Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 51

51 Public notification

(1) This section applies if the chief executive decides to allow an EIS to proceed and gives the proponent a notice about the decision under section 49 (6) .

(2) Within 20 business days after the giving of the notice, the proponent must—

(a) give written notice about the EIS (the
"EIS notice" ) to—

(i) each affected person for the project; and

(ii) each interested person; and

(iii) any other person decided by the chief executive; and

(b) after giving the EIS notice under paragraph (a) , publish the EIS notice—

(i) on a website; and

(ii) in another way prescribed under a regulation or decided by the chief executive; and

(c) make a copy of the submitted EIS available on a website.

(3) The chief executive may decide another person for subsection (2) (a) (iii) or another way of publishing the EIS notice for subsection (2) (b) (ii) only by giving the proponent an information notice about the decision before the notice is published.

(4) The proponent must keep the information mentioned in subsection (2) (b) and (c) available on a website from the start of the submission period until—

(a) if the proponent is given notice by the chief executive under section 56A (5) that the submitted EIS may not proceed and the proponent does not apply for a review of or appeal against the decision—the day the notice is given; or

(b) if the proponent is given notice by the chief executive under section 56A (5) , as applied by section 56AA (5) , that the submitted EIS may not proceed—the day the notice is given; or

(c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—the day that is 2 years after the chief executive gives the proponent an EIS assessment report under section 57 (2) .

(5) This section is subject to section 68 .