Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
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Coordination of EIA for combined application for licence | ||
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38. (1) Where a combined application for a licence under section 37 (1) comprises a revised 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 the planning authority or the Board under the Act of 2000, the EIA required to be carried out by the Agency under section 37 (6) may be carried out by the Agency in part or in whole 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 , as modified by section 42 . | ||
(2) The Agency shall, where appropriate, coordinate the EIA or the retrospective EIA with any other assessment of the abstraction under the Regulations of 2011. |