Report
Review of EIA decision-making with respect to the treatment of new information and natural justice/procedural fairness
School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University
2006
Abstract
This report presents a review of international and Australian practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA) with respect to the treatment of new information entering the process near or during the approval decision-making point. Specifically, it considers the expectations and responsibilities of EIA decision-makers to inform proponents and public stakeholders about significant new information prior to decisions being made. This is undertaken in light of best practice principles of EIA and consideration of matters of natural justice or procedural fairness. In doing so, distinction is made between the assessment stages of EIA (i.e. when advice is being formulated and is subsequently presented to decision-makers for their consideration) and the actual approval stage itself (i.e. when the decision-maker either accepts or rejects a proposal).
Details
- Title
- Review of EIA decision-making with respect to the treatment of new information and natural justice/procedural fairness
- Authors/Creators
- A. Morrison-Saunders (Author/Creator)
- Publisher
- School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University; Murdoch, Perth
- Identifiers
- 991005541110307891
- Copyright
- (c) School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report
Metrics
736 File views/ downloads
122 Record Views