" Towards an Integrated Approach in Environmental Planning:The Europipe Experience
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Fig. , 1.1. Pipeline route through the National Park in northern Germany with designation of route sections. The "nearshore section" lies north of the island Baltrum outside of map area. The seabed directly
affected by dredging measures or anchorages are marked with dashed lines. (Storz and Schuchardt 1995)
11.4
The Environmental Protection Plan
The Wadden Sea National Park was established to protect a wetland of extreme environmental importance and vulnerability. Hence, very stringent environmental requirements have been set by the competent authorities. The Europipe project has received
much attention from politicians, authorities, environmental groups, local communities, and the public in general. As a result, environmental issues were identified as being of primary importance for project approval.
Within this setting a detailed and systematic environmental management approach
was evidently required to facilitate the smooth running of the project. With the aim of
ensuring a high level of environmental performance, Statoil (as operator of a group of
companies) implemented an Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) which accompanied every stage of planning, construction and operation. In this way environmental
Baltrum
o
Tunnelbaustelle
o
, ,
, ,
, ,
,~
Langeoog
Dornumersie l
119
Fig. , 1.1. Pipeline route through the National Park in northern Germany with designation of route sections. The "nearshore section" lies north of the island Baltrum outside of map area. The seabed directly
affected by dredging measures or anchorages are marked with dashed lines. (Storz and Schuchardt 1995)
11.4
The Environmental Protection Plan
The Wadden Sea National Park was established to protect a wetland of extreme environmental importance and vulnerability. Hence, very stringent environmental requirements have been set by the competent authorities. The Europipe project has received
much attention from politicians, authorities, environmental groups, local communities, and the public in general. As a result, environmental issues were identified as being of primary importance for project approval.
Within this setting a detailed and systematic environmental management approach
was evidently required to facilitate the smooth running of the project. With the aim of
ensuring a high level of environmental performance, Statoil (as operator of a group of
companies) implemented an Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) which accompanied every stage of planning, construction and operation. In this way environmental