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  "legislation_title": "The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017",
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  "text": "A description of the relevant aspects of the current state of the environment (baseline scenario) and an outline of the likely evolution thereof without implementation of the development as far as natural changes from the baseline scenario can be assessed with reasonable effort on the basis of the availability of environmental information and scientific knowledge.",
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