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QUESTION NOTICE PAPER OF THE SENATE OF JAMAICA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER (TBD), 2017 NOTICE GIVEN ON FRIDAY, 28TH JULY, 2017 5.

* Senator Brown to ask the Minister of Education, Youth and Information on the 18th day of August, 2017: 1.

Would the Minister please state whether or not the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) refused to grant a licence to Duncan’s Bay Development Company for sand mining at Duncan’s Bay?

2.
2.

If the answer to Part 1 is in the affirmative, would the Minister please state: (a) What were the reasons for the refusal to grant the licence?

(b) Whether or not this decision was varied or reversed by the Prime Minister?

(c) Whether or not the Prime Minister himself heard the appeal in his capacity as the Minister with responsibility for the environment?
If the answer to Part 2(b) is in the affirmative, would the Minister please state what were 3. the Prime Minister’s reasons for so doing, and what information, if any, was provided to the Prime Minister that was not considered by NEPA when it made its decision?

4.

If the answer to Part 2(b) is in the negative, would the Minister please state: (a) Who heard the appeal, and under what authority did such person or persons hear the appeal?
(b) What were the person’s (or persons’) reasons for varying or reversing the decision by NEPA, and what information, if any, was provided to such person(s), which were not considered by NEPA when it made its decision?

Would the Minister please state whether or not there was any consultation with the 5. residents of the Duncan’s community prior to the varying of the decision by NEPA?
If the answer to Part 5 is in the affirmative, would the Minister please state when and 6. where the consultations were held, and what form did the consultations take?

Page 2 of 2 If the answer to Part 5 is in the negative, would the Minister please state what were the 7. reasons for the absence of consultation?

8.
8.

Would the Minister please state what consideration was given to the protection and conservation of the area as a sea turtles nesting region, and why was this consideration subordinated to the private commercial interests of the proposed developer?

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