192Content of environmental impact statement

192 Content of environmental impact statement

192 Content of environmental impact statement

(1) An environmental impact statement must contain the following—

(a) a summary of the environmental impact statement,

(b) a statement of the objectives of the development, activity or infrastructure,

(c) (Repealed)

(d) an analysis of the development, activity or infrastructure, including—

(i) a full description of the development, activity or infrastructure, and

(ii) a general description of the environment likely to be affected by the development, activity or infrastructure and a detailed description of the aspects of the environment that are likely to be significantly affected, and

(iii) the significant likely impacts on the environment of the development, activity or infrastructure, and

(iv) a full description of the proposed measures to mitigate adverse effects of the development, activity or infrastructure on the environment, and

(v) a list of the approvals that must be obtained under another Act or law before the development, activity or infrastructure may lawfully be carried out,

(e) a compilation, in a single section of the environmental impact statement, of the proposed measures referred to in paragraph (d)(iv),

(f) the reasons justifying the carrying out of the development, activity or infrastructure, considering biophysical, economic and social factors, including the principles of ecologically sustainable development set out in section 193.

Note—

A cost benefit analysis may be submitted or referred to in the reasons justifying the carrying out of the development, activity or infrastructure.

(2) This section is subject to the environmental assessment requirements that relate to the environmental impact statement.

(3) This section does not apply if—

(a) the Planning Secretary has waived the requirement for an application for environmental assessment requirements in relation to an environmental impact statement for State significant development, and