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BOC Immingham Dissolved Acetylene Project Environmental Statement: Vol. 2 Main Text
5.11 Cumulative impacts can arise when an impact from one project occurs at the same time as an
impact from another project in the vicinity (for example, two concurrent construction projects). The
cumulative impacts of existing operational facilities are accounted for through the baseline studies
(as described in Chapters 6 to 15). Thus, only proposed developments are considered in the
assessment of cumulative impacts. Proposed developments have been identified through
consultation and only include ‘known’ developments (i.e. those that have already applied for
planning consent).
5.12 The identification of proposed developments and the assessment of combined and cumulative
impacts is presented as a standalone Chapter of the ES (Chapter 16).
Consultation
Overview
5.13 Consultation is an important and fundamental component of the development process for a
project. It allows interested and affected parties and organisations to become involved in the
planning and development process of a project and ensures that their concerns, ideas and
aspirations for the project can be taken into consideration.
5.14 Consultation at an early stage is considered to be good practice and beneficial to the EIA and to
the development of the design process. For projects that require an EIA, the first formal step in the
consultation process is usually undertaken via the production of a Scoping Report and the request
for a formal Scoping Opinion. Typically consultation is an iterative process which develops further
during the preparation of the EIA, following through to the submission of the ES and beyond.
5.15 Information from the consultation process has been used to inform, influence and refine certain
elements of the design of the project. Information from consultees has also been used to refine
the EIA methodology (as presented in the Scoping Report), thereby ensuring that the consultees
and NELC are in agreement with the methodology that was proposed for the EIA.
5.16 The following sections of this chapter provide an outline the consultation process that has been
undertaken for the EIA for the Dissolved Acetylene Project. Full details relating to the consultation
process and the resultant outcomes are provided in the Statement of Community Involvement
(SCI), which has been submitted as part of the Planning Application documentation.
Scoping Stage Consultation and Scoping Opinion
5.17 The Environmental Scoping Report 3 and the request for a Scoping Opinion was submitted to
NELC on 23 rd March 2011. The Scoping Opinion 4 was issued by NELC on 27 th April 2011 and is
contained in ES Volume 3 Appendix 5A. Prior to receipt of the Scoping Opinion, meetings were
held with the following consultation bodies:
� NELC;
� HSE;
� EA;
� NE; and
� Stallingborough Parish Council.
5.18 Other parties were contacted for the purposes of data collection and obtaining information and
views to inform the scoping exercise. Details of these are provided as relevant in the Chapters for
each of the EIA topic areas (see Chapters 6 to 15).
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