Neue Inhalte für die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung : Konsequenzen aus der UVP-Richtlinie 2014

New Contents for the Environmental Impact Assessment – Implications of the amended EIA Directive 2014

Stuttgart

2016

Artikel aus einer ZeitschriftUnselbständiges Werk

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Die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVP) ist ein seit fast 30 Jahren ein in Deutschland und Europa fest etabliertes vorhabenbezogenes Verfahren zur Umweltfolgenabschätzung. Als unselbständiger Bestandteil von vorhabenbezogenen Planungs- und Zulassungsverfahren hilft sie, die von einem geplanten Vorhaben ausgehenden Umweltauswirkungen frühzeitig, vorsorgenorientiert und schutzgutübergreifend zu erkennen und bei der Entscheidungsfindung angemessen zu berücksichtigen.Over nearly 30 years the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has become a firmly established procedure in Germany and in Europe to assess the environmental effects of a project. As a dependent part of project-related planning and approval pro­cedures it helps to identify the environmental effects of a planned project in an early stage, and they have to be considered proportionately in the decision-making process. It is oriented towards precaution and it covers the different natural resources.In April 2014 the EU adopted a new amending directive on EIA. The directive includes a series of extensions and specifications which lead to a significant need of updating for the German regulations. The necessary amendments will also have effects on the practical application of EIAs, particularly since the recent jurisdiction significantly increases possibilities to appeal decisions of approval.The paper provides an overview of the decisive changes, particularly relating to the content of the EIA. It mainly addresses the necessary documents of the EIA report of the project developer as well as the check-up, evaluation and consideration of the EIA results by the authorities. Numerous individual aspects have been regulated in a clearer and more detailed way. Topics such as impact on and resilience to climate change, decrease of land consumption, prognosis of the future conditions without the scheme, monitoring of environmental effects and implementation of measures are to be included in future. These will modernize and increase the importance of the EIA.