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Environment Protection Act 2019
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82 Publication of environmental approval
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister must publish an
environmental approval granted under Division 3 or 4 as soon as
practicable after it is granted.
(2) If a draft environmental approval is taken to be an environmental
approval under section 74(2), the CEO must, as soon as
practicable after the approval takes effect, publish:
(a) the environmental approval; and
(b) a statement that the approval has been granted under
section 74(2).
(3) If the environmental approval is granted under section 69 or 80(1),
the Minister must publish a statement of reasons for the approval.
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(4) The statement of reasons must include the following:
(a) for an approval granted under section 69(1)(a) – a statement
that the proposed conditions of the NT EPA have been
adopted;
(b) for an approval granted under section 69(1)(b) – a statement
of the amendments made and the reasons for those
amendments;
(c) for an approval granted under section 80 – a statement of the
reasons for not accepting the statement of unacceptable
impact and for granting the approval.
(5) The Minister must give a copy of the environmental approval and
any statement of reasons published under subsection (3) to:
(a) the NT EPA; and
(b) the proponent; and
(c) any statutory decision-maker consulted in accordance with
section 70 or 80.