Environmental Management for Power Capture in the Evaluate stage

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Objective

The objectives under this stage are to:

The major deliverables under this stage are:

The consents and approvals register should provide details of the various consents and approvals which have been identified as required for the development of the project.
Therefore, the specific tasks associated with updating the consents and approvals register (as a minimum) are to:

Update the current status of the consent / approval, providing a summary of the work undertaken on generating the documents to support the application for the consent / approval
Update the summary of any formal / informal discussions with the appropriate granting authorities / regulators
Update the identification of ‘gaps’ where consents / approvals are likely to be required for the development of the project, but are not currently covered by existing consents / approvals applications procedures (if possible, and where ‘gaps’ have been closed, the evidence for the resolution of the ‘gaps’ should be provided)

The environmental feasibility / due diligence study should aim to build on the environmental pre-feasibility study, such that full evaluation of the requirements of the regulatory and environmental issues can be undertaken.
This evaluation should therefore allow for the avoidance of any identified ‘fatal flaws’ / ‘show-stoppers’ to the development of the project.
In addition, the evaluation should allow for the cost / time implications associated with the requirements of the regulatory and environmental issues to be fully understood.
Therefore, the specific tasks associated with the environmental feasibility / due diligence study (as a minimum) are to:

Provide a description of the selected project options
List the specific requirements associated with the necessary key consents / approvals which are likely to be required throughout the various project stages, and evaluate the potential implications associated with these requirements (in terms of cost / time)
List the key environmental issues associated with the development of the project, and evaluate the potential implications associated with these issues (in terms of cost / time)
List the remaining residual risks with the development of the project associated with the requirements of the regulatory and environmental issues