52Minister to consult

52 Minister to consult

(1) Before requiring the holder of an exploration permit to vary the injection and testing plan and any risk management plan or monitoring and verification plan prepared as part of that plan, the Minister must provide a copy of the proposed variation to—

S. 52(1)(a) amended by No. 39/2018 s. 39(4).

(2) A person or body referred to in subsection (1) may make a recommendation that the variation to the injection and testing plan not be required or be required subject to conditions if the person or body is of the opinion that—

(a) the work that is proposed to be carried out under the varied plan will present a risk to the environment; or

(b) the details about how any risks to the environment will be managed are inadequate, including details contained in any risk management plan or monitoring and verification plan.

(3) If a recommendation is made within 40 days after the proposed plan 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 approval of an injection testing plan, 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.