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Therefore, given that the impacts assessed for East Anglia THREE (i.e. project level impacts) are considered negligible or would be avoided by design it is considered that at a cumulative (i.e. additive) level, impacts upon the benthos would be negligible.
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Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
Appendix. 10.1 Benthic Ecology Evidence Plan Page 33