(1) A responsible
agency that prepares a draft redevelopment plan under section 19 must
submit it to the EPA together with such written information about it as is
sufficient to enable the EPA to comply with EP Act section 48A in
relation to it.
(2) If, under the EP
Act section 48A(1)(b)(i), the EPA informs the responsible agency that the
draft should be assessed by the EPA under the EP Act Part IV Division 3,
the agency must —
(a)
within 7 days after the last day on which submissions may be made to the
agency under section 25, send the EPA a copy of each submission made
under section 25 that relates wholly or in part to any environmental
issue raised by the draft; and
(b)
within 42 days after that last day, advise the EPA of the agency’s
views on and response to each environmental issue to which any such submission
relates.
(3) If, under the EP
Act section 48C(1)(a), the EPA requires the responsible agency to
undertake an environmental review of the draft, the agency must, if it wants
to proceed with the draft, undertake the review in accordance with the
instructions issued under that section.