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  • Consultation commenced on Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Ammonia Strategy and Operational Protocol

    Date published: 27 February 2025

    DAERA has launched a consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment Report for the Ammonia Strategy and the Operational Protocol. The Environmental Report forms part of the process of Strategic Environmental Assessment required by The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.

    Minister Muir said: “This consultation is part of the process associated with the Ammonia Strategy and Operational Protocol, I invite opinions to be expressed during the consultation which runs for eight weeks and closes on 25 April 2025. In recent months, I have been constructively engaging with key stakeholders on the issue of ammonia and this shall continue.”

    Details on how to respond to the consultation. An update on the Ammonia Strategy, Revised Operational Protocol and Impact Assessments have been published alongside the SEA Environmental Report. 

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