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EIA procedure

Clearly regulated authority procedure

The competent authority - the Environmental Law Department in the Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government - manages the EIA procedure. It sets all deadlines, is responsible for the public requirements in the siting municipalities and in the district administration of Vienna's surrounding area, and also conducts the hearing.

The environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a procedure with public participation. This means that all documents submitted to or prepared by the authority are also made available to the public. This means that anyone who is interested can inspect the documents at precisely defined times.

The Federal Environmental Impact Assessment Act (UVP-G) essentially provides for two opportunities for participation. Every citizen may inspect the project documents, submit written comments on the project and participate in the public discussion and oral hearing. Persons or groups with party status are also entitled to assert their rights in the procedure. For example, they have the right to inspect files and can appeal against the EIA decision up to the highest courts.

Procedure EIA 3rd runway

Completed procedural steps:

  • Submission of EIS and project documents on 1 March 2007

  • Preliminary examination of the submission documents for completeness

  • Fulfilment of the authority's supplementary mandate in three revisions of the submission documents

  • Public circulation of the submission documents in the siting municipalities in mid-2008

  • Preparation of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) by the experts appointed by the authority, taking into account the written comments from the public

  • Response to queries from the authorities in two further revisions of the submission (by mid-2010), esp. updating the air traffic forecast and updating it to the year 2025

  • Completion of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) by the authority and its experts (June 2011)

  • Public release of the UVGA for at least 4 weeks for inspection by the public (07 July 2011 to 25 August 2011)

  • Oral hearing (29 August 2011 to 07 September 2011, Multiversum Schwechat)

  • Public inspection of the hearing transcript

  • End of the administrative investigation procedure with effect from 12 October 2011

  • Decision in 1st instance of 10 July 2012 

  • The Federal Administrative Court, as appellate instance, rejects the application for the 3rd runway in its decision of 02.02.2017.

  • The decision of the Federal Administrative Court of 02.02.2017 is annulled as unconstitutional by decision of the Constitutional Court of 29.06.2017 and referred back to the Federal Administrative Court for a new decision.

  • The BVwG decides again on 23.3.2018 and grants the application for the 3rd runway.

  • By decisions of 4.10.2018 and 9.10.2018, the VfGH refuses to deal with the submitted appeals.

  • In its decision of 06.03.2019, the VwGH rejects or dismisses the appeals submitted.