whose regulation is appropriate and adapted to give effect to Australia's obligations under an agreement with one or more other countries, Victoria undertakes to ensure that the environmental impacts that the action has, will have, or is likely to have (other than the relevant impacts) are assessed to the greatest extent practicable. The parties that 'greatest extent practicable' in clause 6.1(a) is satisfied where the assessment has been undertaken in a specified manner of assessment as outlined in Schedule 1. Proponent Service Delivery Charter The parties agree to determine at the commencement of the assessment process key deliverables, milestones, and contact personnel for each party. To this end, the parties agree to establish, where appropriate, a Proponent Service Delivery Charter for each assessment project in the manner set out in the Administrative Arrangements. Single assessment In determining the assessment approach for a proposed action, Victoria will decide on an appropriate form of assessment equivalent to assessment via an inquiry, environmental impact statement, public environment report or preliminary documentation under the EPBC Act that will allow the Commonwealth Minister to have sufficient Information to make an informed decision whether or not to approve the proposed action and, if so, under what conditions. To ensure that a single Victorian assessment can be relied on by the Commonwealth Minister for a decision Part 9 of the EPBC Act, Victoria will ensure that the Assessment Report includes: a description of: the action; the places affected by the action; and any Matters of NES that are likely to be affected by the action; all relevant impacts on Matters of NES separately. This means that the nature and extent of likely impacts must be explicitly assessed for each Matter of NES, being, as relevant: the World Heritage values of a World Heritage property; the National Heritage values of a National Heritage place; the ecological character of a Ramsar wetland; listed threatened species (except a conservation dependent species) or their habitat, or any threatened ecological communities; the members of a listed migratory species or habitat; a water resource, in relation to coal seam gas or large coal mining developments;
whose regulation is appropriate and adapted to give effect to Australia's obligations under an agreement with one or more other countries, Victoria undertakes to ensure that the environmental impacts that the action has, will have, or is likely to have (other than the relevant impacts) are assessed to the greatest extent practicable. The parties that 'greatest extent practicable' in clause 6.1(a) is satisfied where the assessment has been undertaken in a specified manner of assessment as outlined in Schedule 1. Proponent Service Delivery Charter The parties agree to determine at the commencement of the assessment process key deliverables, milestones, and contact personnel for each party. To this end, the parties agree to establish, where appropriate, a Proponent Service Delivery Charter for each assessment project in the manner set out in the Administrative Arrangements. Single assessment In determining the assessment approach for a proposed action, Victoria will decide on an appropriate form of assessment equivalent to assessment via an inquiry, environmental impact statement, public environment report or preliminary documentation under the EPBC Act that will allow the Commonwealth Minister to have sufficient Information to make an informed decision whether or not to approve the proposed action and, if so, under what conditions. To ensure that a single Victorian assessment can be relied on by the Commonwealth Minister for a decision Part 9 of the EPBC Act, Victoria will ensure that the Assessment Report includes: a description of: the action; the places affected by the action; and any Matters of NES that are likely to be affected by the action; all relevant impacts on Matters of NES separately. This means that the nature and extent of likely impacts must be explicitly assessed for each Matter of NES, being, as relevant: the World Heritage values of a World Heritage property; the National Heritage values of a National Heritage place; the ecological character of a Ramsar wetland; listed threatened species (except a conservation dependent species) or their habitat, or any threatened ecological communities; the members of a listed migratory species or habitat; a water resource, in relation to coal seam gas or large coal mining developments;
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