UK Statutory Instrument
2007
United Kingdom
Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007
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Schedules
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Location of the project
Types and characteristics of the potential impact
Request for a screening opinion
Payment of a fee for a screening opinion
Procedure for reaching a screening opinion
Consultation
Giving a screening opinion
Notification of a screening opinion
Availability of screening opinions for inspection
A description of the project and of the regulated activity,...
A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...
A reference list detailing the sources used for the descriptions...
A description of the reasonable alternatives (for example in terms...
A description of the relevant aspects of the current state...
A description of the factors specified in regulation 21A(2)(a) to...
A description of the likely significant effects of the project...
The description of the likely significant effects on the factors...
A description of the forecasting methods or evidence used to...
A description of the measures envisaged to avoid, prevent, reduce...
A description of the expected significant adverse effects of the...
Request for a scoping opinion
Information required where another application has been made
Payment of a fee for a scoping opinion
Procedure for reaching a scoping opinion
Matters to be considered in reaching a scoping opinion
Consultation
Notification of a scoping opinion
Availability of scoping opinions for inspection
(1) In relation to each representation made pursuant to the...
(1) If the appropriate authority concludes in accordance with paragraph...
(1) If the appropriate authority concludes in accordance with paragraph...
(1) If either— (a) the appropriate authority concludes in accordance...
(1) If the appropriate authority instigates a local inquiry in...
(1) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 (power to...
(1) If the appropriate authority appoints a person to report...
Crude‑oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude‑oil) and...
Construction of lines for long‑distance railway traffic and of airports...
Construction of motorways and express roads.
Construction of a new road of four or more lanes,...
Inland waterways and ports for inland‑waterway traffic which permit the...
Trading ports, piers for loading and unloading connected to land...
Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined...
Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as...
Groundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual...
Works for the transfer of water resources, other than piped...
In all other cases, works for the transfer of water...
Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a heat...
Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population...
Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where...
Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or...
Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and...
Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with...
Industrial plants for— (a) the production of pulp from timber...
Quarries and open‑cast mining where the surface of the site...
Construction of overhead electrical power lines with a voltage of...
Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with...
Storage sites pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of...
Nuclear power stations and other nuclear reactors including the dismantling...
Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the...
Any change to or extension of project specified in this...
In this Schedule— “airport” means an airport which complies with...
Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.
Installations designed— (a) for the production or enrichment of nuclear...
Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast‑iron and steel....
Installations for the production of non‑ferrous crude metals from ore,...
Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the processing...
Integrated chemical installations, that is to say, installations for the...
Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture
Extraction of minerals by fluvial or marine dredging;
Deep drillings, in particular— (a) geothermal drilling;
Surface industrial installations for the extraction of coal, petroleum, natural...
Energy
Industrial installations for carrying gas, steam and hot water and...
Surface storage of natural gas.
Underground storage of combustible gases.
Surface storage of fossil fuels.
Industrial briquetting of coal and lignite.
Installations for the processing and storage of radioactive waste (unless...
Projects for the use of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas...
Installations for hydroelectric energy production.
Installations for the harnessing of wind power for energy production...
Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the...
Production and processing of metals
Installations for the processing of ferrous metals—
Ferrous metal foundries.
Installations for the smelting, including the alloyage, of non-ferrous metals,...
Installations for surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using...
Manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles and manufacture of motor...
Shipyards.
Water management projects for agriculture, including irrigation and land drainage...
Installations for the construction and repair of aircraft.
Manufacture of railway equipment.
Swaging by explosives.
Installations for the roasting and sintering of metallic ores.
Mineral industry
Installations for the manufacture of cement.
Installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of...
Installations for the manufacture of glass including glass fibre.
Installations for smelting mineral substances including the production of mineral...
Manufacture of ceramic products by burning, in particular roofing tiles,...
Initial afforestation and deforestation for the purposes of conversion to...
Chemical industry (unless included in Schedule A1)
Production of pesticides and pharmaceutical products, paint and varnishes, elastomers...
Storage facilities for petroleum, petrochemical and chemical products.
Food industry
Packing and canning of animal vegetable products.
Manufacture of dairy products.
Brewing and malting.
Confectionery and syrup manufacture.
Installations for the slaughter of animals.
Industrial starch manufacturing installations.
Intensive livestock installations (unless included in Schedule A1).
Fish-meal and fish-oil factories.
Sugar factories.
Textile, leather, wood and paper industries
Plants for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation)...
Plants for the tanning of hides and skins.
Cellulose-processing and production installations.
Rubber industry
Infrastructure projects
Urban development projects, including the construction of shopping centres and...
Construction of intermodal transhipment facilities and of intermodal terminals (unless...
Intensive fish farming.
Construction of railways (unless included in Schedule A1).
Construction of airfields (unless included in Schedule A1).
Construction of roads (unless included in Schedule A1).
Construction of harbours and port installations including fishing harbours (unless...
Inland-waterway construction not included in Schedule A1, canalisation and flood-relief...
Dams and other installations designed to hold water or store...
Tramways, elevated and underground railways, suspended lines or similar lines...
Oil and gas pipeline installations and pipelines for the transport...
Installations of long-distance aqueducts.
Coastal work to combat erosion and maritime works capable of...
Reclamation of land from the sea.
Groundwater abstraction and artificial groundwater recharge schemes not included in...
Works for the transfer of water resources between river basins...
Motorway service areas.
Other projects
Installations for the disposal of waste (unless included in Schedule...
Waste-water treatment plants (unless included in Schedule A1).
Sludge-deposition sites.
Storage of scrap iron, including scrap vehicles.
Test benches for engines, turbines or reactors.
Installations for the manufacture of artificial mineral fibres.
Extractive industry
Installations for the recovery or destruction of explosive substances.
Knackers’ yards.
Tourism and leisure
Marinas.
Holiday villages and hotel complexes outside urban areas and associated...
Theme parks.
Permanent camp sites and caravan sites.
Golf courses and associated developments.
Changes and extensions
Any change to or extension of development of a description...
Underground mining.
Development of a description mentioned in Schedule A1 undertaken exclusively...
Browse 40 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Title and commencement
Extent
Interpretation
Proposed activity which would otherwise be a regulated activity
Fees
Environmental impact assessment
Requirement of assessment by agreement
Requirement of assessment by determination
Determination: Schedule A1 projects
Determination: Schedule A2 projects
Projects serving national defence purposes
Projects in response to a civil emergency
Exceptions
Further provisions in relation to Article 2(4) of the EIA Directive
Screening opinions
Application for a regulatory approval in relation to a regulated activity
Scoping opinions
Provision of further information
Availability of information held by regulator
Co-ordination
Publicity
Consultation on proposed regulated activity
Provision of information to affected EEA States
Provision of information to other EEA States
Consultation of EEA States
Projects in an EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects
Consideration of representations from the public
Conclusion about environmental impact
The EIA consent decision
Notification and publication of EIA consent decisions
Effect of EIA consent decision on application and regulatory decision
Fees in relation to the assessment etc. of the results of monitoring measures
Notification and publication of regulatory decisions
Provision of false etc information
Offences committed by bodies corporate
Offences committed by Scottish partnerships
Access to review procedure before a court
Revocation
Transitional and saving provisions
Review
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Marine Management Organisation
Licenses marine activities in English waters, including construction, dredging, and deposits at sea. Issues marine licences for offshore renewable energy projects below …
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