MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                 Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                         Chapter 3 Environmental impact statements
                                                                Part 1 EIS process

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        (6)   The chief executive must give the proponent written notice of
              the Minister’s decision within 10 business days after it is
              made.
        (7)   If the Minister’s decision is to confirm the chief executive’s
              decision, the notice must state reasons for the Minister’s
              decision.


Division 4                  Notification stage

Subdivision 1               Public notice requirements

51       Public notification
        (1)   This section applies if the chief executive has given the
              proponent a notice, under section 49(5), that the EIS may
              proceed under this division.
        (2)   Within 20 business days after the giving of the notice, the
              proponent must—
              (a)    give written notice about the EIS (the EIS notice) to—
                     (i)   each affected person for the project; and
                     (ii) each interested person; and
                     (iii) any other person decided by the chief executive;
                           and
              (b)    after giving the EIS notice under paragraph (a), publish
                     the EIS notice—
                     (i)   at least once in a newspaper circulating in the
                           locality of the operational land; and
                     (ii) in another way prescribed under a regulation or
                          decided by the chief executive; and
              (c)    make a copy of the submitted EIS available on a
                     website.


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