A systematic approach for identifying, predicting, evaluating and mitigating the environmental impacts of a proposed project or activity.
Purpose
Environmental Assessment of proposed marine operations has proven to be a valuable tool for:
understanding the scale and significance of potential environmental effects of proposed operations;
identifying feasible and cost-effective mitigation measures for marine applications;
overcoming strong public/stakeholder opposition;
demonstrating responsible operatorship.
Benefits
EA services for marine operations are aimed at:
ensuring compliance with national and international legislation, environmental policies and strategies relevant to proposed marine operations;
improving the public perception of the proposed marine operations and organisation responsible for them;
demonstrating the application of precautionary principles in order to reduce potential risks.
Features
The EA service for maritime operations may include the following:
An EA Report describing key findings, potential impacts & proposed mitigation measures;
An EA Statement – a non-technical summary of the EA Report;
A Technical Manual describing the relevant technical and operational specifications of the applicable systems to maintain optimum levels of unavoidable impacts. DNV can perform or assist in performing full EAs or parts of EAs, or implement systems for performing procedural stages of EAs.