227Decision or recommendation on significant variation

227 Decision or recommendation on significant variation (1) The NT EPA must consider the significant variation and decide whether: (a) the environmental impact of the variation can be managed through the existing conditions of the environmental approval; or (b) the environmental impact of the variation can be managed through amendments to the environmental approval; or

Subdivision 3 Consideration of accepted referral of significant variation Environment Protection Regulations 2020 106 (c) the environmental impacts of the variation are such that a new environmental impact assessment of the variation is required. (2) If the NT EPA decides that a new assessment is required for a (a) decide: (b) recommend to the Minister: (i) that the assessment of the significant variation be a (3) Regulations 59, 60 and 61 apply to the decision or recommendation on the method of environmental impact assessment. (4) A decision or recommendation under subregulations (1) and (2) must be made within 30 business days after the end of the submission period specified in the notice under regulation 224. (5) The required period for the NT EPA to make a decision or recommendation under subregulation (1) or (2) ceases to run regulation 60 or 61.