Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
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Coordination of EIA | ||
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22. (1) Where an application for a licence under section 21 (1) is in respect of an abstraction that involves development or proposed development that is or was the subject of an environmental impact assessment (within the meaning of the Act of 2000) by a planning authority or the Board under the Act of 2000, the EIA required to be carried out by the Agency under section 21 (3) may be carried out by the Agency in whole or in part by way of the sharing of information and documentation relating to the effects of the abstraction or development on the environment with, consultation with, or the submission of observations to, that planning authority or the Board in accordance with section 25 . | ||
(2) The Agency shall, where appropriate, coordinate the EIA with any other assessment of the abstraction under the Regulations of 2011. |