47. Procedure for waste management licence applications
- The licensing authority-
- may, by written notice, require the applicant, at the applicant's cost, to obtain and provide it within a specified period with any other information in addition to the information contained in or submitted in connection with the application;
- may conduct its own investigation on the likely effect of the waste management activity on health and the environment;
- must invite written comments from any organ of state that has an interest in the matter; and
- must afford the applicant an opportunity to make representations on any adverse statements or objections to the application.
- An applicant must take appropriate steps to bring the application to the attention of relevant organs of state, interested persons and the public.
- The steps contemplated in subsection (2) must include the publication of a notice in at least two newspapers circulating in the area in which the waste management activity applied for is to be carried out.
- The notice contemplated in subsection (3) must-
- describe the nature and purpose of the waste management licence applied for;
- give particulars of the waste management activity, including the place where it is or is to be carried out;
- state where further information on the waste management activity can be obtained;
- stating a reasonable period within which written representations on, or objections to, the application may be submitted, and the address or place where representations or objections must be submitted; and
- contain such other particulars as the licensing authority may require.
