S. 33(1) amended by Nos 68/2014 s. 80, 4/2020 s. 52.
(1) This section applies if an applicant is required to prepare an Environment Effects Statement in respect of the proposed pipeline.
(2) The notice of the application for the licence required to be given or published under section 32 may be combined with any notice relating to the same proposal that is required to be given under the Environment Effects Act 1978 .
(3) The period during which notice of the application for the licence is required to be given or published under section 32, must coincide, so far as practicable, with the period, if any, during which public comments are sought under the Environment Effects Act 1978 in respect of the environmental effects of the proposed pipeline.