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BOC Immingham Dissolved Acetylene Project Environmental Statement: Vol. 2 Main Text 16.41 Table 16.2 gives an indication of the distances between the other proposed developments and the Dissolved Acetylene Project site. Table 16.2 also attempts to provide an indication of the distances between each development and key sensitive receptors. Poplar Farm is the closest sensitive human receptor to the Dissolved Acetylene Project. The Humber Estuary SAC, SPA, Ramsar Site and SSSI (and its associated species) is the most significant and sensitive ecological receptor. Map Ref. No Table 16.2 Development with the Potential for Cumulative Effects during Operation Development Distance (a) & Direction from BOC development 1 BOC Dissolved Acetylene Project 3 Aeolian Wind Turbines 4 Abengoa Bioethanol Plant 5 RWE Npower Renewables Biomass Plant 7 Vireol Bioethanol Plant Distance (a) from Poplar Farm Distance from Humber Estuary - 650 m 1,000 m 250-500 m to the NW in the field adjacent to the SW boundary of the existing BOC site. 100 to 500 m to the SE (depending on the exact location of the plant within the development site) in the field adjacent to the south east boundary of the Dissolved Acetylene site. 650 m 1,150 m 650 m 1,000 m 1,400 m to the SE 1,900 m 250 m 1,500 m to the SE, adjacent to the south bank of Old Fleet Drain 1,800 m 500 m Table Notes: a The distances given in this Table are approximations as in many cases the exact location of the proposed plant within the overall development area is not known. Air Quality 16.42 The atmospheric emissions resulting from operation of the Dissolved Acetylene Project are reasonably specific to the process of manufacturing acetylene and will be different (in terms of type and potential effects) to those from a Bio-ethanol or Biomass Plant. Furthermore, the air quality assessment concluded that operational impacts of the Dissolved Acetylene Project on air quality would be of negligible significance. Thus it is considered highly unlikely that there could be any significant cumulative impacts as a result of the concurrent operational phases of the proposed developments. Geology, Hydrogeology and Land Quality 16.43 The land quality assessment of the Dissolved Acetylene Project concluded that that there would be: � a very low risk of contamination to humans on site and offsite, offsite property (buildings and crops), groundwater and surface water, resulting in impacts of neutral significance; and � a low risk of contamination to buildings on site, resulting in adverse impacts of minor significance. 5100935.404 Environmental Statement August 2011 278
BOC Immingham Dissolved Acetylene Project Environmental Statement: Vol. 2 Main Text 16.44 The Biomass Plant and the Vireol Bio-ethanol plant are considered to be too distant to result in cumulative impacts on land quality or groundwater. As noted previously, the two Bio-ethanol Plants and the Biomass Plant will operate under an EP, which will ensure that operations and emissions that could result in impacts to land and groundwater are suitably controlled and minimised. 16.45 On the basis of all of these factors, it is considered unlikely that there would be any significant cumulative impacts on land quality or groundwater as a result of the concurrent operational phases of the proposed developments. Hydrology and Water Quality 16.46 The two main water quality receptors considered for the Dissolved Acetylene Project are Middle Drain and the Humber Estuary. The locations of the Abengoa, Vireol and RWE developments (and local topography) are such that impacts to Middle Drain are not expected from these developments. The water quality assessment of operation of the Dissolved Acetylene Project determined that all of the identified impacts would be of neutral significance to the Humber Estuary. As noted previously, the two Bio-ethanol Plants and the Biomass Plant will operate under an EP, which will ensure that operations and emissions that could result in impacts to the Estuary are suitably controlled and minimised. 16.47 On the basis of all of these factors, it is considered unlikely that there would be any significant cumulative impacts on water quality as a result of the concurrent operational phases of the proposed developments. Flood Risk 16.48 The risk from tidal, groundwater, pluvial surface water flooding at the Dissolved Acetylene Project site will not be affected by the other proposed developments. 16.49 The Aeolian development is upstream of the proposed Dissolved Acetylene Project consequently and any surface water runoff from the development could increase flow into Middle Drain, potentially increasing flood levels at the development site. It is assumed that, should it be necessary to discharge surface water to Middle Drain, that the discharge would be consented in agreement with NELDB and that this would ensure that the discharge could be managed within the existing channel and pumping capacity. None of the other developments will discharge to Middle Drain. 16.50 On this basis of the above factors, and given the relative location of the other proposed developments there will be no significant cumulative impacts in terms of flood risk during operation. Ecology 16.51 The operational effects of the wind turbines include potential collision risk of bird species with the turbines 101 , particularly gull species (including black-headed gull). Negligible impacts were predicted on the birds for which the internationally designated SPA and Ramsar sites are designated as they were not recorded using the site or the surrounding fields during the bird surveys detailed within the ES for this scheme. There would be no collision risk associated with the BOC development. 16.52 Operational impacts on the birds using the SPA from the Abengoa development were only anticipated from noise disturbance and the residual impacts were not deemed to be significant due to the planting of hedgerows and small areas of woodland to attenuate the increase in background noise due to the operation of the plant. Therefore there are no cumulative effects anticipated from noise disturbance of the internationally important bird populations or other ecological receptors. The impacts of this development 102 on water vole will be countered by inclusion of the section of Old Fleet Drain within the site in the landscaping plans and management to benefit water vole. 5100935.404 Environmental Statement August 2011 279
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