The following steps are included in the process of determining, examining, characterizing, and assessing any potential major environmental effects that may arise from carrying out the intended activity:

• post-project analysis of actual impacts in the implementation of the planned activity, if the need for its implementation is determined;
• consideration of the application for the proposed activity in order to determine its compliance with the requirements, as well as in cases provided for by the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, screening the impacts of the planned activity;
• Making an opinion on the results of the environmental impact assessment and its accounting;
• assessment of the quality of the report on possible impacts;
• Defining the scope of environmental impact assessment;
• preparation of a report on possible impacts.

It is understood that the planned activities of individuals and legal entities include the building and continuous operation of production facilities and other facilities with other types of environmental interference, such as through subsurface use operations, as well as the introduction of significant changes in such activities.

An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is conducted at the planning stage of every project to identify the environmental and other consequences of the project in accordance with the precautionary principle (Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environmental Protection and Development of the United Nations, 2009), as well as the requirements of Kazakhstan Trans Petroleum, LLP’s environmental management system and the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Public associations, research organizations, administrative, state, and regulatory entities, the local populace, and the media participate in public hearings held during the design phase of every project. Kazakhstan Trans Petroleum, LLP has conducted the following public hearings within the last ten years:

• Pre-EIA to the feasibility study “Construction of a hydrogen production plant”;
• Pre-EIA to the feasibility study “Construction of a liquefied petroleum gas purification plant”;
• EIA to the Project “Reconstruction of the building for repair of instrumentation devices with the construction of an extension for the repair of control and shut-off valves;
• Pre-EIA to the feasibility study “Reconstruction of the diesel fuel hydrotreating unit with the integration of the dewaxing unit”;
• Pre-EIA to the feasibility study “Automated installation of clock loading with transport infrastructure facilities”.

Everyone who is interested is able to access EIA projects, and we welcome and record ideas and comments. All of Kazakhstan Trans Petroleum, LLP’s EIA projects are subject to state environmental expertise and are accessible to the interested public on their official websites as well as those of local authorities throughout the project.