Marine Consent and Environmental Impact Assessment
"specialists in marine environmental management, assessment and design"
EMU Limited has a team of qualified and experienced marine consultants specialising in marine environmental management, characterisation and feasibility studies, Environmental Impact Assessment, Zonal and/or Regional Environmental Assessments, Strategic Environmental Assessments, and Appropriate Assessments. EMU offers a practical approach to consenting through one-stop shop services, project managing all stages to meet the needs of our clients. This includes working with regulators to ensure scope of works are fit for purpose, managing the design of projects and maximise EMU’s capabilities for offshore geophysical and ecological surveys, data processing and interpretation.
EMU staff pride themselves on offering a logical and ‘joined up’ approach to the marine development process as a whole thereby ensuring a seamless and smooth passage from project inception to consent success
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Example: Regional Environmental Assessments Marine Consultancy services
Marine Aggregates Regional Environmental Assessments (MAREAs) are a voluntary initiative introduced by the UK Marine Aggregate dredging industry in 2003. MAREAs are designed to provide a regional context and background information to individual license applications and EIAs within dredging areas. EMU is currently responsible for the development and delivery of MAREAs for both the South Coast and East Coast of England.
MAREAs represent best practise in the management of the marine environment as a tool used to assess marine aggregate extraction in coastal and offshore waters. EMU can provide a specialised and integrated team of marine consultants experts in environmental impact assessment, particularly cumulative and in-combination impacts and over 10 years of industry experience. Using EMU’s in-house technical expertise and specialised conceptual impact assessment techniques, the process Regional Environmental Assessments can be applied to all marine sectors both within the UK and abroad.
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Example: Cable route planning Marine Consultancy services
Our marine consultants work alongside geotechnical experts and cable installation specialists at every stage of the cable route planning process. We are involved at the initial feasibility stage offering our expertise at the desk based and environmental field assessment level to highlight a number of potentially suitable routes. By taking into account grid connection potential, the offshore sediment and geological state and the marine environmental and social constraints of these potential routes, we further refine potential route options throughout the process. Through a comprehensive regime of stakeholder engagement at every stage of the process we strive to balance the competing demands of a multitude of marine users to ultimately select the most environmentally and socially acceptable routes.
EMU is well placed to offer an unrivalled marine environmental consultancy and support package to any offshore developer, taking your ideas from inception to on site generation. EMU has a strong marine consultancy resource with offshore Environmental Impact Assessment specialists highly experienced in a wide range of commercial and government sectors. We are confidant that we can offer a high quality service and work with you to meet and overcome all challenges.