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Environmental Impact Assessment in Portugal: EIA Procedure and Post-Project Analysis

This comprehensive report delves into the Portuguese experience of implementing national EIA plans, focusing on the stages of the EIA system, analysis of environmental conformity, assessment procedures, and post-project analysis. It covers the roles of EIA authorities, assessment commissions, and the evaluation of real environmental impacts and mitigation effectiveness. The text emphasizes the importance of early-stage assessments, monitoring, and the need for compensatory measures in dam projects. For detailed information, contact Sara Vieira from the Environmental Assessment Department.

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Environmental Impact Assessment in Portugal: EIA Procedure and Post-Project Analysis

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  1. EnvironmentalImpactAssessment in Portugal Sara Vieira Environmental Assessment Department 23rd September 2018

  2. EnvironmentalImpactAssessment in Portugal • Overview: EIA procedure and Post-project analysis • Dams > Portuguese experience implementing national plan (EIA perspective)

  3. Stages ofthe Portuguese EIA system Analysisoftheenvironmentalconformityofthe final design project Assessment • (preliminary project) Post-projectanalysis Final licensingprocedure Scoping non mandatory or Assessment • (final design project) Theassessmentatanearlystage, consideringthepreliminaryproject, isparticularlyrelevantwhenseveralalternatives are beingconsidered/assessed.

  4. EIA AuthoritiesandAssessmentcommission • EIA Procedure • EIA authorities: • Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) • Regional Coordination and Development Commissions • > EIA Authorities Focal Point group • Assessment Commission • Appointed for each specific process • Coordinated by the EIA authority • Includes representatives from different entities with specific environmental responsibilities (biodiversity, water, noise, air, land, soil, climate, heritage, socioeconomy)

  5. Post-projectanalysis • Aiming to control and assess the real environmental impacts of the project and the effectiveness of the mitigation measures adopted • Begins after the licensing decision is issued • Coordinated by the EIA Authority, involving relevant entities • Includes: • Visits • Audits (qualifiedauditors) • Monitoring • Reportsontheimplementationoftheconditions • MonitoringCommissions – for specificprojects

  6. Dams – Portuguese EIA experience(verybriefsummary) • Main environmental impacts, dependent on extent and sensitivity of the affected area: • Creation of obstacles to fluvial connectivity and alteration of river dynamics and hydromorphological conditions, with the disappearance of a lotic environment and the creation of a lentic environment, which leads to the reduction of aquatic biodiversity; • Destruction of natural habitats and occurring species of flora and fauna and fragmentation of their populations, due to the creation of the reservoirs. • Limitedpossibilityofminimization > Compensatorymeasures • Need to detail measures in an early stage • Monitoring performance indicators (deliverables) • MonitoringCommissions – involvementofrelevantentities, local authoritiesand NGO

  7. sara.vieira@apambiente.pt

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