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4.9.17 The main options for mitigation of dust effects that will be utilised as necessary are:
• Adequate dust suppression facilities. These will include water bowsers with sufficient
capacity and range to dampen down all areas that may lead to dust escape from the
site.
• Any on-site storage of aggregate or fine materials will be properly enclosed and
screened so that dust escape from the site is avoided. Adequate sheeting will also
be provided for the finer materials that are prone to ‘wind whipping’.
• HGVs entering and exiting the site will be fitted with adequate sheeting to cover
totally any load that has the potential to be ‘wind whipped’ from the vehicle.
• Wheel wash facilities for vehicles entering and exiting the site. Such facilities will
automatically clean the lower parts of HGVs by removing mud, clay, etc from the
wheels and chassis in one drive-through operation.
• Good housekeeping or ‘clean up’ arrangements so that the site is kept as clean as
possible, including daily inspections of the working areas and immediate surrounds
to ensure that any dust accumulation or spillages are cleaned up as soon as
possible.
• A site liaison person to investigate and take appropriate action where complaints or
queries about construction issues arise.
Construction and Operational Wastes
4.9.18 Any surplus topsoil material generated by excavation of foundations or from scraping back the
surface under access track routes is expected to be re-used to encourage re-vegetation or reuse
on the working areas. Some subsoil material may not be suitable for disposal in this way
and would be disposed off-site in line with relevant waste disposal regulations, most likely for
re-use as an inert fill material.
4.9.19 Construction waste is expected to be restricted to normal materials such as off cuts of timber,
wire, fibreglass, cleaning cloths, paper and similar materials. These will be sorted and recycled
if possible, or disposed of to an appropriately licensed landfill by the relevant contractor.
4.9.20 Operational waste will generally be restricted to very small volumes of materials associated
with machinery repair and maintenance. It will be disposed of by the maintenance contractors
in line with normal waste disposal practices.
4.9.21 Further information on waste management is provided within Chapter 13 and Appendix 13.2.
4.10 Site Restoration After Construction
4.10.1 The main site restoration activity will occur at the edges of any working areas, principally
alongside access tracks, crane pads and turbine foundations. Most excavated material from
Turbine 1 will be disposed of around these locations (if deemed suitable following analysis),
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