Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. No. 85 of 2017). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword EIA Cultural heritage Irrigation Waterworks Pollution control Freshwater pollution Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations provide (in relation to relevant water management projects for agriculture in Northern Ireland) for the assessment of the effects of such projects on the environment in accordance with Council Directive 2011/92/EU, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU, on assessing the potential effects of projects on the environment. They impose procedural requirements in relation to the consideration of applications or proposals for consent for a relevant project (water management projects for agriculture involving the abstraction or impoundment of 200 cubic metres or more in any period of 24 hours which would be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia, of their nature, size or location. An environmental impact assessment must be carried out in accordance with these Regulations in relation to a relevant project. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Legislation | European Union | 2011 (2014) Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Cultural heritage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. No. 32 of 2005). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005 Keyword: Groundwater, Water abstraction, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, EIA Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.R. No. 123 of 2019). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2019 Keyword: EIA, Forestry protection measures, Forest management/forest conservation, Groundwater, Water abstraction, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Ecosystem preservation, Protected area, Protection of habitats Source: FAO, FAOLEX