Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Interpretation of “relevant project”

5. 4. Restriction on relevant projects

6. 5. Application for an opinion whether a project is a relevant project

7. 6. Opinion of the Department

8. 7. Request to the Department to reconsider its opinion

9. 8. Effect of opinions

10. 9. Request as to the information to be included in an environmental statement

11. 10. Applications for consent

12. 11. Provision of further information

13. 12. Assistance in preparation of environmental statements

14. 13. Publicity

15. 14. Information for another EEA State

16. 15. Determination of applications

17. 16. Notification of decisions

18. 17. Request to the Department to reconsider its decision

19. 18. Conditions to be included in every consent

20. 19. Enforcement notices

21. 20. Requests to review enforcement notices

22. 21. Penalties for non-compliance with enforcement notices

23. 22. Power of entry and default powers

24. 23. Registers of directions, decisions and opinions etc. for public inspection

25. 24. Revocation and transitional provisions

26. Signature

27. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Information for inclusion in Environmental Statements

       1. Part I

          1. 1. A description of the project, including in particular—

          2. 2. An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

          3. 3. A description of the aspects of the environment likely to...

          4. 4. A description of the likely significant effects of the proposed...

          5. 5. A description of the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and,...

          6. 6. A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...

          7. 7. An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiencies or lack of...

       2. Part II

          1. 1. A description of the project comprising information on the site,...

          2. 2. A description of the measures envisaged in order to avoid,...

          3. 3. The data required to identify and assess the main effects...

          4. 4. An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

          5. 5. A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Thresholds for identification of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment

       1. 1. Interpretation

       2. 2. Thresholds

       3. 3. Thresholds for extending projects

       4. 4. Consideration of thresholds in other cases where a project adjoins or is near another project

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Projects having significant effects on the environment – selection criteria

       1. 1. Characteristics of projects

       2. 2. Location of projects

       3. 3. Characteristics of the potential impact

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Environmental factors

28. Explanatory Note