The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000

[F1 5.   A description of the likely significant effects of the relevant pipe-line works on the environment resulting from, inter alia:

(a) the construction and existence of the works, including, where relevant, demolition works;

(b) the use of natural resources, in particular land, soil, water and biodiversity, considering as far as possible the sustainable availability of these resources;

(c) the emission of pollutants, noise, vibration, light, heat and radiation, the creation of nuisances, and the disposal and recovery of waste;

(d) the risks to human health, cultural heritage or the environment (for example due to accidents or disasters);

(e) the cumulation of effects with other existing or approved pipe-line works, taking into account any existing environmental problems relating to areas of particular environmental importance likely to be affected or the use of natural resources;

(f) the impact of the works on climate (for example the nature and magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions) and the vulnerability of the works to climate change;

(g) the technologies and the substances used, and

these descriptions of the likely significant effects on the factors set out in Article 3(1) of the Directive must cover the direct effects and any indirect, secondary, cumulative, transboundary, short-term, medium-term and long-term, permanent and temporary, positive and negative effects of the works and should take into account environmental protection objectives established at EU or at national level relevant to the works.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 substituted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), reg. 1, Sch. 5 (with reg. 58)