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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999, Section 3A.
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3A.—(1) In these Regulations, “environmental impact assessment” means the process consisting of—
(a)the preparation and submission of an environmental statement as part of an application for consent referred to in regulation 5(1) or to the Secretary of State under regulation 11(1) or (4);
(b)the carrying out of consultation in compliance with regulation 9 or regulation 11 and, where relevant, regulation 12;
(c)the Secretary of State’s consideration of the information presented in the environmental statement, any further information provided in accordance with regulation 10 and any representations or opinions received as the result of the consultation referred to in sub-paragraph (b);
(d)the Secretary of State’s reasoned conclusion as required by regulation 5A(1) or regulation 11(8A); and
(e)the integration of that conclusion into the decision as to whether agreement to the grant of consent is to be given as required by regulation 5A(1)(c) or as to whether agreement is to be given in respect of the matters referred to in regulation 11(8A)(c).
(2) In carrying out the steps described in paragraph (1)(a), the undertaker shall identify, describe and assess in an appropriate manner—
(a)the direct and indirect significant effects of the relevant project on the following factors—
(i)population and human health;
(ii)biodiversity, with particular attention to species and habitats protected under [F2any law of any part of the United Kingdom that implemented] Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds;
(iii)land, soil, water, air and climate;
(iv)material assets, cultural heritage and the landscape; and
(v)the interaction between the factors referred to in paragraphs (i) to (iv); and
(b)the operational effects of the relevant project (where the project will have operational effects) and the expected effects deriving from the vulnerability of the project to risks of major accidents or disasters that are relevant to the project concerned.]
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