171Surrender of injection and monitoring licence

171 Surrender of injection and monitoring licence

(1) For the purposes of determining whether a stored greenhouse gas substance will present a risk to the environment, the Minister must, within 21 days of receiving an application for surrender of an authority, provide a copy of the application to—

S. 171(1)(a) amended by No. 39/2018 s. 39(7).

(2) A person or body referred to in subsection (1) may make a binding recommendation that the application for surrender of an authority not be approved or be approved subject to conditions if the person or body is of the opinion that—

(a) the stored greenhouse gas substance will present a risk to the environment; or

(b) the applicant's proposed risk management plan in relation to the environment is inadequate; or

(c) the applicant's proposed long-term monitoring and verification plan, including estimated costs in relation to carrying out the activities detailed in that plan, is inadequate.

(3) If a recommendation is made within 40 days after the application is provided to a person or body under this section, the recommendation is binding on the Minister.

(4) If a person or body requests that the Department provide further information in relation to an application for surrender of an authority, the time in which the person or body may make a recommendation does not include the period from the date that the request for further information is made until the date that the information is received.