4.3.9 Regular meetings were held with CCS to discuss the progress of the application for development consent and to consult with the different departments within CCS including Environmental Health and ecology.
4.3.10 The consultation process has led to the general agreement with all organisations that the preliminary EIA reported on in this PEIR will consider the following environmental topics:
4.3.11 Chapter 15: Other Effects has also been included in the PEIR and covers issues which are not covered within the standard topic chapters but which have emerged, through the consultation process, as matters that need to be addressed.
4.3.12 Table 4-2 discusses the items that have been scoped out of the assessment, but fall under the above topic areas.
Table 4-2: Items Scoped out of the EIA
| Topic / Scope | Justification |
|---|---|
| Transboundary Effects | Due to the design, proposed mitigation and implementation of best practice measures, it is considered that there will be no significant transboundary effects caused by the Project that will affect any other European Economic Area State. A Transboundary Screening assessment has been undertaken by the SoS which confirms this approach. |
| Air Quality [Electrical or Gas Connections] | No impacts on local air quality are anticipated from the operation of the Electrical or Gas Connections and therefore this has not been assessed. The SoS agreed with this approach in the Scoping Opinion (paragraph 3.8, Appendix 4.3). |
| Vibration | The identified plant/equipment items to be used are not recognised as sources of high levels of vibration and therefore operation and decommissioning vibration has not been assessed. The SoS did not disagree with this approach in the Scoping Opinion (Appendix 4.3). |
| Noise [Electrical or Gas Connections] | The Gas and Electrical Connections will be buried underground and therefore it is not anticipated that they will generate any noise or vibration during operation. Therefore, these elements have not been assessed. The SoS partly agreed with this approach in the Scoping |