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of PON16 Application Where the Regulations require the submission of an Environmental Statement in respect of a project, the Licensees who wish to undertake that project (well, field development or pipeline) must first make an assessment of the impact it would have and provide to the Secretary of State a formal Environmental Statement containing a description of the project, their conclusions and any measures they would take to mitigate or remedy significant adverse effects.
A number of projects in limited categories (very small developments, the drilling of wells, extended well tests, modifications to existing developments and small to medium-sized pipelines) may not need an Environmental Statement to be prepared if a preliminary assessment demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that the project is unlikely to cause a significant adverse environmental impact. The direction process for such projects is described below.
For all project consents covered by the Regulations, whether an Environmental Statement is required or not, a new formal document-the Application for Consent (Petroleum Operations Notice 16)-is required for those types of consent covered by the Regulations. (This has to be done because the Directive requires there to be an application for consent each time. For example, a PON 15 seeking direction from EIA for the drilling of a well would be ready for submission before the PON 4, so the PON 15 has to be accompanied by the Application for Consent (i.e. the PON 16 not the PON 4).) This Application must be accompanied by the Environmental Statement where one is required and is a formal request for any consent required under a licence which is subject to the Regulations. The Application for Consent will state which consent is being applied for and describe the project in respect of which that consent is sought. Such a description may be by reference to the description of the project in any Environmental Statement accompanying the Application for Consent (i.e. the Application for Consent may briefly identify the project and contain a statement that it is more fully described in the accompanying Environmental Statement). An example of an Application for Consent is provided at Annex D.
The Application for Consent (i.e. the PON 16) and Environmental Statement may be submitted some weeks or even months prior to the final draft of the development programme, well consent application (PON 4) or Pipeline Works Authorisation application provided that it gives an appropriate description of the project and its effects on the environment. This will enable these, which will remain background documents,† to be progressed and to incorporate the impact of any changes to the project resulting from the consultation on and scrutiny of the Statement.
If the Secretary of State has directed that the Environmental Statement may be dispensed with for a particular project, the Application for Consent must still be made but must then be accompanied by a copy of the direction.
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† The development programme (commonly known as the "Annex B") will continue in its present form as described in the Guidance Notes on Procedures for Regulating Oil and Gas Field Developments (December 1993) and will include subsurface data and other commercial and detailed engineering data. Where subsurface information, such as fluid composition or pressure, is relevant to the environmental assessment it should be included in the Statement.
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