Section 59, 62 of the Environmental Protection Act, 2008, the Board hereby makes

(1) The Executive Officer or Authorised Officer mayarrange for random auditing to be carried out on any environmental licence holder’s operations in order to ensure consistency and transparency in environmental and social monitoring. 56 57 Random inspection. Voluntary Audit. Compulsory audit. (2) The frequency of random audit shall vary with the scale and significance of the project and the level of performance identified through routine sampling, inspection and monitoring by the licence holder as follows - (a) Category A and B project environmental licence holders at a frequency of 3 per year. (b) Category C project environmental licence holders at any time if a routine inspection by the Executive Chairman or Authorised Officer indicates that there are serious omissions in environmental or social performance. (3) The Board shall be responsible for the selection of auditors and such selection shall be in accordance with the standards set out in Regulation 60 and the principles contained in the Eighteenth Schedule.