Regulation 8 Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

Where the Secretary of State has been provided with an environmental statement in connection with an EIA application, he may in writing require the applicant concerned to provide such further information as he may specify F1which is directly relevant to enabling the Secretary of State to reach the reasoned conclusion referred to in regulation 3(2)(c), F2and such information provided by the applicant is referred to in this regulation, and regulations 2, F32A, 3 and 9, as “further information.

Where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, any F4further information ought to have been included in the environmental statement in question, the Secretary of State shall notify the applicant in writing accordingly, F5specifying the further information in question, and the provisions of paragraphs (3) to (7) below shall apply in respect of F6such further information.

The applicant shall serve a copy of the further information on those consultation bodies specified in the notice given pursuant to regulation 7(2) above, together with a notice which—

The applicant shall notify the Secretary of State of the name of every person on whom he has served the further information pursuant to paragraph (3) above, and the date of such service.

The applicant shall make available to the public copies of the EIA application, the environmental statement, any supplementary information and the further information in the same way as the applicant previously made available the application, the environmental statement, and any supplementary information for the period commencing with the date of first publication of the notice referred to in paragraph (5) below and ending with a date not less than 30 days after the date on which the notice is to be last published pursuant to that paragraph.

The applicant shall publish a notice containing the information specified in paragraph (6)—

A notice published pursuant to paragraph (5) above shall—

The applicant shall provide the Secretary of State with copies of each of the newspapers and the Gazette in which the F13notice referred to in paragraph (5) above appeared, in each case no later than 7 days after the date of publication of those newspapers and the Gazette F14and also the address of the public website on which the notice was published in accordance with paragraph (5).