Vava'u Marine Services: Vaipua Boatyard Development - Environmental Impact Assessment

This document reports the findings of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the
construction of a hard stand boat haul out and storage facility (here on referred to as a boatyard) in
the Vaipua area of the Vava’u island group in the Kingdom of Tonga. The boatyard operation will
consist of a compacted haulage slipway, a graded and sealed land area and related terrestrial
infrastructure covering an area of approximately 2.42 hectares. The boatyard will be a facility for the
long or short term storage of a maximum of 150 vessels up to 55ft in length with a maximum weight
of 30 tonnes.
Following the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act 2003, approval must be sought from the
Tongan Government Ministry for Environment for any predefined major projects that are likely to
have an impact on the elements described in the EIA Act. Under Schedule 1 (subsection j) of the EIA
Act, this project comprises “of a dry storage area for more than 20 pleasure or recreation craft”
rendering it a major project and therefore automatically requiring an EIA to be presented to the
Minister of Environment.
Pacific Environmental & Ecotourism Consultancy Services (PEECS) (consultant) has been contracted
by Vava’u Marine Services (proponent) to prepare the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This
EIA is prepared in accordance with the Tongan Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2010
and other relevant regulations and guidelines applicable to the proposed project.

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