Final Report Chapter 9 Environmental and Social Considerations  The EIA report shall cover the following matters:  Brief introduction of the project implementing agency/developer and environmental and social experts  Policies and legal/institutional framework  Explanation of the project and selection of alternatives  Explanation of the local environment  Impact and risk assessment and alleviating measures  Cumulative impact assessment  Environmental Management Plan (EMP)  Public consultation and disclosure  The EIA report shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, which shall announce the availability of the EIA report on its website and invite comments and recommendations on the EIA report from related agencies and society at large so that the final decision regarding approval of the proposed report can be made on the basis of such comments and recommendations. This decision-making process shall also be made public.  Approval of the Project  The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry will issue an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) (valid for 2 years), and the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) and other related agencies may not approve any project for which no ECC has been issued.  The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry may require a review of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) in which case the project implementing agency shall submit a revised EMP.  The project owner shall employ its contractors, subcontractors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and consultants, and represent the project in the execution of the works for the project for which the EMP has been approved, and shall take full legal and financial responsibility for all detrimental impacts, actions and omissions occurring under the project.  The project owner shall carry out in their entirety the EMP, all project commitments and requirements, and shall take responsibility for ensuring that all the contractors and subcontractors for the project conform in full to all the applicable laws, the EMP, the project contracts and requirements.  The project implementing agency/project owner shall be responsible for all the requirements as provided in the Environmental Compliance Certificate, and in the applicable laws and standards.  Monitoring  The project owner shall monitor the environmental impacts of the project in accordance with the ECC, the EMP and applicable laws and standards during the period of implementation of the project (before construction, during construction and operation, on abolition and termination, and after termination), and shall submit the monitoring report in the form 9-8