Letter to ExxonMobil President, Alistair Routledge

May 08, 2022 Letters

Dear Mr. Routledge,
RE: Upcoming Public Consultations on Gas-to-Energy Project
Greetings. Trust this finds you and your circle well.
I write to respectfully ask the above-captioned be postponed until after the 60 days period of the EPA ignited by your EIA& EIS submissions in or around 20 April 2022.
It is fully comprehended the need for stakeholders’ consultations. However, is it necessary to do it now and within the period for us, the citizens, to read the voluminous documents. It is our “human right” to do so peacefully without the noise of a campaign that contributes neither to the procedure nor the process of:
· The spirit of the law, EPA, in mandating 60 days for concerns to be filed
· Implementing your own self-governance as stated in the company’s CSR to manage responsibly, impact on communities. Sometimes the type of management requires the allowance by your company of noise-free and quiet time in order for us citizens to gain full, free and prior information from the EIA inter alia to more meaningfully engage in the local content & stakeholder arenas of & in this project.
· Implementation flaws in your stakeholders’ consultations plans. Kindly note that none of the stakeholders in the immediate vicinity of the proposed pipeline route through Canal #1 were ever consulted. How could the EIS document make it thus far when its preparation is lacking in the engagement needed to assess the impacts landowners and residents in the direct vicinity will suffer referred to as “primary stakeholders” in the “Stakeholder Engagement Strategy”? This is a failure in the implementation of your own self-created “Stakeholder Engagement Plan for Guyana”.
The need for the proposed PR and educational campaign is appreciated but at this point in time, it unnecessarily muddies the waters of good intent and the background context. As this is not a competitive process, postponing the time would neither add nor take away from your position of attainment. Further, this round of proposed meetings and consultations does not affect the outcome of the EPA’s decision only causes needless distractions. We would appreciate this quietude from you on public consultation about ‘gas-to-energy project, the EPA’s authorisation process and assessment findings’ until after the expiration of the 60 days period. This would create the environment to help us ensure that we are setting the stage for the future generations of Guyanese with clarity and mutual respect.
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Kind regards,
Elizabeth Deane-Hughes

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