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Alderney Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy:
Environmental Report
Environmental Report Requirements Section Covered
A non-technical summary of the information provided under the above
headings.
Summary section at the front of
the report.
The report shall include the information that may reasonably be required
taking into account current knowledge and methods of assessment, the
contents and level of details in the plan or programme, its stage in the
decision-making process and the extent to which certain matters are more
appropriately assessed at different levels in that process to avoid duplication
of the assessment.
Throughout report.
Consultation:
Authorities with environmental responsibility, when deciding on the scope and
level of detail of the information to be included in the environmental report.
Appendix A.
Authorities with environmental responsibility and the public shall be given an
early and effective opportunity within appropriate time frames to express their
opinion on the plan or programme and the accompanying environmental
report before the adoption of the plan or programme.
Section 10 (Consultation).
Other EU Member States, where the implementation of the plan or
programme is likely to have significant effects on the environment of that
country
Section 10 (Consultation).
Taking the environmental report and the results of the consultations into
account in decision-making.
Appendix A.
Provision of information on the decision:
ƒ When the plan or programme is adopted, the public and any countries
consulted shall be informed and the following made available to those so
informed:
- The plan or programme as adopted;
- A statement summarising how environmental considerations have
been integrated into the plan or programme and how the
environmental report pursuant to Article 6 and the results of
consultations entered into pursuant to Article 7 have been taken into
account in accordance with Article 8, and the reasons for choosing the
plan or programme as adopted, in the light of other reasonable
alternatives dealt with; and
- The measures decided concerning monitoring
Appendix A.
Monitoring of the significant environmental effects of the plan’s or
programme’s implementation.
Mitigation sections within each
topic.
Quality assurance: environmental reports should be of a sufficient standard
to meet the requirements of the SEA Directive.
Throughout report.
4. Physical Environment
This section provides an assessment of the potential effects of the Draft Plan on the physical
environment, specifically marine geomorphology, physical processes and water quality. A
baseline description of each of these key features of the physical environment is presented and
data gaps and limitations that will need to be considered further at the EIA project-level by the
developer are identified. An assessment of the potential effects that could arise from the
various phases of the Draft Plan (i.e. pre-construction, construction, operation and
decommissioning) is included together with any mitigation measures that are required to
reduce significant impacts to acceptable levels.
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