FCA 18-01 POHOWA INTEGRATED AGRO-FORESTRY PROJECT [OCR]
Forest Clearing Authority
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREST AUTHORITY
NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE
OFFICE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
TELEPHONE (675) 3277841 P.O. Box 5055, BOROKO,
TELEPHONE: (675) 3277887 NATIONAL CAPITAL DISTRICT
FACSI/sAILE: (675) 3254433 PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
(Date 25/01/20181)
(File : 157-18-01)
(Our ref : SJK/sjk)
The Director
Maxiand (PNG) Limited
P.O. Box 167
KAV1ENG
New Ireland Province
Dear Sir.
SUBJECT: FORMAL ISSUANCE OF FOREST CLEARING AUTHORITY (FCA
18-01) TO MAXLAND (PNG) LIMITED,
OVER THE POHOWA INTEGRATED AGRO-FORESTRY PROJECT,
CENTRAL MANUS DISTRICT, MANUS
PROVINCE,
We refer to your Forest Clearing Authority Application to cagy out
a Large Scale Agriculture or Other Land•use
Development Project where the amount of proposed Clearance of
Natural Forest is greater than 50 hectares, as situated
in the Pobuma Rural LLG, Block 7 in Central Manus District in Manus
Province.
We are pleased to have you formally advise that your entity has
been duty issued with FCA 18-01 (attached) by the National
Forest Board in its Meeting No. 210 on the 14th of December, 2017.
As specified in Schedule 3 of FCA 18-01, you have a duration of 21
days to formally lodge to your required Performance Bond of
K1 200 000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Kina only). As
such, you are to lodge in the required Bond by the 15th of
February, 2018.
We look forward to a pleasant working relationship between our two
Organizations.
Yours faithfully
TUNOU SABUIN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Cc: Acting Director Field Services
Cc: Acting Area Manager NGI Region
SCHEDULE
INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
Act, Sec. 908(8). Forestry Act 1991. Form 242
Reg. 263
FOREST CLEARING AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT A LARGE SCALE CONVERSION OF
FOREST
TO AGRICULTURE OR OTHER LAND USE DEVELOPMENT.
Forest Clearing Authority No: FCA 18-01
Agriculture or other land use Development Project:
POHOWA INTEGRATED AGRO-FORESTRY PROJECT (RUBBER PLANTATION
DEVELOPMENT), POBUMA LLG, BLOCK 07 IN CENTRAL MANUS DISTRICT,
MANUS PROVINCE.
Pursuant to Section 90B(8) of the Forestry Act 1991, and all other
powers it enabling, the Board hereby
grants a Forest Clearing Authority to MAXLAND (PNG) LIMITED (COMPANY
NO.: 1-62802) [Fl 02172]
(referred to in this Authority as "the Holder).
This Authority authorises the holder to carry out a large scale
forest clearance for commercial agriculture
or other land use development within the 21, 000 hectares of land
area described, and outlined in red on
the map in Schedule 1 ("the Project Area") for the term specified in
Schedule 2 subject to the Act and to
the following terms and conditions;
(a) the holder shall, within 21 days, lodge a performance bond' in
accordance with Section 98 of the
Forestry Act 1991 for the amount specified in Schedule 3.
(b) the holder shall comply with the terms and conditions
specified in the Schedules herein.
(C) the holder shall carry out the agriculture or other land use
project in accordance with the approved
land-use development plan and the approved implementation
schedule contained in the holder's
application for this Authority and as agreed to and as may be
varied by the Board from time to
time.
(d) the holder shall comply with the conditions of any Permit,
License or other Authority relating to the
project and with the provisions of all Environmental and other
relevant laws of Papua New
Guinea
(e) the holder shall comply with such other conditions as are
specified in Schedule 4 hereto.
Dated this 29th day of Decembe 2017.
For the Board.
1 If the Performance Bond is not lodged within 21 days and no application under Section 98(6) of the Forestry Act has been made within 21 days to the Board seeking an extension of time within which to lodge the Performance Bond then this Forest Clearance Authority is deemed void under Section 98(5) of the Act and thereby cancelled.
