§3.1.2 Step 2: Description of the plan or project and its impact factors

When describing the plan or project, it will be necessary to identify all aspects that have a potential to affect the Natura 2000 site, either alone or in combination with other plans or projects. All phases of the project have to be taken into account including construction, operation and decommissioning. For plans, appropriate details about the activities carried out within the plan need to be collected and analysed to see if individually or collectively they may have significant impact on the Natura 2000 sites, including in combination with other plans or projects. Box 3 lists the key parameters of the plan or project to be identified. These elements are indicative only, to be adapted or complemented to suit each case. For some projects or plans, it may be necessary to identify parameters separately for the construction, operation and decommissioning phases. Box 3 Examples of elements of the plan or project to be considered during screening — size (e.g. in relation to direct land-take); — overall affected area including the area affected by indirect impacts (e.g. noise, turbidity, vibrations); — physical changes in the environment (e.g. modification of riverbeds or morphology of other water bodies, changes in the density of forest cover); — changes in the intensity of an existing pressure (e.g. increase in noise, pollution or traffic); — resource requirements (e.g. water abstraction, mineral extraction); — emissions (e.g. nitrogen deposition) and waste (and whether they are disposed of on land, water or in the air); — transportation requirements (e.g. access roads); — duration of construction, operation, decommissioning, etc.; — temporal aspects (timing of the different stages of a plan or project); — distance from Natura 2000 sites and in particular from their designating features; — cumulative impacts with other projects and plans.

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