Assessment Report An Assessment Report must be prepared by the relevant Victorian Minister which takes into account: the Information in the Assessment Documentation; and any other Information relating to relevant impacts that is available to the relevant Victorian Minister. Specified manner of assessment Item 2.1(d) – and Environment Act 1987 (Planning (Vic)) Overview Any controlled action subject to this Agreement and assessed the assessment approach specified at Item 2.1(d) of this Schedule must be subject to the following requirements. Public comment Prior to any hearing being conducted by persons appointed by the Victorian Minister as an advisory committee (Advisory Committee) under section 151 of the (see Item 6.3(a)) in respect of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 action, the proponent of the action is to prepare assessment documentation that describes: the proposed action; the likely relevant impacts of the action, as defined in section 82 of the EPBC Act, and includes an assessment of impacts; to the extent practicable, any feasible alternatives to the proposed action that could avoid or reduce relevant impacts; and possible mitigation measures. Once prepared by the proponent to the satisfaction of the relevant Victorian Minister, the assessment document must be released for public comment for at least 28 calendar days. When the public is invited to comment on the assessment document the invitation must: be published in a newspaper circulating generally in each State and Territory; and include the matters specified in Schedule 1, Item 7.04 of the EPBC Regulations. The proponent of the action being assessed must be provided with any submissions made by the public during the period that the assessment document is released for public comment. The proponent is to provide the Advisory Committee with a written response to submissions from the public that relate to relevant impacts. Review by advisory committee Persons are to be appointed by the Victorian Minister as an advisory committee under section 151 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The persons appointed as the Advisory Committee are to be independent and to have sufficient power to investigate the action adequately.
Assessment Report An Assessment Report must be prepared by the relevant Victorian Minister which takes into account: the Information in the Assessment Documentation; and any other Information relating to relevant impacts that is available to the relevant Victorian Minister. Specified manner of assessment – Item 2.1(d) (Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic)) Overview Any controlled action subject to this Agreement and assessed the assessment approach specified at Item 2.1(d) of this Schedule must be subject to the following requirements. Public comment Prior to any hearing being conducted by persons appointed by the Victorian Minister as an advisory committee (Advisory Committee) under section 151 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (see Item 6.3(a)) in respect of the action, the proponent of the action is to prepare assessment documentation that describes: the proposed action; the likely relevant impacts of the action, as defined in section 82 of the EPBC Act, and includes an assessment of impacts; to the extent practicable, any feasible alternatives to the proposed action that could avoid or reduce relevant impacts; and possible mitigation measures. Once prepared by the proponent to the satisfaction of the relevant Victorian Minister, the assessment document must be released for public comment for at least 28 calendar days. When the public is invited to comment on the assessment document the invitation must: be published in a newspaper circulating generally in each State and Territory; and include the matters specified in Schedule 1, Item 7.04 of the EPBC Regulations. The proponent of the action being assessed must be provided with any submissions made by the public during the period that the assessment document is released for public comment. The proponent is to provide the Advisory Committee with a written response to submissions from the public that relate to relevant impacts. Review by advisory committee Persons are to be appointed by the Victorian Minister as an advisory committee under section 151 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The persons appointed as the Advisory Committee are to be independent and to have sufficient power to investigate the action adequately.
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