What proportion of projects does not get referred to Ministers for decision?
• Approximately 15 per cent of the projects that have entered the EA process have not been referred to Ministers for decision. These projects have either been officially terminated or have been inactive for more than five years. A project may be officially terminated or become dormant when the proponent has not been able to resolve problems to the satisfaction of the EAO and government agencies. In other cases, reviews stall or are terminated by proponents for internal corporate reasons, such as changing corporate priorities, or depressed market conditions or an inability to finance the project, or there may be a combination of economic and regulatory factors.
