MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

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

                                                                                [s 58]

              (a)    if, at the end of the submission period, the chief
                     executive has accepted any submissions—the day the
                     notice mentioned in subsection (1) was given; or
              (b)    if, under section 56A, the chief executive originally
                     decided to refuse to allow the submitted EIS to proceed
                     but, under section 56B, the Minister decided to allow it
                     to proceed—the giving to the proponent of notice of the
                     Minister’s decision; or
              (c)    otherwise—the end of the submission period.
              Editor’s note—
                 For public inspection of the EIS assessment report, see sections 540A
                 (Registers to be kept by chief executive) and 542 (Inspection of
                 register).


58       Criteria for preparing report
              In preparing an EIS assessment report, the chief executive
              must consider the following—
              (a)    the final terms of reference for the EIS;
              (b)    the submitted EIS;
              (c)    all properly made submissions and any                      other
                     submissions accepted by the chief executive;
              (d)    the standard criteria;
              (e)    another matter prescribed under a regulation.

59       Required content of report
              An EIS assessment report must—
              (a)    address the adequacy of the EIS in addressing the final
                     terms of reference; and
              (b)    address the adequacy of any environmental management
                     plan for the project; and
              (c)    make recommendations about the suitability of the
                     project; and
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