I move amendment No. 137a:

In page 40, subsection (2), line 45, to delete "a copy of".

We now come to amendment No. 137b, amendment No. 155a is cognate and they may be discussed together.

I move amendment No. 137b:

In page 41, subsection (3) (a), line 16, before "fee" to insert "specified".

This amendment requires that a public notice of the preparation of an environmental input statement must specify the cost of buying a copy. Amendment No. 155a makes a similar change in section 59 in relation to the purchase of information leaflets on toll by-laws.

I move amendment No. 137c:

In page 41, subsection (3) (c), line 41, after "requests" to insert ", together with a notice in the prescribed form, stating that the authority has made an application for approval of the proposed road development and that submissions may be made in writing to the Minister in relation to the likely effects on the environment of the proposed road development".

Will the Minister explain paragraph (8) (b)? Is it intended that the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 (S.I. No. 349 of 1989) shall not apply to proposed road development?

The old ones will no longer apply; they will be replaced by this legislation.

Does that mean that the powers in regard to planning and development at local authority level will be replaced or withdrawn?

They relate only to the environmental impact assessment.

Only to the EIA henceforth.