February 2014


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The members of the National Environmental Assessment Task Force (NEATF) were officially presented with their Letters of Appointment by Senator the Honourable, Ganga Singh, Minister of the Environment and Water Resources on February 7, 2014 at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Conference Room, Port of Spain.

The Task Force has been established to oversee all activities that are necessary to address the environmental impacts of the oil spills at the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (PETROTRIN) affecting the coastline of the South West Peninsula of Trinidad and Tobago. The force will also provide guidance to the Environmental Management Authority as a lead agency in the clean-up efforts.

Appointed members of the National Environmental Assessment Task Force: Front row, middle: Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Senator the Honourable Ganga Singh. From left (front row) Dr Rahanna Juman–Institute of Marine Affairs, Professor Indar Ramnarine, Chairman–Institute of Marine Affairs, Dr Allan Bachan, Chairman–Environmental Management Authority, Ms Christine Chan A Shingh, Director–Fisheries Division, Ministry of Food Production. Back row from left: Mr Jalaludin Khan–National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Akenath Misir, Principal Medical Officer–Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Mr Neil Alleyne, Head of Petroleum Engineering–University of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor John Agard, Pollution and Environmental Control– The University of the West Indies, Dr Darryl Banjoo–Institute of Marine Affairs and Mr Nigel Darwent–Deputy Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Petroleum Company Limited (NP).