7C.—(1) The Minister shall, following receipt of an EIA drainage scheme and the environmental impact assessment report relating to that scheme under section 7B(3)(b)—

(a) publish—

(i) on a website maintained by him or her, and

(ii) either—

(I) in one or more newspapers circulating in the county in which the area or any part of the area proposed by the EIA drainage scheme to be constituted a separate drainage district is situate, or

(II) in such other manner as he or she thinks fit,

a notice stating—

(A) that the scheme has been submitted for confirmation to the Minister,

(B) that the scheme is subject to environmental impact assessment,

(C) where applicable, that section 7D applies,

(D) how further information can be obtained in relation to the scheme,

(E) the nature of the possible decisions by the Minister in relation to the scheme,

(F) the place or places at which and the period, not being less than 30 days, during which a copy of the scheme and the environmental impact assessment report relating to the scheme will be available for inspection,

(G) the address of the website on which the scheme and the environmental impact assessment report relating to the scheme are available,

(H) the reference number of the scheme,

(I) each location, townland and county to which the scheme relates,

(J) the nature and extent of the scheme,

(K) that submissions may be made in writing (including by means of electronic communication) to the Minister by members of the public in relation to the likely effects on the environment of the scheme during the period referred to in subparagraph (F),

(L) how submissions on the scheme can be made,

(M) the time limit for making submissions on the scheme, and

(N) any other information that the Minister considers relevant,

(b) send a notice to the consultation bodies, including a copy of the scheme and the environmental impact assessment report relating to the scheme with the notice, indicating that submissions may be made in writing by the consultation body concerned to the Minister in relation to the likely effects on the environment of the scheme within such period as may be specified for that purpose in the notice, not being less than 30 days after the date of the notice, and

(c) provide the following information in electronic form to the EIA portal:

(i) that the applicants for development consent in respect of the EIA drainage scheme are the Commissioners;

(ii) the name, e-mail address and phone number of the person to whom correspondence in relation to the EIA drainage scheme should be sent;

(iii) the location of the EIA drainage scheme;

(iv) a description of the EIA drainage scheme;

(v) that the application for development consent will be made to the Minister;

(vi) a location map of sufficient size and containing details of features in the vicinity such as to permit the identification of the site to which the EIA drainage scheme relates;

(vii) an electronic copy of the notice published in accordance with paragraph (a);

(viii) the reference number of the scheme;

(ix) the address of the website referred to in paragraph (a)(I).

(2) The Minister shall, where information has been provided in relation to the EIA drainage scheme under section 5(1)(d), when providing information under subsection (1)(c) in relation to the scheme, inform the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government that the information under section 5(1)(d) has been so provided.

(3) The Minister shall, where he or she considers that supplementary information furnished in accordance with a request made pursuant to section 7B(4) contains significant additional information in relation to the effects on the environment of the EIA drainage scheme—

(a) publish on a website maintained by him or her and in such other manner as he or she thinks fit, a notice stating—

(i) that significant additional information in relation to the said effects has been furnished to the Minister,

(ii) the arrangements for viewing the significant additional information during a specified period (which shall be not less than 30 days), and

(iii) that submissions in relation to the significant additional information may be made in writing to the Minister before the expiry of that period, and

(b) send a notice to the consultation bodies stating—

(i) that significant additional information in relation to the said effects has been furnished to the Minister,

(ii) the arrangements for viewing the significant additional information during a specified period (which shall be not less than 30 days), and

(iii) that submissions in relation to the significant additional information may be made in writing to the Minister before the expiry of that period.

(4) The Minister shall, at the same time as he or she publishes a notice under subsection (1) or (3), send a copy of the notice to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

(5) A member of the public may make a submission in writing (including by means of electronic communication) to the Minister in relation to the likely effects on the environment of an EIA drainage scheme, not later than the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (1)(a)(F) or, where supplementary information that is significant additional information is received by the Minister pursuant to a request under section 7B(4), not later than the expiry of the period specified for the purpose of subsection (3)(a)(ii).

(6) A consultation body to which a copy of an EIA drainage scheme is sent under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) may make a submission in writing to the Minister in relation to the likely effects on the environment of the scheme, not later than the expiry of the period specified for that purpose in accordance with that paragraph or, where supplementary information is received by the Minister pursuant to a request under section 7B(4), not later than the date specified in the notice relating to such information sent in accordance with subsection (3)(b).]