ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 208 Environmental audits

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 208

    (1)     A person may engage an environmental auditor to conduct an environmental audit.

    (2)     The purpose of an environmental audit is—

        (a)     to assess the nature and extent of the risk of harm to human health or the environment from contaminated land, waste, pollution or any activity; and

        (b)     to recommend measures to manage the risk of harm to human health or the environment from contaminated land, waste, pollution or any activity; and

        (c)     to make recommendations to manage the contaminated land, waste, pollution or activity.

    (3)     Subject to subsection (4), an environmental auditor must, before conducting an environmental audit, submit a proposed scope of the audit to the Authority together with any supporting documentation in a manner and form approved by the Authority.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not apply if—

        (a)     a preliminary risk screen assessment has already been conducted; and

        (b)     the Authority has previously endorsed a proposed scope or previously determined a revised scope of the environmental audit under section 206(2)(b); and

        (c)     the environmental auditor has not proposed amendments to the proposed scope or the revised scope.

    (5)     The Authority may—

        (a)     review the proposed scope of an environmental audit provided under subsection (3) or section 206(1)(c); and

        (b)     endorse the proposed scope or determine a revised scope of the environmental audit.

    (6)     Before endorsing the proposed scope under subsection (5)(b), the Authority may request that an environmental auditor provide further information in relation to the proposed scope.

    (7)     If the Authority decides to review the proposed scope under subsection (5)(a), the Authority must complete the review within 30 business days of receiving the proposed scope of the environmental audit from an environmental auditor under this section.

    (8)     If the Authority makes a request for information under subsection (6), the time in which the Authority must complete the review under subsection (7) does not include the period from the date that the Authority makes the request until the date on which the Authority receives the information.

S. 209 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12− 30, 3/2020 ss 42– 44, 47/2020 s. 26).