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50 Cards in this Set
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What year did the eu first decide eia was necessary |
1985 |
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How long did the eu give member states to comply with eia legislation |
3 years |
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When did ireland begin to comply with eia legislation |
1988 |
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Who made the new sewer system |
Bazalgette (1858-1874) |
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Og eia |
Technical Feasibility Studies |
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What came after technical feasibility studies? |
Cost benefit analysis |
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Who did eia first and when |
America, 1970 |
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Why did America institute eia |
Santa Barbara oil spill |
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What act did america enact in regards to eia |
NEPA 1969 National Environmental Policy Act |
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Who had to comply with NEPA |
Major federal actions |
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When did the eu first start action programme about the environment |
1973 |
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Why eia required |
To satisfy legislation |
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Underlying reason for eia |
Management tool to ensure environmentally sound (sustainable) development |
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Players in eia process (4) |
Environmental consultant Concerned public Competent authority Proponent/developer |
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Stages of EIA (6) |
Screening Scoping Study Report (EIAR) Review Implementation |
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Screening |
Attempts to rationalise the need for eia |
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Factors pointing towards need for EIA (3) |
Nature and scale of development/proposal Environmental setting Likely degree of public concern/opposition |
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Screening methods (5) |
Pos/neg lists Project criteria (thresholds) Sensitive area criteria Matrices IEE Initial Environmental Eval |
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IEE |
Initial Environmental Evaluation |
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Scoping objectives (6) |
Identify key concerns Opportunity for public involvement Save time and resources Preps for EIAR Better focused and streamlined EIA |
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Databases for desk study (6) |
EPA Copernicus National land cover National biodiv data centre National parks n wildlife service Atlases |
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Three guidelines for baseline studies |
relevant sufficient credible |
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Components of the Environment (3) |
population and human health biodiversity land, soil, water, air, and climate material assets, cultural heritage and the landscape |
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Leopold matrix strength (5) |
structure no overlook visual can expand or contract can be applied at diff temporal stages |
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Leopold matrix weaknesses (8) |
too big black n white double counting no short vs long term too detailed for some, not enough for others subjective biased no public |
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Tools for Impact Identification, Prediction, and Assessment (5) |
matrices checklists overlays networks (causal chain analysis) env eval sys
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wind farm name |
derrybrien |
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How much did we need to pay cause of the wind farm |
20,510,000 |
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mitigation measures (4) |
Avoidance reduction remedy abandon |
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avoidance (2) |
alt design, alt siting |
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Reduction (2) |
minimise cause, minimise exposure |
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Remedy (3) |
Restoration Relocation Replacement |
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Mitigation heirarchy (7) |
Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi |
avoidance of impact at source reduction of impact at source (eg.waste reduction) reduction of impact on site (eg.waste treatment) reduction of impact at site of impact remedy of impact compensation in kind other compensation |
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Info needed by decision makers (5) |
context- Whereexactly is it? character- Whatdoes it look like? significance- Is itunique? ……protected? sensitivity- Is itlikely to be effected? sufficiency of data- Is the information complete/reliable? |
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Four aspects of impact |
Charachter Magnitude Duration Consequence |
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EIAR formats |
direct and grouped |
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Why public lack confidence in EIA |
close association with developer never hear of anything stopping due to EIAR |
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How many EIARs have been produced |
3k-3.5k |
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SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
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PPP |
policy, plan or programme |
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Three types of PPP |
SECTORAL (eg. Transport, Mining, Agri,Power) SPATIAL (eg. Local, Regional, National) INDIRECT (eg. Education, R&D, Tourism) |
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Who used SEA before EU |
USA Netherlands |
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When was the SEA directve announced |
2001 |
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What timespan were all the EIA directives |
1985-2014 |
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When were the birds directives |
1979-2009 |
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When was the habitats directive |
1992 |
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SPA |
special protection areas- birds |
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SAC |
Special areas of conservation-habitats |
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IROPI |
imperative reasons of overriding public interest |
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Where was the appropriate assessment lake |
Roscommon |
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