CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME:
Appropriate Assessment Screening Report
4. SCREENING FOR APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT
4.1 Introduction to Screening This stage of the process identifies any likely significant effects to European Sites from the Strategy modifications, either alone or in combination with other projects or plans. The following has been considered when carrying out the AA Screening Assessment of Strategy modifications. • The likely significant effect on the environment and European sites of implementing the Draft Strategy. • The likely significant effect on the environment and European sites of implementing the Strategy modifications. Therefore, the Strategy modifications must be considered in relation to the current Draft Strategy which has already been subject to SEA and AA considerations. All Strategy modifications are considered therefore in the context of potential additional sources for impacts/effects which were not previously considered. The first stage of the Screening process in this case involved interrogating Strategy modifications to ascertain the materiality of the modifications and whether the modifications will result in the occurrence of additional effects on European sites not previously considered in the AA process to date. 4.2 Assessment Criteria The following parameters are described when characterising impacts (following CIEEM (2016), EPA (2002) and NRA (2009)): • Direct and Indirect Impacts - An impact can be caused either as a direct or as an indirect consequence of a proposed development. • Magnitude - Magnitude measures the size of an impact, which is described as high, medium, low, very low or negligible. • Extent - The area over which the impact occurs – this should be predicted in a quantified manner. • Duration - The time for which the effect is expected to last prior to recovery or replacement of the resource or feature. o Temporary: Up to 1 Year; o Short Term: The effects would take 1-7 years to be mitigated; o Medium Term: The effects would take 7-15 years to be mitigated; o Long Term: The effects would take 15-60 years to be mitigated; and o Permanent: The effects would take 60+ years to be mitigated. • Likelihood - The probability of the effect occurring taking into account all available information. o Certain/Near Certain: >95% chance of occurring as predicted;
o Probable: 50-95% chance as occurring as predicted; o Unlikely: 5-50% chance as occurring as predicted; and o Extremely Unlikely: <5% chance as occurring as predicted.
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