The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000

[F1 Environmental statement

2B.— (1) In these Regulations, an “environmental statement” means a report prepared as part of an environmental information assessment in respect of the relevant pipe-line works which includes—

(a) a description of the works comprising information on the location, design, size and other relevant features of the works;

(b) a description of the likely significant effects of the works on the environment;

(c) a description of the features of the works or measures envisaged in order to avoid, prevent or reduce, and if possible, offset likely significant adverse effects on the environment;

(d) a description of the reasonable alternatives studied by the applicant which are relevant to the works and their specific characteristics and an indication of the main reasons for the option chosen, taking into account the effects of the works on the environment;

(e) a non-technical summary of the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), and

(f) any additional information set out in Schedule 1 (information for the environmental statement) relevant to the specific characteristics of the relevant pipe-line works or type of works and to the environmental features likely to be affected.

(2) In preparing the environmental statement, the applicant shall also take into account any available results of other relevant assessments under EU or national legislation.

(3) Where the Secretary of State has given an opinion under regulation 5 on the matters to be included in the environmental statement, the statement shall be based on that opinion and include the information that may be reasonably required for reaching a reasoned conclusion on the significant effects of the relevant pipe-line works on the environment, taking into account current knowledge and methods of assessment.

(4) In order to ensure the completeness of the environmental statement, the applicant shall ensure that—

(a) the statement is prepared by competent experts; and

(b) the statement is accompanied by a statement from the applicant outlining the relevant expertise or qualifications of such experts.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 2A-2C inserted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), regs. 1, 47 (with reg. 58)