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Offshore wind power projects in the Great Lakes: Background information and science considerations for fish and fish habitat
Appendix B. Quick reference guide of existing environmental assessment methods, survey standards, and mitigation options. Selected
examples of recorded guidelines and standards for assessing the environmental impacts of offshore wind power projects, methods and
standards for Great Lakes fish community inventories and habitat assessments, and technical guidance and recommendations for mitigation
options, habitat enhancement strategies and assessing cumulative impacts. This list is not exhaustive. It is intended to highlight a number of
existing, open access and relevant references for offshore wind developers or regulatory agencies, reflecting wherever possible the most
recent guidelines or requirements at the time of publication.
Subject area Source title Institution Type of information Link
Environmental
assessments
for offshore
wind power
projects
Fish and fish
habitat
assessment
requirements
• An Assessment of the
Environmental Effects of
Offshore Wind Farms
• Offshore Wind Farms:
Guidance Note for
Environmental Impact
Assessment in Respect of FEPA
and CPA Requirements
• Standard: Investigation of the
Impacts of Offshore Wind
Turbines in the Marine
Environment
• Report to Congress on the
Potential Environmental Effects
of Marine and Hydrokinetic
Energy Technologies
• Eastern Conservation
Authorities Fish and Fish
Habitat Review Guidelines
• Ministry of Transportation
Environmental Guide for Fish
and Fish Habitat
• UK Department of
Trade and Industry,
Report (2000)
• UK Marine
Consents and
Environment Unit,
Guidance Note
(2004)
• German Federal
Maritime and
Hydrographic
Agency, Standard
(2007)
• US Department of
Energy, Report
(2009)
• Ontario Eastern
Conservation
Authorities,
Guidelines (2008)
• Ontario Ministry of
Transportation,
Guidance Document
(2009)
• Environmental assessment
requirements, obligations for
developers, key issues/ research needs
• Requirements for baseline and impact
assessments, design and conduct of
surveys, reporting
• Minimum technical requirements and
procedures for implementation of
baseline/effects monitoring, project
assessment/reference areas, technical
instructions for different survey types,
sampling design, duration
• Environmental impact assessment
approaches, environmental monitoring
for specific effects, the role of
adaptive management, mitigation
• Minimum requirements under
Fisheries Act for fish habitat
assessments and mapping, fish
community inventories, impact
assessments, determining HADD
• Fish community inventories, habitat
assessments, baseline data collection,
timing considerations for monitoring,
impact assessments and mitigation
http://www.offshorewindenergy.
org/reports/report_003.pdf
http://www.cefas.co.uk/publicati
ons/files/windfarm-guidance.pdf
http://www.bsh.de/en/Products/B
ooks/Standard/7003eng.pdf
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/win
dandhydro/pdfs/doe_eisa_633b.p
df
http://www.dsao.net/Resources/E
asternCAMinStandardsFishFish
HabitatGuideline_Draft%20Marc
h2008.pdf
http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/t
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