CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Statement
2. HOW ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS WERE INTEGRATED INTO THE EV CHARGING STRATEGY
2.1 SEA Scoping The first stage of the SEA process was to carry out SEA Screening to determine the requirement for SEA of the Strategy. It was concluded, based on screening analysis, and a review against the environmental significance criteria as set out in Annex II of the SEA Directive, that a full Strategic Environmental Assessment is required for the Strategy. The second stage of the SEA process was carrying out SEA Scoping. The purpose of SEA Scoping was to establish the spatial and temporal scope of the SEA and a framework that can be used to evaluate impacts. An SEA Scoping Report is produced to document the scoping process. The SEA Scoping Report outlined information on the Strategy, including the need for the Strategy, its temporal and geographical area and overall objectives. It facilitated scoping the environmental components and understanding the environmental issues to be considered under the SEA process. The Scoping Report was also required to facilitate statutory consultation to ensure that the approach proposed for the SEA is appropriate. A copy of this report was made available to the statutory Environmental Authorities. One Environmental Authority - the EPA made a scoping submission on the SEA Scoping Report. The SEA Scoping Report was finalised in light of this submission. The SEA Scoping Report, along with SEA scoping consultation submission and consideration of the submission by the SEA process, helped communicate and define the scope of the environmental issues which are to be dealt with by the SEA, the methods which will be used to address these issues, and the level of detail required to address these issues, as per the SEA Guidelines 3 . Summary detail on the scoping consultation submission received from the EPA and how it was taken into account during the SEA process is presented in Table 2-1.
3 Implementation of SEA Directive (2001/42/EC): Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment Guidelines for Regional Authorities and Planning Authorities (DEHLG, 2004), Page 18: “It is recommended that at the end of the scoping procedure, the plan-making authority should prepare a brief scoping report of its conclusions as to what information is to be included in the environmental report, taking account of any recommendations from the environmental authorities.”
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