Forthbank Wind Energy Development - Partnerships for Renewables

Forthbank Wind Energy Development
Topic
Sources of Information
• Special Requirements for Civil Engineering Contracts for the Prevention of Pollution, Version 2,
SEPA, 2006
• Managing River Habitats for Fisheries, SEPA, 2002
• A, M, MacDonald, D, F, Ball and B, É, O Dochartaigh (2004), A GIS of aquifer productivity in
Scotland: explanatory notes, Groundwater Systems and Water Quality Programme Commissioned
Report CR/04/04/047N
• UK Technical Advisory Group on the WFD, UK Environmental Standards and Conditions (Phase 2),
Final, March 2008
• SEPA, Draft River Basin Management Plan for the Scotland River Basin District
• SEPA, Engineering in the Water Environment, Good Practice Guide, Temporary Construction
Methods, 1st Edition, March 2009
• SEPA, Engineering in the Water Environment, Good Practice Guide, Construction of River
Crossings, 1st Edition, April 2008
Consultations
13.2.7 In line with the approach set out in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact
Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (the EIA Regulations), a scoping report was
submitted to Clackmannanshire Council and all statutory consultees on 22 December 2009.
The scoping report was also circulated to a variety of non-statutory consultees (as described in
Chapter 3). The comments relevant to this assessment are provided below. Information
relating to any additional consultations that were carried out as part of the assessment is also
provided.
13.2.8 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) provided comments relating to the
following topics:
• sustainable waste management;
• air quality; site drainage strategy;
• flood risk management;
• engineering activities in the water environment;
• environmental management;
• pollution prevention;
• storage of fuel and oil, and;
• land excavations/borrow pits.
13.2.9 In summary, the information required by SEPA includes consideration of the impact of the
development on the water table, any perched leachate and nearby watercourses,
consideration of the stability of turbines extending through landfill material and the stability of
the surrounding waste mass, as well as a methodology for the excavation and disposal of
waste.
13.2.10 SEPA also provided information on existing and historic flooding issues within and downstream
of the proposed wind energy development site and requested that a flood risk assessment
should be carried out to ascertain the level of risk to the proposed control building and turbines.
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