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Table 9.3: Data and information required for the Environmental Impact Assessment, based on
Royal Decree 34/2001
Category Data and information required
First category –
“Projects With Limited
Environmental
Impacts”
 Applicant’s data
 General information on the project
 Description of the activity
- Location
- Size of the project area
- Estimated number of residents within 250 meters of the project
- Source of Energy and quantity of fuel used
 Construction activities
- Date of commencement and duration
- Permits and licences
Second category –
“Projects With
Significant
Environmental
Impacts”
In addition to information for first-category projects:
 Description of the project
- Key characteristics of the project
- Objectives
- Justification
- Major components
- Technologies used
- Volumes of inputs and consumables during construction and
operation (water for sanitary purposes; water for industrial
purposes; water for other uses; energy (fuel); raw materials
(types and quantities in detail); other
- Volumes of Outputs, Emissions and Wastes (SO2 to the air;
suspended particles to the air; NOx to the air; Other to the air;
sanitary drainage water; industrial drainage water; domestic
solid wastes; industrial solid wastes; hazardous solid wastes;
construction material wastes
 Description of construction works and methods of construction
used
 Drainage Outlet Specifications
 Most significant biological properties of the area (fauna, flora,
sanctuaries, antiquities, and resort areas)
 Initial analyses of the environmental impacts
 description of control and mitigation procedures and technologies
for various impacts
Third category –
“Projects With Serious
Environmental
Impacts”
 Presentation of The Project
 Description of the project and its objectives
- Goals
- Need for the project
- Components of the project
- Project construction phases