The development proposal triggered an SEA, which was completed by an independent environmental consulting firm in 2011. The initial consultations with key stakeholders during the scoping phase of the assessment were followed by almost 400 household surveys, meetings and focus groups with local leaders, neighboring businesses and estates, and Tatu Estate coffee workers, interviews with government officers, a community mapping exercise, and three public meetings during the actual SEA study (GIBB Africa Ltd., 2011). The summaries of comments, concerns, questions, and responses for each of the consultations were included in the SEA report.