An environmental impact assessment report (EIA) is published for
projects on new offshore installations or pipelines
Projects on extraction of
hydrocarbons and installation of pipelines
When applying for permission to or approval of projects
for extraction of hydrocarbons or installation of pipelines in the
Danish territorial waters and continental shelf area, the applicant
must often prepare an environmental impact assessment report
(EIA).
An EIA report must be available before the Danish Energy
Agency can grant permission to or approval of major projects
pursuant to sections 10, 17 and 28 of the Subsoil Act and section
4a of the Continental Shelf Act. Detailed rules are laid down in
Executive Order No. 884 of 21 September 2000 on Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) of Projects for Extraction of Hydrocarbons
and for installation of transit Pipelines in Danish Territorial
Waters and Continental Shelf Area.
Publication in
newspapers
Information about an application and the accompanying EIA
report will be published in national newspapers, allowing the
public to submit comments on the EIA report to the Danish Energy
Agency within the public comment period of minimum eight
weeks.
Once a decision has been made, information about the decision must
be published in the same newspapers that carried information about
the application.
Complaint procedure on environmental
issues
Any parties having a substantial and individual interest
in the decision may within four weeks file a complaint in writing
with the Energy Board of Appeal against the environmental issues
relating to any such decision.
Local and national associations or organizations whose
main objective is to protect nature and the environment may also
appeal against the decision. The same applies to local and national
associations and organizations whose objective is to safeguard
substantial recreational interests, where the decision affects
these interests.