(1) The Commissioner shall prepare and forward to the Minister a scheme or
schemes of operations for the purpose of soil conservation or erosion
mitigation, for the purpose of the conservation of water resources or for any
other purpose contemplated by this Act:
(b) in respect of any catchment area
notified under this Act--as soon as practicable after the notification of such
catchment area,
(d) in respect of any area of erosion
hazard notified under this Act--as soon as practicable after the notification
of such area of erosion hazard.
(2) The Commissioner may prepare and forward
to the Minister a scheme or schemes of operations for the purpose of soil
conservation or erosion mitigation, for the purpose of the conservation of
water resources or for any other purpose contemplated by this Act in respect
of any land not being an area mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Each scheme of
operations shall:
(a) indicate the lands proposed to be dealt with under the
scheme,
(b) indicate generally the nature and class of operations to be
carried out on those lands.
(4) The Minister may submit a scheme of
operations to the Governor for the Governor's approval.
(5) A scheme of
operations which has been approved by the Governor in accordance with this
section is in this Act referred to as a
"project" .
(6) Unless the Minister otherwise directs, subsection (1) (b)
need not be complied with in respect of the notification of a catchment area
which substantially replaces an existing catchment area.
