Barriers to and opportunities for effective cumulative impact assessment within state-level environmental review frameworks in the United States

Ma, Zhao; Becker, Dennis R.; Kilgore, Michael A.

doi:10.1080/09640568.2011.635013

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“…Development of a guidance document designed expressly for the OWED industry has been recognized as a critical need in the UK (Renewable UK 2011;. Guidelines would provide an applied CAE definition, assessment procedures, and expectations for how CAE assessments are presented in environmental impact statements (Ma, Becker, and Kilgore 2012). This guidance could complement US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) current efforts to develop recommendations for environmental surveys at proposed OWEDs.…”

Section: The Scope Of Cae Assessments Of Owed On Wildlifementioning

confidence: 97%

Cumulative adverse effects of offshore wind energy development on wildlife

Goodale

Milman

2014

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Offshore wind energy development (OWED) is being pursued as a critical component in achieving a low-carbon energy economy. While the potential generating capacity is high, the cumulative effects of expansion of OWED on wildlife remain unclear. Since environmental regulations in many countries require analysis of the cumulative adverse effects (CAE) during permitting processes, this paper reviews the state of knowledge on CAE of OWED on wildlife. We synthesize ecological research on the effects of OWED on wildlife; delineate a framework for determining the scope of CAE assessments; describe approaches to avoiding, minimizing and compensating for CAE; and discuss critical uncertainties.

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Section: The Scope Of Cae Assessments Of Owed On Wildlifementioning

confidence: 97%

Cumulative adverse effects of offshore wind energy development on wildlife

Goodale

Milman

2014

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…Second, it is unsurprising that CEA performed as part of project EIA has been fraught with enduring challenges given the magnitude and complexity of these issues. This has been chronicled in many practice reviews over the years (Canter & Ross, 2010;Parkins, 2011;Ma et al, 2012;Bailey et al, 2014;Noble, 2015;Foley et al, 2017;Willsteed et al, 2018). Rather than review the range of technical, procedural, transactive, and conceptual challenges already aptly pointed out by others -many of which are the same types of challenges that confront all forms of EIA worldwide -it is worth noting some of the additional contemporary challenges that CEA practitioners face in the twenty-first century.…”

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Introduction: Foundations, issues and contemporary challenges in cumulative impact assessment

Blakley¹

2021

Handbook of Cumulative Impact Assessment

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This Handbook addresses cumulative impact assessment and management, also known as cumulative effects assessment (CEA), as conceptualized and practiced in the field of environmental impact assessment (EIA). This book was written by expert researchers, consultants, and advocates deeply engaged in the science, regulations, laws, models, processes, debates, and partnerships of cumulative impact assessment and management. It provides critical information about the state-of-the-art in the research and thinking in the field and offers relevant ideas and approaches to help ensure the success and advancement of CEA initiatives. The Handbook is designed to appeal to an international audience of government, Indigenous, industry, and community leaders, as well as to anyone interested in studying CEA at an advanced level. The goal is to raise awareness of innovative concepts, tools, and approaches, thereby promoting best practice development and increasing the efficacy of CEA everywhere.This chapter sets the context for, and introduces, the remainder of this book. It begins by defining cumulative effects and the need to assess and manage them, exploring important foundational concepts in CEA, and briefly outlining some of the contemporary challenges facing CEA practitioners. After this background is provided, the structure of the book is introduced. This Handbook is published in the international series of Research Handbooks on Impact Assessment, edited by Frank Vanclay. It features content contributed by dozens of authors from nine countries around the world, representing diverse perspectives from more than 40 organizations. The Handbook is divided into four parts: Part I 'Foundations and Development'; Part II 'Approaches and Tools'; Part III 'Cumulative Impact Assessment in Practice'; and Part IV 'Cumulative Impact Management'. The contents of each part of the book are detailed toward the end of this introductory chapter.

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“…Coordination of monitoring programs to support CE science and understanding is a basic requisite; however, the data generated must be available to end users, specifically proponents carrying out their EAs, government agencies with a responsibility for CE, and communities concerned about the health of local freshwater systems (Ma et al 2012). There are existing platforms to accommodate and share monitoring data in the NWT, including the Discovery Portal and Mackenzie Data Stream.…”

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Water Quality Monitoring to Support Cumulative Effects Assessment and Decision Making in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada

Wong

Noble

Hanna

2019

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Project proponent‐ and government‐led environmental monitoring are required to identify, understand, and manage cumulative effects (CE), yet such monitoring initiatives are rarely mutually supportive. Notwithstanding the need for a more integrated and complementary approach to monitoring, monitoring efforts are often less effective than intended for addressing CE. This paper examines current monitoring programs in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada, based on 7 attributes: consistency, compatibility, observability, detectability, adaptability, accessibility, and usability. Results indicate a tenuous link between and across proponent‐led monitoring requirements under project‐specific water licenses and government‐led monitoring of regional baseline conditions. There is some consistency in what is monitored, but data are often incompatible, insufficient to understand baseline change, not transferable across projects or scales, inaccessible to end users, and ultimately unsuitable to understanding CE. Lessons from the Mackenzie Valley highlight the need for improved alignment of monitoring efforts across programs and scales, characterized by a set of common parameters that are most useful for early detection of cumulative change and supporting regulatory decisions at the project scale. This alignment must be accompanied by more open and accessible data for both proponents and regulators, while protecting the sensitivity of proprietary information. Importantly, there must be conceptual guidance for CE, such that the role of monitoring is clear, providing the types of CE questions to be asked, identifying the hypotheses to be tested, and ensuring timely and meaningful results to support regulatory decisions. © 2019 SETAC

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Barriers to and opportunities for effective cumulative impact assessment within state-level environmental review frameworks in the United States

Cited by 22 publications

References 48 publications

Cumulative adverse effects of offshore wind energy development on wildlife

Cumulative adverse effects of offshore wind energy development on wildlife

Introduction: Foundations, issues and contemporary challenges in cumulative impact assessment

Water Quality Monitoring to Support Cumulative Effects Assessment and Decision Making in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada

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