22OConsideration and publication of long-term water resources assessment

22O Consideration and publication of long-term water resources assessment (1) The Minister, after considering the report of the Environment Protection Authority under section 22N, may— (a) endorse a long-term water resources assessment; or (b) endorse a long-term water resources assessment with any amendments the Minister considers appropriate; or (c) refuse to endorse a long-term water resources assessment. (2) As soon as practicable after completing a long term water resources assessment, the Minister must— (a) make a copy of the assessment and the review of the assessment by the Environment Protection Authority available for inspection, during business hours, free of charge at the offices of the Department located in the region to which the assessment applies; and (b) make a copy of the assessment available on the Department's website; and (c) publish a notice of the availability of the copy of the assessment in a newspaper circulating generally in the area to which the assessment applies. S. 22O(3) amended by No. 23/2019 s. 16. (3) If a long-term water resources assessment has not been completed within 18 months of the publication of a notice under section 22M(a) for that assessment, the Minister must, on publication of the assessment, publish reasons for the delay in the preparation of the assessment. S. 22P inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 11, amended by No. 23/2019 s. 17(1)(a)(c)(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).