Second opinion NuStar terminal expansion

摘要: In this report a second opinion is developed for the Environmental Impact Assessment NuStar terminal expansion (at St. Eustatius). Only marine ecology part of EIA evaluated focusing on impacts reported reserves, reef- and sea-grass habitat, conchs, turtles, mammal fish. The criteria used are: completeness, consistence, transparency, ecological soundness, relevance foreseen resulting from expansion. When applying these we have found that most impact assessments were incomplete (missing information data, missing expected impacts). Reference base line data has been incompletely collected. Furthermore, many not transparent (based given in could come to same conclusion). Also reasoning conclusion was ecologically sound cases (e.g. mobile species are affected by habitat loss because they can move out area instead describing an effect distribution thus abundance or density species). few scored relevant assessed consistent way. all (potential) those mainly qualitatively only. Data pressures as receptors, some publically available used. At end list needs assessments.