(1) This section applies for a GHG lease application if--
(a) before the making of the application, an approval under the Environmental Protection Act, chapter 3, part 2, was granted for the voluntary preparation of an EIS; and
(b) the EIS is for a project that is or includes a proposed mining lease or petroleum lease for land the subject of the application.
(2) The application must not be decided until--
(a) if no application is made for the mining lease or petroleum lease within 1 year after the granting of the approval--the end of that year; or
(b) if an application is made for the mining lease or petroleum lease within that year--that application is decided.