Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Forest Service, an Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has provided opinions on the following projects in respect of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (as amended).
| Reference | ERA19/20-3
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| Project Type | Forest road construction
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| Location | Garrison Glebe, Lack Forest
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| Grid Reference | H 276 672
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| Area | 0.3 hectares
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| Project Description | Creation of new forest road. |
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Opinion | Not relevant. This project is unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment. Mitigation measures are considered sufficient to avoid any impacts on protected species and water quality. The Department does not propose to prepare an environmental statement. |
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Reference | ERA19/20-4
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| Project Type | Forest road construction
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| Location | Kiltest, Cam Forest
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| Grid Reference | C 785 232
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| Area | 0.72 hectares
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| Project Description | Creation of new forest road.
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| Opinion | Not relevant. This project is unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment. Mitigation measures will be sufficient to prevent any adverse impacts to water quality and to protected species nearby. The Department does not propose to prepare an environmental statement. |
| Reference | ERA19/20-5
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| Project Type | Forest road construction
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| Location | Meenmossogue Glebe, Lough Bradan Forest
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| Grid Reference | H 261 705
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| Area | 0.72 hectares
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| Project Description | Creation of new forest road.
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| Opinion | Not relevant. This project is unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment. Mitigation measures will be sufficient to prevent any adverse impacts to water quality and to protected species. The Department does not propose to prepare an environmental statement.
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Reference | ERA19/20-6
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| Project Type | Forest road construction
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| Location | Glengawna, Gortin Glen Forest
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| Grid Reference | H 480 801
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| Area | 0.375 hectares
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| Project Description | Creation of new forest road.
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| Opinion | Not relevant. This project is unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment. Mitigation measures will be sufficient to prevent any adverse impacts to water quality and to protected species nearby. The Department does not propose to prepare an environmental statement. |
Maps relating to the projects have been placed on www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/forestry. Further information may be obtained by contacting Policy and Regulation Branch at 028 6634 3034 or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk. Any person wishing to comment on the likely environmental effects of the above projects may do so in writing by 4 August 2019 to Forest Service, Policy and Regulation Branch, Inishkeen House, Killyhevlin, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT74 4EJ or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk.