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  "legislation_title": "The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
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  "text": "A description of the reasonable alternatives (for example in terms of project design, technology, location, size and scale) studied by the developer, which are applicable to the relevant project and its specific characteristics, and an indication of the main reasons, selecting the chosen option, including a comparison of the environmental effects.",
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