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site. If any adverse impacts are identified
through the consultation process, the
government will not designate the site as
a Promotion Zone.
(n) In addition, if a study of a potential site
shows that there will be an adverse
impact on the fishery trade, METI, MLIT
and the local stakeholders will avoid
forming a Council for that site.
(o) No conflict with any other laws concerning the sea area/areas of water to be
designated
(p) Confirmation with the relevant administrative bodies will be necessary to
determine that no conflicts exist with
either (i) the fishing ports designated
by mayors, municipal or prefectural
governors, or the Minister of Agriculture,
Forestry & Fisheries under the Renewable Energy Sea Areas Use Law in relation
to the development of fishing ports and
grounds or (ii) the port areas designated
by the PHA, the coastal preservation
areas designated by the Coast Act (Act
No. 101 of 1956) or the low water line
preservation areas stipulated by the
Renewable Energy Sea Areas Use Law in
relation to the preservation of low water
line and maintenance of base facilities
to promote the preservation and use
of the exclusive economic zone and the
continental shelf.
1.3.2 Procedures for designating
Promotion Zones
The Renewable Energy Sea Areas Use Law
states that to designate an area as a Promotion Zone, METI and MLIT must investigate
and confirm that the relevant area conforms
to the required standards for designation.
They do this in consultation with the heads
of the relevant administrative bodies and
by collecting the opinions of the mayors
of the relevant prefecture. Once an area is
designated, METI and MLIT jointly issue and
circulate a public announcement on its designation as a Promotion Zone.
The specific steps METI and MLIT take to
designate an area as a Promotion Zone are
as follows:
(a) collect various available information
known about the area (for example,
information which may evidence conformity to the criteria for Promotion Zones);
(b) select prospective zones with a view to
achieving designation quickly and efficiently;
(c) form a Council;
(d) conduct detailed investigations into those prospective zones which have been
confirmed as conforming to the required
standards for designation; and
(e) make an assessment for designating the
zone.
