The Environment Agency publishes a notice under paragraph 9 ¹ (5) of the water Act (water). The additional basis for publication of the notice is paragraph 12(1)(2) of the Law on environmental impact assessment and management.

The Environment Agency reports that the nature of the non-profit-making association Laidevahe (registry code: 80168498) (address: Siiksaare village, Valjala rural district, island district, 94301) was granted special water use permit No L.VV/326229, valid from 19.08.2015 to 31.12.2016. The Environment Agency considered the need to initiate an environmental impact assessment in accordance with paragraph 6(1) of the Law on environmental impact assessment and Management systems and paragraph 11 of Decree No 224 of the Government of the Republic of 29.08.2005, entitled “list of activities subject to a preliminary assessment of the need for an environmental impact assessment”. In the light of the ritual fractures of Riina (environmental engineering, BSC, licence No KMH0147) and Mari Raidla (EEC landscape conservation and maintenance), a preliminary environmental impact assessment has been drawn up for a project entitled “opening of the Lõve estuary and restoration of habitats”. In its letter No HLS 14-4/15/16985-2 of 04.08.2015, the Environment Agency accepted the results of the ex-ante assessment and concluded that it is not necessary to initiate a full environmental impact assessment. The ex-ante environmental impact assessment carried out has assessed the environmental effects of the proposed operation on the basis of all the criteria set out in paragraph 6(3) of the KeHJS and requires works under Chapters 4.1.1 and 4.2 of the management plan 2011-2020 for the bridge nature reserve and the Siiksaare-Oessaare site. The laying of the estuary of the River Way and Silmaye, the partial cleaning of the sediment of the Gulf of Oessaare and the laying of stone weds in the water bodies connecting the Gulf of Oessaare and the Gulf of Laideal (Enima eye and Rõrõrõrõrõrway eye) is necessary for the management of the conservation area of the Laideal margin and the conservation area of the Siiksaare-Oessaare site (the urban area of the Gulf of Siiksaare-Oessaare and the Isaare-Oessaare. The authorities concerned have not submitted any remarks to the Environment Agency in relation to the preliminary environmental impact assessment carried out by the
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The company was granted a special water permit for the carrying out of works for the rehabilitation of the Gulf of Oessaare (environmental registry code: 2078700), consisting of the installation in water bodies connecting the Gulf of Oessaare and the Gulf of LaD of ores up to 265 m ³ and rocks between 20 mm and 100 mm in size and 106 m3 of Enima's eye (environmental registry code: 1700026) and Märmadore (environmental registry code: 1700027). The purpose of the works to be carried out is to improve the status and ecological potential of a body of water. The works will be carried out under the conservation management plan 2011-2020 for the LS Conservation Area and the Siiksaare-Oessaare Conservation Area and aim at maintaining a valuable wetland complex, reducing eutrophication of coastal lakes and improving the conditions for the reproductive production of fish. The period of execution is from August 2015 to the end of September and in 2016, monitoring of the impact of activities carried out under a monitoring plan approved by the Environment Agency and of the fulfilment of the purpose of those activities is to be
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The administrative act and other relevant documents, including the ex-ante environmental impact assessment, can be consulted at the Office of the Environment Agency in Kuressaare, the region of Hiiu-Western Isle. (address: Tallinn Street 22, Kuressaare, e-mail: saare@keskkonnaamet.ee, contact phone: 452 7777).
In digital format, the documents are available from the Environment Agency's document register at http://sadr.keskkonnaamet.ee. Special water use permit No L.VV/326229 is included in the environmental permit information system and is visible at https://eteenus.keskkonnaamet.ee/.