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Nord Stream 2 Monitoring Strategy Germany Nord Stream 2 AG | May-18 W-PE-EMO-PGE-SOW-800-MONITOEN-01 Page 2 of 48 Content 1 Monitoring Strategy Germany ..................................................................................... 3 2 Environmental Construction Supervision onshore (2018-2020) ............................... 3 2.1 S1, S2 – Protection of soil and groundwater ........................................................... 9 2.2 S3, S4, M13 – Construction fence, amphibian strand guide .................................. 10 2.3 M9, M11, M12 – Construction period limitations, reduction of noise and light immissions to protect breeding birds and bats ................................................................. 11 2.4 M10, CEF1 & 2 – Bat sites and nesting boxes for starlings ................................... 12 3 Environmental Construction Supervision offshore, territorial waters M-WP (2018/2019) ...................................................................................................................... 13 3.1 M 1/M 2/M 3 Dredging strategy ............................................................................. 15 3.2 M 4/M 5 Turbidity monitoring ................................................................................. 16 3.3 Traffic monitoring .................................................................................................. 20 4 Environmental Construction Supervision offshore, continental shelf (2018/2019) 21 5 Construction monitoring ........................................................................................... 22 5.1 Underwater noise measurements ......................................................................... 22 5.2 Staging birds ......................................................................................................... 24 5.3 Harbour porpoises ................................................................................................ 25 5.4 Grey seals ............................................................................................................ 26 6 Documentation of the environmental conditions on completion of the pipe-laying process (2019/2020) ........................................................................................................ 28 6.1 As-built survey ...................................................................................................... 28 6.2 Sediment parameters ............................................................................................ 28 7 Monitoring of the regeneration of habitat types at Natura 2000 sites under the Habitats Directive affected by construction work (2019-2022) .................................... 29 7.1 Habitat types under the Habitats Directive /marine biotopes ................................. 29 7.1.1 Morphology of the seabed.............................................................................. 29 7.1.2 Sediment parameters ..................................................................................... 29 7.1.3 Macrozoobenthos – infauna ........................................................................... 30 7.1.4 Macrozoobenthos – epifauna, Bay of Pomerania, EEZ .................................. 38 7.1.5 Macrozoobenthos – epifauna, reef, Boddenrandschwelle bay threshold ........ 39 7.1.6 Macrozoobenthos – epifauna, pipeline ........................................................... 41 7.2 Seabirds ............................................................................................................... 42 8 References .................................................................................................................. 46 9 Annexes Survey methods ......................................................................................... 48 9.1 Annex 1 - Turbidity supervision manual ................................................................ 48 Nord Stream 2 Monitoring Strategy DE W-PE-EMO-PGE-SOW-800-MONITOEN-01 14.05.2018. Page 3 of 48 1 Monitoring Strategy Germany Environmental monitoring for the Nord Stream 2 project is structured according to following tasks: • Environmental Construction Supervision onshore (2018-2020) • Environmental Construction Supervision offshore, territorial waters M-WP (2018/2019) • Environmental Construction Supervision offshore, continental shelf (2018/2019) • Construction supervision monitoring of bird species and marine mammals in the Natura 2000 areas (2018/2019) • Documentation of the environmental conditions on completion of the pipe-laying pro- cess (2019/2020) • Monitoring of the regeneration of protected assets at Natura 2000 sites affected by the construction work (2019-2022) • Determination of potential cross-border impacts. The Monitoring Strategy was coordinated with the nature conservation and approval author- ities responsible according to ancillary provision A 3.8.5 of the plan approval decision dated 31.01.2018 and ancillary provision R.53 of the EEZ approval dated 27.03.2018. The aim of the Environmental Construction Supervision (ECS) is to monitor adherence to ancillary provisions under nature conservation law and the conditions imposed by the plan approval decision dated 31.01.2018 as well as the EEZ approval dated 27.03.2018. Addi- tional tasks arise from the assurance and control of conflict avoidance and mitigation measures, including measures resulting from the specialised wildlife protection study and the landscape conservation and management plan. Environmental Construction Supervision begins in January 2018 prior to the start of con- struction and will be continued through to the operation phase. Final tasks concern the res- toration of temporary onshore construction site set-up areas. The separate tasks of the ECS for the onshore sections of the pipeline route in the “Lubminer Heide” business park, the territorial waters (12 nautical mile zone – Bay of Greifswald and Bay of Pomerania) and the continental shelf (Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ) will be desig- nated below. 2 Environmental Construction Supervision onshore (2018-2020) Nord Stream 2 has commissioned UmweltPlan GmbH Stralsund to undertake the ECS on- shore. The work of the ECS onshore will be continuously documented. On a monthly basis, a status report will be compiled and submitted to Stralsund Mining Authority, StALU Vor- pommern (State Office of Agriculture and the Environment of Mecklenburg-Western Pomer- ania) as well as to the Environmental Department of the District of Western Pomerania- Greifswald. In the case of exceptional events occurring, the authorities responsible are to be informed without delay. The ECS onshore serves to implement/adhere to the onshore measures (application docu- ment G.02 – measure sheets) within the Industrial and Commercial Park Lubminer Heide, for which there is a legally effective plan B ("Lubminer Heide" joint body, 2004, 2007) and here within the designated areas GI 1.2 and GI 1.3). Onshore measures S 1 Protection of the soil, groundwater, and surface water from pollution ingress Nord Stream 2 Monitoring Strategy DE W-PE-EMO-PGE-SOW-800-MONITOEN-01 14.05.2018. Page 4 of 48 S 2 Protection and restoration of the topsoil S 3 Erection of a fence around the operation site of the pig receiving station and around the areas used during construction S 4 Construction-related shrub protective measures according to DIN 18920 M 9 Building site clearance prior to the breeding season in order to prevent killing and injury of breeding birds M 10 Survey of shrubs and trees at the building site regarding the occurrence of bats prior to the building site clearance M 11 Reduction of light immissions during construction activities and operation M 12 Reduction of noise emissions from onshore construction work during the breeding peri- ods of birds and bats M 13 Access route from the parking area and office building to the construction site of the pig receiving station Species protection measures CEF 1 Establish surrogate and evasion habitats for starlings CEF 2 Create replacement sites for the soprano pipistrelle Design measures G 1 Implementation of the specifications of development plan no.1 Lubminer Heide Industrial and Commercial Park to plant trees for greenspace replacement of parking spaces The ECS onshore within the Industrial and Commercial Park Lubminer Heide services serves to implement/observe the relevant ancillary provisions under immission protection law, water law and nature conservation law (plan approval decision dated 31.01.2018). A.3.3 Immission control A.3.3.1 The immissions emanating from the project developer's construction site may not contribute in a significant way to immission levels of the general adminis- trative regulation for protection against construction noise (AVV Baulärm) dated 19.08.1970 being exceeded at the key immission locations within the area of impact of the construction site during the construction phase (supple- ment to BAnz. No.160 dated 01.09.1970). A.3.3.2 The provisions of the 32nd Regulation on the implementation of the Federal Immissions Control Act (BImSchV, equipment and machinery noise control regulation – 32 BImSchV) dated 29.8.2002 (BGBl. I p. 3478), last amended by Section 83 of the Regulation dated 31.08.2015 (BGBl. I p. 1474) are to be im- plemented. A.3.3.3 The immissions emanating from the operation of the project developer's sys- tem may not contribute significantly to the immission levels of the general ad- ministrative regulation for the Federal Immissions Control Act (Technical in- structions