MEDIA RELEASE The new Customer Portal for Certificates of Environmental Clearance (CEC)!

The new Customer Portal for all Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) applications and payments is now live and is available to all CEC applicants. Effective today, 1 October 2024, paper-based CEC applications are no longer accepted. This launch comes after the completion of a successful pilot project together with the Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre (TTIFC) and the Emerging Services and Innovation (ES&I) Division.

The portal eliminates previous paper-based CEC applications (such as CEC Application Form A and the Pre-screening Form), aligning with the EMA’s Strategic Plan (2022 – 2026) and the environmental priority of facilitating business transactions, as outlined in the National Environmental Policy, 2018. Additionally, this system eliminates the task of physically dropping one’s application at a drop-box in your regional Town and Country Planning Division office.