ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 299 Administering authority may require additional information

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 299

299 Administering authority may require additional information

(1) The administering authority may, within 10 business days after receiving the application, give the holder a written notice asking the holder to provide further information the authority reasonably requires to make the ERC decision.

(2) The administering authority may, by written notice given to the holder, extend the period within which the administering authority may make a request under subsection (1) by no more than 10 business days.

(3) The notice mentioned in subsection (2) —

(a) may only be given once by the administering authority for the application; and

(b) must be given before the period mentioned in subsection (1) ends.

(4) The period within which the administering authority may make a request under subsection (1) may be further extended if the holder, at any time, agrees in writing to the further extension.

(5) The notice asking the holder to provide further information must state a period of at least 10 business days within which the information must be given.

(6) If the holder does not comply with the notice, the administering authority may make the ERC decision without the further information.