Requirement for limited level environmental study

(1) Where the Department has determined that a project, programme or activity may not have a significant impact on the environment but may have some negative impact that need to be properly studied and assessed, the Department may require that a limited level environmental study be carried out by a suitably qualified person who shall submit such study to the Department for its approval. (2) Every person who fails to carry out a limited level environmental study or any conditions imposed by the Department or fails to execute its Environmental Compliance Plan as required under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than twenty thousand dollars and not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.