Permit View on Statement 1: Decision-making

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Permit View on Statement 1 Decision-making

• UK Govt policy objectives include overarching
  goal of a better quality of life for all through
  the sustainable development of the marine
  environment.
• Decisions made within frameworks of
• Domestic controls, EU law and International
  obligations
• Protection of the marine environment
• Decision-making is overcomplicated, complex,
  confusing !
• Different industries controlled in different ways
  under different legislation, Developed
  piecemeal of number of years
• UK Govt committed to better regulation includes
  legislative and administrative simplification
• Marine Bill, reform of licensing, regulators work
  together towards more holistic long term
  approach, transparent, faster more efficient
  licensing.
• Decision-making taking
• 10 yrs from project-initiative to permit !
  Atypical
• Engaging stakeholders and regulators

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Permit View on Statement 2 Monitoring

• Environmental monitoring is vital
• Test conclusions and predictions made in ES and
  establish actual impacts of a project
• Ensure compliance with licence conditions
• There is a Danger!
• Monitoring done for the sake of it
• Standard list of monitoring
• Monitoring needs
• Clear purpose, case by case, appropriate
• Targeted, development of testable hypothesis and
  a sampling design to test them.
• Review and Feedback
• Information gained should be used to assess and
  modify management actions
• Inform future management decisions
• Project operations and licence review, relax or
  remove conditions or strengthen them