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149: EPA may request further information or commission report
or “The EPA can ask for more details or get someone to write a report about important stuff”
You could also call this:

“The EPA must quickly tell the local authority and the person asking for permission about the Minister's decision.”

If the Minister makes a decision to refer a matter to a board of inquiry or court, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) must tell the local authority and the person who applied about this decision. The EPA needs to do this as soon as they can after the Minister makes the decision. This applies when the Minister makes a decision under section 142(2) or 147(1)(a) or (b) of the Resource Management Act 1991.

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Next up: 149B: Local authority's obligations if matter called in

or “When the Minister steps in, the local council must quickly give all the information they have about the matter to the environmental group.”
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Part 6AA Proposals of national significance
Minister may make direction in relation to matter: How matter processed if direction made to refer matter to board of inquiry or court

149AEPA must serve Minister's direction on local authority and applicant

  1. As soon as practicable after the Minister makes a direction under section 142(2) or 147(1)(a) or (b), the EPA must serve the direction on—

  2. the local authority; and
    1. the applicant.

      Notes
      • Section 149A: replaced, on , by section 100 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).