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Deepwater Container Terminal, Gda ńsk, Poland Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Client: DCT May 2014 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Deepwater Container Terminal 2, Gdansk, Poland Chapter A General Information 4 A1 Background of the Assignment 4 A2 Project Rationale 4 A3 General Introduction 5 A4 Outline of the Report and Associated Documentation 7 A5 Impact Assessment Approach 8 A6 Scope of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 13 B Project Technical Description and Project Alternatives 34 B1 Introduction to the Section 34 B2 Outline of the Project 34 B3 Description of the Project 36 B4 Infrastructure 40 B5 Construction 41 B6 Area of influence 43 B7 Project Alternatives 44 C The Existing Environment 46 C1 Introduction 46 C2 The Physical Environment 46 C3 Ecology 55 C4 Marine ecology 60 C5 Landscape 63 C6 Human Geography 63 D Assessment of Impact 70 D1 Introduction 70 D2 Management 70 D3 BAT Assessment 72 D4 Construction 78 D5 Operational Impacts 104 D6 Closure and Decommissioning Impacts 131 D7 Transboundary impacts 133 E Summary of Impacts, Management and Mitigation 134 E1 Introduction 134 E2 Impact Summary 134 E3 Summary of Construction Phase Impacts and Control Measures 136 E4 Summary of Operational Phase Impacts and Mitigation Measures 149 E5 Summary of Decommissioning Phase Impacts and Control Measures157 F Monitoring Programme 159 F1 Air Emissions 159 F2 Noise 159 F3 Traffic and Transport 159 F4 Socio-Economic 159 F5 Landscape and Visual Impact 159 F6 Health, Safety and Public Nuisance 159 F7 Surface Water, Effluent and Land and Ground Quality 160 F8 Ecology and Nature Conservation 160 F9 Marine and Coastal Ecology 160 G Further Information 161 G1 Abbreviations 161 Notice 163 1 Atkins Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Deepwater Container Terminal 2, Gdansk, Poland List of Tables Table B.1 Basic operational parameters of the planned Container Terminal DCT2 ....................................... 36 Table B.2 Gross covered areas ....................................................................................................................... 38 Table C.1 Results of pollutant concentrations measurements in the year 2012 ............................................. 52 Table C.2 Gda ńsk Metropolitan Area .............................................................................................................. 65 Table C.3 National and ethnic minorities and users of the Kashubian language (source http://mniejszosci.narodowe.mac.gov.pl/mne/mniejszosci/wyniki-narodowego-spis/6999,Mniejszosci- narodowe-i-etniczne-oraz-spolecznosc-poslugujaca-sie-jezykiem-kaszub.html) ............................................ 66 Table C.4 Identification of underwater archaeological sites ............................................................................ 68 Table D.1 BAT Assessment Table .................................................................................................................. 73 Table D.2 BAT Assessment Table .................................................................................................................. 87 Table D.3 Calculated maximum concentration levels - construction phase emissions ................................... 99 Table D.4 BAT Assessment Table ................................................................................................................ 102 Table D.5 Noise levels, type: building ........................................................................................................... 107 Table D.6 Level of acoustic power of noise levels – existing DCT 1 and designed DCT 2 .......................... 107 Table D.7 Estimated drinking water demand................................................................................................. 111 Table D.8 Volume of waste water produced in the area of the Terminal ...................................................... 111 Table D.9 Planned demand for energy .......................................................................................................... 117 Table D.10 Number of cargo handling devices ............................................................................................. 118 Table D.11 Reference values, background and available values ................................................................. 119 Table D.12 Calculated values of maximum concentrations – emission in the operational phase ................ 119 Table D.13 Expected types and volumes of waste produced during operation of the DCT 2 ....................... 124 Table D.14 CO 2 emission reduction for the case discussed above is calculated below ............................... 128 List of Figures Figure A6-1 Location of Gdansk in Europe [source: gmaps] ..................................................................... 14 Figure A6-2 Location of DCT in Gdansk [source: gmaps] .......................................................................... 14 Figure A6-3 Map of Appendix 2 to the Regulation of the Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy of 29 May 2012 on the establishment of the border seaport of Gdansk from the sea, roadstead and land (Journal of Law .2012.650) [source: www.umgdy. gov.pl] ....................................................................... 15 Figure A6-4 Transportation corridors and the role of Gdansk Port (www.portgdansk.pl)........................... 16 Figure A6-5 Planned investments within Port Polnocny (source: EIA) ....................................................... 17 Figure A6-6 Project area and project stages (source: EIA 2013) ............................................................... 18 Figure A6-7 Planned development of DCT 2 (source: EIA 2013) ............................................................... 19 Figure B2-1 Port facility (source: www.portgdansk.pl ). Number 38: DCT .................................................. 35 Figure B3-1 Maximum percentage of the individual transportation means in the transport of goods trans- shipped at DCT 1 + DCT 2; values in TEU per annum (source: EIA 2013) .................................................... 39 Figure B5-1 Localisation of the planned Container Terminal DCT 2 against the background of the roads 42 Figure C2-1 Location of amber deposit, for the mining of which concession was issued [ Source: http://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/Pierwsza-legalna-odkrywkowa-kopalnia-bursztynu-powstanie-w- Gdansku-n77130.html#] .................................................................................................................................. 47 Figure C2-2 The location of Gdynia dump site in the Bay of Gdansk area ................................................ 49 Figure C2-3 Location of biological sample and sediment sampling points from the Gdynia dump site area and area around it ............................................................................................................................................ 50 Figure C3-1 Existing forms of nature protection in the vicinity of the planned project ................................ 56 Figure C3-2 Location of the planned project area compared to Nature 2000 areas (source: EIA 2013) ... 57 Figure C6-1 Gda ńsk Metropolitan Area ...................................................................................................... 64 Figure C6-2 Distribution of national minorities in Poland. Communes were national minorities account for at least 10% [source http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:POLSKA_mniejszo%C5%9Bci.png] ............................. 66 Figure C6-3 Port of Gda ńsk container handling (source: http://www.portgdansk.pl/o-porcie/statystyki- przeladunkow) ................................................................................................................................................ 67 2 Atkins Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Deepwater Container Terminal 2, Gdansk, Poland Figure D4-1 Dump-site location (source: EIA 2013) ................................................................................... 85 Figure D4-2 Road network in the Port of Gdansk vicinity .......................................................................... 91 Figure D5-1 Residential areas protected against noise ............................................................................ 105 Figure D5-2 Map of izophones .................................................................................................................. 109 Figure D5-3 Noise from roads ................................................................................................................... 110 Figure D5-4 Location of the planned DCT 2 Container Terminal as compared to the road system ......... 115 Figure D5-5 Wind rose 2011 and 2012 at the station AM2 [Source: EKO-KONSULT] ............................ 116 Figure D5-6 Average monthly wind speed in 2012 [Source EKO-KONSULT] ......................................... 117 Figure D5-7 Range of impact of total emissions of sulphur dioxide- one-hour concentrations [EKO- KONSULT] .............................................................................................................................................. 120 Figure D5-8 Range of impact of total emissions of sulphur dioxide-average annual concentration [EKO- KONSULT] .............................................................................................................................................. 120 Figure D5-9 Range of impact of the total emission of nitrogen dioxide-