MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 7 Environmental management
Part 4A Temporary emissions licences

[s 357C]

                 Example of application in anticipation of an applicable event—
                   application to release a contaminant into water when flood waters are
                   due to reach the site of an activity within hours or days
                 Example of application in response to an applicable event—
                   application to allow a waste transfer station to change its operating
                   hours, or the types of material it receives, as part of a flood response
                   after flood waters have receded
           (4)   The application must—
                 (a)   be made—
                       (i)   in person to an authorised person; or
                       (ii) by email or facsimile to the administering
                            authority; and
                 (b)   be supported by enough information to enable the
                       administering authority to decide the application.
           (5)   The applicant must pay the administering authority the fee for
                 the application prescribed under a regulation.
           (6)   If the applicant does not pay the fee within the period of at
                 least 20 days stated for payment in a notice given to the
                 applicant by the administering authority, the administering
                 authority may recover it as a debt.

357C Deciding application
                 The administering authority must decide the application as
                 soon as practicable, but no later than 24 hours after receiving
                 it.

357D Criteria for decision
                 In deciding the application, the administering authority must
                 have regard to the following—
                 (a)   the application;




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