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9.2.2 In addition, the following information will be provided, in the context of the EPA (1995) Advice Notes on Current Practice in the preparation of Environmental Impact Statements: Water Management projects for Agriculture, Water impoundment (including for hydroelectric generation), Canalisation, Flood relief. (Project Type 12). 9.2.3 This document states: These project types can give rise to significant impacts, which can be direct, such as changes in land use and habitats, or indirect, such as facilitation of new developments (industry, agriculture, infrastructure) which may in turn impact on the environment. Project Description Checklist of items to be described Construction • Site evaluation/testing • Time of year, duration and phasing • Site preparation works • Employment • Accommodation • Working hours • Acquisition of lands and management prior to development • Dredging/excavation and spoil deposition • Construction techniques • Water course diversions (temporary) • Pipe laying • Materials (including sourcing, transportation and storage • Extensions of infrastructure (water, power, roads, etc.) • Access • Dust, Noise, traffic, vibration • Power line connections • Pipe laying • Spoil deposition • Fencing Operation (including relevant alternatives) • Operational range of water levels • Operational range of flows • Seasonal/Daily variations of operations • Monitoring and control procedures • Maintenance systems • Principal structures, including impoundment structures, access, pipelines, power lines, diversion channels, control mechanism, buildings and fences • Maintenance Decommissioning (if applicable) • Safety • Proposals for alternative usage/demolition following closure • Reversibility of impacts Growth • Opportunities and likelihood of expansion Associated developments • Intensification of or new land uses • Re-housing of displaced residences • Connections to main transmission network (though this may be the subject of a separate application for permission) • Water pipes • Adjustment of affected infrastructure Environmental Effects Typical significant impacts likely to affect: Human beings • Displacement (major water improvement projects) • Creation/loss of amenity • Community severance • Changes to land use and settlement patterns Flora • Alterations to habitats due to flooding/drainage • Indirect impacts due to altered land use practices. • Aquatic and terrestrial species should be considered Fauna • Displacement due to altered habitat • Disturbance during construction • Effects of changes in water quality and flow regime • Effects due to changes in Flora Soils (and geology) • Erosion • Excavation/deposition of soil • Loss of/changes to soil Water • Changes to the physical, chemical, and biotic characteristics of water bodies • Effects on flow regime • Changes to water table Air • Dust generation (particularly during construction) Climate • Reduction in occurrence of mist and fog due to drainage of wetlands • Local climatic effects, particularly regarding temperature and evaporation due to creation of a reservoir The landscape • Direct effects arising due to spoil deposition, dam construction and machinery presence during construction • Indirect impacts occurring due to factors such as power lines, water mains and treatment works and changes in land use. Material assets • Roads • Power supply networks • Water supply • Potential uses of water resources Cultural Heritage • Flooding of monuments, artefacts and settlements • Disturbance of items of historical importance such as bridges and weirs • Significant changes in long established land-use patterns The interaction of the foregoing Possible Mitigation Options • Siting and Design alternatives • Water usage rates • Routing of infrastructure • Bank protection • Habitat creation 8
9.3 Length It is anticipated that the Main Body of the EIS will run to approximately 50 pages of A3 text not including graphics, and that the appendices will run to several hundred A3 pages. 10 Membership and management of the EIA team Erm21c Ltd Project Management, EIA management, and EIS production Project Manager: Axel Fabritius Energy Engineering James J. Nolan, Sean Wyse Civil Engineering Brian Walsh, Niall Fitzsimons & Co. Soils and Geology Robert Meehan Hydrology Robert Meehan Archaeologist Maurice Hurley Noise & Vibration Dixon Brosnan Ecology Dixon Brosnan 11 Work plan and resourcing for the environmental studies • Baseline studies commenced June 2008 • Project defined June 2008 • Pre-planning consultations to be completed 30th September 2008 • EIS to be completed 30th September 2008 • Anticipated Planning Application 1st week October 2008 9
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