11(1)When terms of reference have been submitted in accordance with section 10, a proponent shall, if he wishes to proceed, carry out an environmental impact assessment and prepare an environmental impact assessment report, and shall submit thirty copies of the report to the Minister.

11(2)The Minister, in consultation with the review committee, shall review the proponent’s environmental impact assessment report, and if that report is not, in the opinion of the Minister, satisfactory as a report in accordance with the final guidelines issued under subsection 9(2), the Minister shall identify to the proponent the deficiencies which must be remedied.

11(3)The Minister may specify a time by which any deficiencies identified by him under subsection (2) must be remedied.

11(4)When the Minister, in consultation with the review committee, is satisfied that the proponent’s environmental impact assessment report, any deficiencies identified therein having been remedied, is in all respects satisfactory as a report in accordance with the final guidelines issued under subsection 9(2), the Minister shall accept the report, and shall notify the proponent and the review committee that the report is accepted.