Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Decision Sample Clauses

Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Decision. The terms of reference (ToR) presented in this section intend to define the main requirements that must be taken into account for the update of the EIA, in compliance with the revised Feasibility Study, observing the requirements of Ordinance no. 863/2002 and of the Sector Specific Guide for EIA (Construction projects for highways and roads) created by JASPERS. Taking into account the complexity of the proposed project (the construction of seven tunnels, with a cumulated length of approximately 7500 m, more than 100 structures representing around 27% of the total length of the route) and also the difficult land conditions (the vicinity of the water courses Olt, Topolog, and Arges, and the crossing of nine protected areas), the Consultant must make sure that the final report includes sufficiently detailed information so that members of the public and the competent environment authorities can understand the dimension, the objectives and the particularities of the project. Special attention shall be given to the impact on the population, to the biodiversity elements and to the watercourses crossed by the final route of the motorway, assessing the effects of the project implementation on these environmental factors. The terms of reference (ToR) shall be correlated with the Gap Analysis Report, dated June 2013, regarding the environmental impact assessment covering both the strong points and weak points of the existing EIA Report and shall include those documents previously identified as part of the environmental procedure. The Consultant is responsible for the development of the procedure(s) of environmental impact assessment, according to the legal requirements in force, under the guidance of the competent environmental protection authorities. Moreover, the Consultant is bound to expand any and all speciality studies required by the competent environmental protection authorities, including the expansion of the Appropriate Assessment Study. The requests for the completion/modification of the studies made by the administrators/custodians of the protected areas shall be included in the Appropriate Assessment Study. Taking into account the issues mentioned above, the following elements shall be considered as part of the update of the EIA Report: a) The purpose of the environmental impact assessment The legal framework and procedures imposed by national and European regulations must be adhered to; To identify the activities with the potential for significant envir...