97Risk to the environment

97 Risk to the environment

(1) For the purposes of determining whether the injection and permanent storage of a greenhouse gas substance will present a risk to the environment, the Minister must, within 21 days of receiving an injection and monitoring plan for approval, provide a copy of the proposed plan to—

S. 97(1)(a) amended by No. 39/2018 s. 39(5).

(2) A person or body referred to in subsection (1) may make a recommendation that the injection and monitoring plan not be approved or be approved 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 plan 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 monitoring and verification plan, including the estimated cost of carrying out monitoring and verification activities after surrendering the greenhouse gas injection and monitoring licence, is inadequate.

(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 and monitoring 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.