme West District

DnV Det Norske Veritas

EAP Environmental Assessment Practitioner

EAR Environmental Assessment Regulations

EC Energy Commission of Ghana

EFAT Extended FAT

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EIRF Environmental Incident Report File

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EM Environmental Manager

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EMP Environmental Management Plan

ENVID Environmental Hazard Identification

EP Environmental Permit

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPC Engineering, Procurement and Construction

EPRP Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan

ERP Emergency Response Plan

ESD Emergency Shutdown

ESDV Emergency Shutdown Valve

ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan

ES-MS Environmental and Social Management System

F&G Fire and Gas

FAT Factory Acceptance Test

FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change

FEED Front End Engineering Design

FG Fuel Gas

FGDs Focus Group Discussions

FID Factories Inspectorate Division

FIT Factory Integration Test

FSRU Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit

GEMA Ga East Metropolitan Assembly

GPHA Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority

GMA Ghana Maritime Authority

GNFS Ghana National Fire Service

GNPC Ghana National Petroleum Corporation

GPS Global Position System

GSA Ghana Standards Authority

HAZID Hazard Identification

HAZOP Hazard and Operability

HPU Hydraulic Power Unit

HSE Health, Safety & Environment

HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

IAP Interested and Affected Parties

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ICSS Integrated Control & Safety System

IFC International Finance Corporation

IFV Intermediate Fluid Vaporisers

IGEM Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers

IMO International Maritime Organization

IPP Independent Power Producer

ISO International Standard Organization

KII Key Informant Interviews

KKD Kpone Katamanso District

KPGL Knight Piésold Ghana Limited

L10 Nuisance Noise level

L50 Average Noise Level

L90 Background Noise Level

LCO Light Crude Oil

LEQ Equivalent Noise Level

LI Legislative Instrument

Lmax Maximum Noise Level

Lmin Minimum Noise Level

LNG Liquefied Natural Gas

LOA Land Owner Agreement

M 3/h Cubic Metre per Hour

MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MCM Multiple Count Matrix

MEG Mono-Ethylene Glycol

Mmscf/d Million Standard Cubic Feet/Day

MoEP Ministry of Energy and Petroleum

MOFAD Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development

MRP Mine Reserve Plant

MTO Material Take Off

NiPDA Ningo Prampram District Assembly

NOAA AOML National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlantic Oceanographic and

Meteorological Laboratory

OHS Occupational Health and Safety

ORV Open Rack Vaporisers

PA Participatory Appraisal

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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

PCDP Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan

PCS Process Control System

PCV Pressure Control Valve

PEA Preliminary Environmental Assessment

PER Preliminary Environmental Report

PLEM Pipeline End Manifold

PLET Pipeline End Termination

PM Particulate Matter

PM10 Particulate Matter with Aerodynamic Diameter Equal or Less Than 10µm

PLR Pig Launcher / Receiver

POP Persistent Organic Pollutant

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

PPP Public Participation Process

PSU Power Supply Unit

PTO Permission To Occupy

PURC Public Utilities Regulatory Commission

QA Quality Assurance

QC Quality Control

QMS Quality Management System

QPRGG Quantum Power Ghana Gas Limited

QRA Quantitative Risk Assessment

RoW Right of Way

SBM Single Buoy Mooring

SCR Selective Catalytic Reduction

SCS SSIV Control System

SCV Submerged Combustion Vaporisers

SHE Safety Health and Environment

SIA Social Impact Assessment

SIT System Integration Test

SLM Sound Level Meters

SMP Stockpile Management Plan

SP Species

SPCC Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure

SRT Site Receipt Test

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SSIV Subsea Isolation Valve

TAPCO Takoradi Thermal Plant Company

TCPD Town and Country Planning Department

TDC Tema Development Corporation

TICO Takoradi International Company

TMA Tema Metropolitan Assembly

ToR Terms of Reference

TSP Total Suspended Particulates

TT1PP Tema Thermal 1 Power Plant

TT2PP Tema Thermal 2 Power Plant

TUTU Topside Umbilical Termination Unit

VALCO Volta Aluminium Company

VDC Volts Direct Current

VDU Visual Display Unit

VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds

VOS Velocity of Sounds

VRA Volta River Authority

WAGP West Africa Gas Pipeline

WAGPCO West Africa Gas Pipeline Company

WMP Waste Management Plan