CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Statement
Table 2-1:
Summary Detail on Scoping Consultation Submissions Received from Environmental Authorities
Environmental Authority
How was this submission taken into account during the SEA?
Summary on the Scoping Consultation Submission
EPA
An overview of the nature of climate change challenges was provided. The EPA acknowledged the nature, focus and goals of the emerging Strategy. It was advised the SEA should seek to maximize climate action co-benefits for air quality, human health, biodiversity, water quality and other interrelated areas (i.e. win-win solutions). Other measures advised on which were relevant to the SEA included: the need to consider the Plan influence on Greenhouse Gas (GHG emissions) the need to manage climate change influenced invasive species spread, the need to have regard to the receiving water quality and air quality environment during the plan-making process. In relation to the SEA specifically, commentary was provided on the approach to mitigation, and on how the plan should consider impacts on air and water quality, water resource, soils/geology, landscape and material assets. The EPA recommended integrating the environmental mitigation defined under the SEA into the Plan, and advised on other interrelated plans and programmes to consider during plan- making and SEA processes.
The recommendation to ensure climate action defined in the Strategy created co-benefits underpinned the SEA process and the defined mitigation measures. Where relevant, mitigation measures ultimately defined serve to holistically maximize environmental benefits. The promotion of climate action co-benefits is embedded into the environmental mitigation defined for the Strategy. Appropriate regard was had to all potential positive and negative environmental effects associated with the Strategy. The receiving water and air environment were assessed and appropriately considered during the SEA process. The nature, focus and level of mitigation measures defined in the SEA Environmental Report were informed by the EPA's commentary. All mitigation measures defined for potential adverse environmental effects identified were integrated into the Strategy itself. The wording of policy measures defined in the Strategy was shaped having regard to relevant environmental considerations. A set of additional, separate eenvironmental mitigation measures were included in the Strategy. The Strategy was considered and evaluated relative to all inter-related plans and programmes.
2.2 Environmental Assessment and Mitigation Taking into account the scope detailed in the SEA Scoping Report which was produced for the initial draft version on the Strategy, the environmental effects associated with the implementation of the Strategy were identified, evaluated and described in an SEA Environmental Report. This report defined mitigation measures to prevent adverse environmental effects due to the implementation of the Strategy. The following forms of mitigation have been adopted to ameliorate the negative environments of the Strategy and maximise potential positive effects of the Strategy: • Mitigation through consideration of alternatives. • Mitigation through integration of environmental considerations into the Strategy. • Mitigation through consideration of development management standards/environmental protection objectives contained in the CDP. 2.2.1 Mitigation through consideration of alternatives A number of alternatives were considered at an early stage in the process. The environmental effects of these alternatives were evaluated during the SEA process. Detail on how Strategy alternatives and their environmental effects were considered during Strategy development is provided in Section 3.
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