Section 58: Power to facilitate environmental assessment

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Agency may-
(a) issue guidelines and codes of practice to assist in conducting assessment of the environmental effects of projects;
(b) establish research and advisory bodies;
(c) enter into agreements or arrangements with any jurisdiction within the meaning of section 42 (1) (a), (b), (c) or (d) respecting assessments of environmental effects;
(d) enter into agreements or arrangements with States for the purposes of coordination, consultation, and exchange of information in relation to the assessment of the environmental effects of projects of common interest;
(e) recommend the appointment of members to bodies established by Federal authorities or to bodies referred to in section 42 (1) (d) of this Act on a temporary basis, for the purpose of facilitating a substitution pursuant to section 44 of this Act;
(f) establish criteria for the appointment of mediators and members of review panels; and
(g) establish criteria for the approval of a substitution pursuant to section 44 of this Act.