Development of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

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Methodologies for Plans and Programmes in Ireland (2001-DS-

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EEP-2/5) Synthesis Report

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Ireland Environmental Protection Agency

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ii

Disclaimer ii

Details of Project Partners iii

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Purpose of the Synthesis Report 1

1.2 Structure of the Synthesis Report 1

2 Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive 2

2.1 Introduction 2

2.2 Overall Principles 2

2.2.1 What is SEA? 2

2.3 The SEA Directive (2001/42/EC) 2

2.4 Requirements of the Directive 2

2.4.1 Information Requirements 2

2.5 SEA Status Around the World 4

3 Proposed Methodology to Undertake Strategic Environmental Assessment 5

3.1 Introduction 5

3.2 Stage 1 – Screening of Plans and Programmes 7

3.3 Stage 2 – Scoping the SEA 11

3.4 Stage 3 – Identification, Prediction, Evaluation and Mitigation of Potential Impacts 17

4 Consultation and Public Participation in SEA 30

4.1 Introduction 30

4.2 Consultation and Public Participation in SEA 30

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5 SEA Report Quality 32

5.1 Introduction 32

5.2 Requirements of the SEA Directive 32

6 Key Recommendations 34

6.1 Integrating SEA into Existing Procedures 34

6.2 Improving the Methodology 34

6.3 Effective Implementation of the SEA Directive 35

7 References 36

Appendix A: Suggested Sources of Environmental Data 1

Appendix B: SEA Checklist 1

B1 Introduction 1

B2 The Qualities of a Good SEA Report 1

B3 Structure of the Checklist 2

B4 Instructions for checking an SEA Report 2