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 23 d, 23 k, 23 u and 28 of the Subsoil
Act and section 4 of the Continental Shelf Act as well as section 2
of Executive Order on certain pipeline installations for the
transport of hydrocarbons in Danish Territorial Waters and
Continental Shelf.
Detailed rules are laid down in Executive Order No. 684 of 23 June
2011 on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), impact assessment
regarding international natural habitats and conservation of
certain species at projects offshore on exploration and extraction
of hydrocarbons, storage in the subsoil, pipelines, et
cetera.
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.