Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Determinations following consideration of project under regulation 28

29.—(1) Where, pursuant to regulation 28, the Department considers that a proposed project is not a relevant project, it shall, by general and local advertisement—

(a) state that it proposes to carry out the project in question;

(b) describe briefly the nature, size and location of the proposed project;

(c) state that it does not propose to prepare an environmental statement in respect of the project;

(d) state that any person may make representations to the Department in writing in relation to the likely environmental effects of the project at an address specified in the notice within 28 days of the date of the publication of the notice in the Belfast Gazette; and

(e) describe what other information relating to the environmental effects of the proposed project is available and give details of where it can be obtained.

(2) Where the Department publishes a notice in accordance with paragraph (1) in relation to any proposed project it shall, on or before the date of the publication of the notice in the Belfast Gazette, send a copy of that notice to each of the consultation bodies.

(3) Where, within the period specified in paragraph (1)(d), no representations have been made to the effect that the proposed project is likely to have significant effects on the environment, the Department may proceed to carry out the project.

(4) Where, following the period specified in paragraph (1)(d) the Department considers (whether in the light of any representations or otherwise) that the proposed project is likely to have significant effects on the environment, it shall make a determination accordingly.