This appendix contains a number of documents which form the Evidence Plan for benthic Ecology, these include:
The Evidence Plan method statement; a document which was used to inform the first fish and shellfish ecology Expert Topic Group (ETG) evidence plan meeting. This was distributed to all members of the ETG on the 3rd of September 2013 prior to the group’s first meeting held on the 10th of September 2013.
The minutes from the first Benthic Ecology ETG Evidence Plan meeting held on September 10th 2013. These were agreed with all members of the group.
Clarification of impact assessment methodology and approach to cumulative impacts. This was requested by the group at the first meeting and was distributed to members following the meeting.
Emailed agreement to the outcomes of ETG first meeting. Emailed agreement to Postpone ETG Meeting 2
It should be noted that these documents are as close to their original form as possible and have not been updated as projects have developed. Therefore the timelines and parameters given in section 10.2 the Method Statement are now out of date.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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