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You are in fact correct in essence.

However the way the system has shown to operate has been more along the lines of what Surges has offered.
This milestone has meant more to holders then anything else so far and offered a big sigh of relief.

This is because holders can now safely conclude that the entire operation DOES in fact meet all international standards best practices and regulations. No more of this "this will be a problem" "That will be a problem" downrampers suggesting frivolously that "major" environmental hurdles will never be cleared.

This approval has unquestionable proven all these cries as wrong and hence why such statements slink away currently knowing all of the operation proposed does adhere to all laws in this field and therefore GGG can continue on to approval with ethical merit and total legislature support

What we see from here is indeed a Public Consultation. However as you can imagine public input on the finishing touches has little chance on overturning what is in fact law. The standard of preference will understandably always be adhering to be legal compliance over any suggestions.This Public Consultation will just be a thought input session from credible sources to also try to cater to additional input . So to make it potentially more practical for the specific localities thoughts. So this holds a rather minor effect on tailoring the outcome. Because best practices are obviously already as good as youre going to get. Like Surges said. Its a standard formality.....and courtesy too of course.

True "Public" opinion (as in general Public really gets involved when it comes to the social and business impacts of the operation upon the public setting. Which of course is the prime focus of the SIA and the next step along the path seen ahead.