The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000

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Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

8.—(1) Where the Secretary of State has been provided with an environmental statement in connection with an EIA application, he may in writing require the applicant concerned to provide such further information as he may specify [F1which is directly relevant to enabling the Secretary of State to reach the reasoned conclusion referred to in regulation 3(2)(c)], [F2and such information provided by the applicant is referred to in this regulation, and regulations 2, [F32A,] 3 and 9, as “further information].

(2) Where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, any [F4further information] ought to have been included in the environmental statement in question, the Secretary of State shall notify the applicant in writing accordingly, [F5specifying the further information] in question, and the provisions of paragraphs (3) to (7) below shall apply in respect of [F6such further information].

[F7(3) The applicant shall serve a copy of the further information on those consultation bodies specified in the notice given pursuant to regulation 7(2) above, together with a notice which—

(a)refers to the information previously served on that person; and

(b)states that further representations may be made in writing to the Secretary of State by a date specified in the notice, which shall be at least [F830 days] after the date on which the further information and notice were served on that person.]

[F9(3A) The applicant shall notify the Secretary of State of the name of every person on whom he has served the further information pursuant to paragraph (3) above, and the date of such service.]

[F10(4) The applicant shall make available to the public copies of the EIA application, the environmental statement, any supplementary information and the further information in the same way as the applicant previously made available the application, the environmental statement, and any supplementary information for the period commencing with the date of first publication of the notice referred to in paragraph (5) below and ending with a date not less than [F830 days] after the date on which the notice is to be last published pursuant to that paragraph.]

[F11(5) The applicant shall publish a notice containing the information specified in paragraph (6)—

(a)in two successive weeks in—

(i)the Gazette, and

(ii)one or more local newspapers circulating in each area in which the relevant pipe-line works would be carried out; and

(b)on a public website alongside the further information.]

[F12(6) A notice published pursuant to paragraph (5) above shall—

(a)refer to the previous notice in respect of the application, the environmental statement and any supplementary information and state that further information has been provided;

(b)state that a copy of the application, the environmental statement, any supplementary information and the further information may be inspected by members of the public;

(c)give the address and times at which copies of the documents referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above may be inspected and the latest date (being a date not less than [F830 days] after the date on which the notice is to be last published pursuant to paragraph (5) above) on which they will be available for inspection;

(d)give the address at which copies of the documents referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above may be obtained and state that copies of those documents may be obtained there and, where any charge is to be made pursuant to regulation 9 below for a copy of the environmental statement, any supplementary information or further information, specify the amount of any such charge; and

(e)state that any person wishing to make representations about the application should make them in writing to the Secretary of State by a date not less than [F830 days] after the date on which the notice is to be last published pursuant to paragraph (5) above, and specify the address to which any such representations should be sent.]

(7) The applicant shall provide the Secretary of State with copies of each of the newspapers and the Gazette in which the [F13notice referred to in paragraph (5) above] appeared, in each case no later than 7 days after the date of publication of those newspapers and the Gazette [F14and also the address of the public website on which the notice was published in accordance with paragraph (5).]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in reg. 8(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), regs. 1, 52(a)(i) (with reg. 58)

F2Words in reg. 8(1) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1992), regs. 1, 8(a) (with reg. 12)

F3Words in reg. 8(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), regs. 1, 52(a)(ii) (with reg. 58)

F4Words in reg. 8(2) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1992), regs. 1, 8(b)(i) (with reg. 12)

F5Words in reg. 8(2) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1992), regs. 1, 8(b)(ii) (with reg. 12)

F6Words in reg. 8(2) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1992), regs. 1, 8(b)(iii) (with reg. 12)

F7Reg. 8(3) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1992), regs. 1, 8(c) (with reg. 12)

F8Words in Regulations substituted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), reg. 45 (with reg. 58)

F9Reg. 8(3A) inserted (20.8.2007) by The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1992), regs. 1, 8(d) (with reg. 12)

F10Reg. 8(4) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1992), regs. 1, 8(e) (with reg. 12)

F11Reg. 8(5) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), regs. 1, 52(b) (with reg. 58)