About revision of Yokohama-shi environmental impact assessment system

More than 10 years have passed since the enforcement of the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (1999), and the Environmental Impact Assessment System was revised to respond to changes in social conditions and operational issues during this period. . Specifically, we revised the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance and the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance, and formulated the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines and the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Technical Guidelines, and August 1, 2011. Effective from

At the 4th City Counsil Regular Meeting in 2010, "Revision of the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance" was passed, and a new ordinance was promulgated on December 24, 2010. The new ordinance came into effect on August 1, 2011.

As procedures for consideration for the environment at the planning stage of the project, we introduced procedures such as the creation and public notice and inspection of "consideration letter", the submission of environmental information from citizens, and the creation of "consideration mayor opinion statement".
Along with this, we abolished "summary about adjustment from environmental aspect to affect planning of plans such as Yokohama-shi development projects".

At the preparation stage, the submission of the “Preparatory Statement Opinion Statement” from the business operator was newly stipulated, and the amendment was made to submit an opinion statement during this inspection period.
In addition, we made examination book (mayor opinion) for "preparation book", and revised "evaluation book" to be based on "examination book".

It has been revised to publish the full text of books, etc. from the "Consideration Letter" to the "Post-Survey Result Report" via the Internet.

• New and old comparison flow chart of environmental impact assessment procedures (PDF: 196KB)
• Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance New and Old Comparison Table (PDF: 262KB)

Please see the full text of the ordinance from the top page.

In revising the ordinance, in June 2009, we consulted the Yokohama City Environmental Creation Council on "the ideal way of a system for environmental impact assessment", and obtained a report in March 2010 and proceeded with the study. . About examination progress in Yokohama-shi environment creation council, please see the following homepage.

• Council for Yokohama-shi environment creation "about the way of system about environmental impact assessment" report (PDF: 357KB)

Along with the ordinance revision, the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance Enforcement Regulations were revised, environmental considerations guidelines and environmental impact assessment technology guidelines were formulated. These guidelines have also come into effect on August 1, 2011. For details, please refer to the following section.

It is an enforcement rule that stipulates the details of procedures stipulated in the ordinance and the scale requirements of the target business.
About procedure of plan stage to introduce newly, we established about matter that company should list in book, matter that the mayor should announce and performed revision with the regulations revision.
In addition, the scale requirements of the target project were reviewed based on reports from the Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Council.

• Yokohama City Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance Enforcement Regulations Old and New Comparison Table (text) (PDF: 394KB)
• Yokohama-shi environmental impact assessment regulations enforcement regulations old and new comparison table (attached table 1-3) (PDF: 266KB)

Please refer to the top page for the full text of the enforcement regulations.

Based on approach policy and basic measure in "Yokohama-shi environmental management plan", it is guideline that company established matter to consider about environmental influence from plan stage.
In addition to encouraging businesses to take voluntary environmental considerations, such as measures against global warming and the conservation of biodiversity, we aim to promote urban development in Yokohama by contributing to the environment.

Please refer to the top page for the full text of the Guidelines.

Guidelines for technical matters to ensure proper and smooth implementation of environmental impact assessments and post-surveys.
Describes "Environmental Impact Assessment Items", "Methods for Investigation, Prediction and Evaluation", "Methods for Ex-post Investigation", "Matters for Environmental Impact Assessment and Ex-post Investigation", etc.
In the technical guidelines based on the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance before the revision, changes in the items described in the books due to the review of the procedures, review of the environmental impact assessment items, etc. were added, and explanations were added to make it easier to understand.

Please refer to the top page for the full text of the technical guidelines.

We carried out open call for opinions from February 17 to March 18, 2011 about plans such as Yokohama-shi environmental impact assessment regulations enforcement regulations, Yokohama-shi environmental consideration guideline and revision of Yokohama-shi environmental impact assessment technology guideline, and totaled 4 We received your opinions. Opinions received and ideas for them are announced on our website.