The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Amendment of the 2000 Regulations

4.  In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a) before the definition of “applicant”, insert—

““additional information” means information which—

(a)

is made available to the Secretary of State—

(i)

after the date on which the EIA application, accompanied by the environmental statement, is received by the Secretary of State; and

(ii)

before his decision on whether to grant a pipe-line construction authorisation pursuant to regulation 3(2) or (3) below;

(b)

is of material relevance to the environmental statement; and

(c)

is not further information or supplementary information;”;

(b) in the definition of “the consultation bodies”, after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

“and

(e) any other body designated by statutory provision as having specific environmental responsibilities which the Secretary of State considers is likely to have an interest in the pipe-line works in question;”;

(c) for the definition of “EEA State” substitute—

““EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;”;

(d) before the definition of “the Gazette”, insert—

““further information” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 8(1);”;

(e) for the definition of “relevant pipe-line works” substitute—

““relevant pipe-line works” means pipe-line works to which section 1(1) of the 1962 Act applies in respect of—

(a)

any pipe-line which is intended to convey oil or gas;

(b)

any pipe-line exceeding 40 kilometres in length and 800 millimetres in diameter which is intended to convey chemicals; or

(c)

any extension to a pipe-line which would in itself fall within sub-paragraph (b) above; and”; and

(f) after the definition of “relevant pipe-line works”, insert—

““supplementary information” means information which is—

(a)

provided to the Secretary of State by the applicant in order to supplement the environmental statement; and

(b)

submitted to the Secretary of State no later than 14 days after the date of receipt by the Secretary of State of the environmental statement.”.