CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) Uisce Éireann (formerly Irish Water)
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University College Cork - Sustainable Energy Research Group
Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI)
Members of the public were also provided with an opportunity to make submissions on draft versions of the Strategy and the SEA Environmental Report. All consultation responses received from the above environmental authorities, interested stakeholders and members of the public were considered as appropriate during the Strategy development and SEA processes as required by SEA Regulations.
3.4 SEA Environmental Report
3.4.1 Environmental Assessment Approach and Methodology The third stage involves the strategic level identification, prediction, evaluation and mitigation of potential environmental impacts associated with the Strategy. An SEA Environmental Report is produced to document this process. The SEA Environmental Report is integral to the SEA process and is compiled during the Strategy- development process to allow for adequate consideration of the likely, significant environmental effects of the Strategy and the incorporation of appropriate environmental mitigation measures into the Strategy. It should serve to guide the Strategy-development process and ensure optimal environmental outcomes. The SEA Environmental Report forms the main written output of the SEA process. It serves to document the evaluation of the likely, significant environmental effects of implementing the Strategy on the relevant Environmental Components defined in the SEA Directive. It defines Strategic Environmental Objectives (SEOs) and associated targets and indicators relating to each Environmental Component area. It defines environmental mitigation measures to prevent, reduce and offset the likely, significant environmental effects of implementing the Strategy and monitoring measures to measure the environmental effects of the Strategy. It provides the Strategy developer, statutory Environmental Authorities, interested stakeholders and the general public with a clear understanding of likely, significant environmental effects associated with implementing a P/P. A summary of the information contained in an SEA Environmental Report is presented below: • A non-technical summary of the environmental assessment carried out to inform the SEA Environmental Report. • A description of the P/P under consideration, including detail on the main objectives of the P/P, the contents of the P/P, anticipated P/P outcomes, and how the P/P relates to other P/Ps. • A description and characterisation of the baseline environment that has the potential to be affected by the implementation of the P/P, including the evolution of the baseline environment without the implementation of the P/P (I.e., under a ‘do-nothing’ or ‘do-minimum’ scenario). • A description of any existing environmental problems relevant to the P/P. • Environmental protection objectives (including indicators and targets) relevant to the P/P and the way these objectives and environmental considerations have been taken into during the Strategy development process.
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