Environmental Assessment
Volume A-7
Introduction
EA Methods and Study Area
Further refinements to the project design will occur as ongoing public input is
received, during the detailed engineering design work, during the contract
tendering process, and during construction and commissioning.
Cumulative Effects
The cumulative environmental effects of the project and other existing projects or
disturbances will be limited to an evaluation of those effects within the region
that are planned or are reasonably foreseeable (Volume G). A precursor to that
evaluation will be a consideration of all project effects (i.e., considering all
project components together), since out side of the cumulative case, project
components have generally been assessed independently.
7.4.3
Monitoring
A clear framework of principles and criteria are required to decide on the
requirements for monitoring after project approval. Elements of the framework
that will be used are laid out in more detail in the Environmental Management
Plan (EMP) Appendix (Volume H, Appendix 6). Two main principles are:
•
monitoring provides answers to specific questions regarding compliance
and operations; and
•
monitoring identifies opportunities for improvement.
The need for monitoring programs is developed in specific discipline areas for
each project component and the monitoring plans to be implemented are
presented in the EMP sections.
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