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IED BASELINE AND SITE CONDITION REPORT Bracknell Data Centre – Emergency Back-Up Generation Installation Permit Application EPR/FP3900LE/A001 20305B-RPS-XX-XX-HS-Z-9743 JER8748 IED Baseline and Site Condition Report V2 R2 16 March 2021 rpsgroup.com Quality Management Version Revision Authored by Reviewed by Approved by Date 1 0 Alice Gibbs Jennifer Stringer 15 February 2021 1 1 Alice Gibbs Jennifer Stringer Jennifer Stringer 26 February 2021 Olan Howell/Jennifer 2 1 Alice Gibbs Jennifer Stringer 04 March 2021 Stringer 2 2 Alice Gibbs Jennifer Stringer Jennifer Stringer 16 March 2021 Approval for issue Jennifer Stringer Technical Director 04 March 2021 File Name 20305B-RPS-XX-XX-HS-Z-9743 210316 R JER8748 IED Baseline and SCR V2 R2 © Copyright RPS Group Plc. All rights reserved. Save as otherwise specified in (i) the AIA Document B101 Standard Form of Agreement dated 16 June 2015 between the client as owner and RPS Group Limited as architect, and (ii) the Master Agreement Local Country Addendum Amendment dated 16 June 2015 between the client and RPS Consulting Services Ltd,, the report has been prepared for the exclusive use of our client and unless otherwise agreed in writing by RPS Group Plc, any of its subsidiaries, or a related entity (collectively 'RPS'), no other party may use, make use of, or rely on the contents of this report. The report has been compiled using the resources agreed with the client and in accordance with the scope of work agreed with the client. No liability is accepted by RPS for any use of this report, other than the purpose for which it was prepared. The report does not account for any changes relating to the subject matter of the report, or any legislative or regulatory changes that have occurred since the report was produced and that may affect the report. RPS does not accept any responsibility or liability for loss whatsoever to any third party caused by, related to or arising out of any use or reliance on the report. RPS accepts no responsibility for any documents or information supplied to RPS by the Applicant and Applicant’s consultants to the extent such reliance is reasonable and not contrary to other information known by RPS. It is expressly stated that no independent verification of any documents or information supplied by the Applicant and Applicant’s consultants has been made. RPS has used reasonable skill, care and diligence in compiling this report consistent with the skill and care ordinarily provided by reasonably diligent professional practicing under the same or similar circumstances for projects of the same or similar size scope and nature. No part of this report may be copied or reproduced, by any means, without the prior written consent of RPS. Prepared by: Prepared for: RPS Amazon Data Services UK Limited Alice Gibbs Environmental Consultant 6/7 Lovers Walk Brighton BN1 6AH T +44 1273 546800 E [email protected] JER8748 | IED Baseline and Site Condition Report | V2 | R2 | 16 March 2021 rpsgroup.com Page i Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Key Objectives ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Description of Permitted Activities ................................................................................................ 2 2 APPLICATION SITE CONDITION REPORT ......................................................................................... 3 2.1 Application Phase......................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Site Condition Report Summary ................................................................................................... 3 3 STAGE 1 – IDENTIFY WHICH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ARE USED, PRODUCED OR RELEASED AT THE INSTALLATION AND PRODUCE A LIST OF THESE SUBSTANCES .............. 4 4 STAGE 2 – IDENTIFYING THE RELEVANT HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES........................................ 6 4.2 Diesel, Lubricating and Waste Oil ................................................................................................ 6 4.3 Ethylene Glycol ............................................................................................................................ 6 5 STAGE 3 – ASSESSMENT OF THE SITE-SPECIFIC POLLUTION POSSIBILITY .............................. 7 5.2 Diesel ........................................................................................................................................... 7 5.3 Site Specific Pollution Possibility .................................................................................................. 8 6 STAGE 4 – PROVIDE A SITE HISTORY .............................................................................................. 9 6.2 General Site History ..................................................................................................................... 9 6.3 Previous Ground Investigations ................................................................................................... 9 6.4 Potential Historic Contaminants ................................................................................................. 11 7 STAGE 5 – IDENTIFY THE SITE’S ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ..................................................... 12 7.1 Site Setting and Sources of Desk Study Information .................................................................. 12 7.2 Topography ................................................................................................................................ 12 7.3 Geology ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Made Ground ............................................................................................................................. 13 London Clay Formation .............................................................................................................. 13 7.4 Hydrogeology ............................................................................................................................. 13 Source Protection Zone .............................................................................................................. 13 7.5 Hydrology ................................................................................................................................... 13 Flood Risk .................................................................................................................................. 13 7.6 Environmental Consents, Licences, Authorisations, Permits and Designations for the Site and Surrounding Areas .............................................................................................................. 13 Water Discharges and Abstraction Licences .............................................................................. 13 Landfill Sites ............................................................................................................................... 14 Waste Treatment or Disposal Sites ............................................................................................ 14 Permitted Installations ................................................................................................................ 15 Statutory Designated / Sensitive Receptors within 10 km .......................................................... 15 Mining 16 COMAH ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Radon 16 Registered Radioactive Substances........................................................................................... 16 8 STAGE 6 – SITE CHARACTERISATION ............................................................................................ 17 Field Evidence of Contamination ................................................................................................ 17 Sensitivity of Water Environment................................................................................................ 17 8.2 Conceptual Site Model ............................................................................................................... 17 9 STAGE 7 – SITE INVESTIGATION ..................................................................................................... 18 RPS Ground Investigation .......................................................................................................... 19 10 STAGE 8 – PRODUCE A BASELINE REPORT.................................................................................. 20 Ground Gas ................................................................................................................................ 20 Asbestos .................................................................................................................................... 20 Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons ....................................................................................................... 20 VOCs and SVOCs 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