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Measúnú Straitéiseach Comhshaoil Strategic Environmental Assessment EASTERN Rialacháin na gComhphobal Eorpach (Measúnú agus Bainistiú Priacal Tuile) 2010 agus 2015 European Communities (Assessment and Management of Flood Risks) Regulations 2010 and 2015 Dréachtphlean um Bainistiú Priacal Tuile Draft Flood Risk Management Plan Measúnú Straitéiseach Comhshaoil Strategic Environmental Assessment AB09 – An Life – Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath UoM09 – Liffey – Dublin Bay I gcomhpháirtíocht le In partnership with Ná tóg as an áit an t-imleabhar seo agus ná scríobh air – chun críche comhairliúcháin amháin Please do not remove or write on this volume - for consultation purposes only Eastern CFRAM Study UoM09 Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report DOCUMENT CONTROL SHEET Client OPW Project Title Eastern CFRAM Study Document Title IBE0600Rp0041_E_SEA_Environmental_Report_UoM09_D01 Document No. IBE0600Rp0041 OPW Document No. E09_SEA_PART01 DCS TOC Text List of Tables List of Figures No. of This Document Appendices Comprises 1 1 159 1 1 6 Rev. Status Author(s) Reviewed By Approved By Office of Origin Issue Date R. Bingham D01 Draft Various G. Glasgow Belfast 20/07/2016 A. Gaughran Copyright Copyright - Office of Public Works. All rights reserved. No part of this report may be copied or reproduced by any means without prior written permission from the Office of Public Works. LEGAL DISCLAIMER Is le haghaidh comhairliúcháin amháin atá na dréacht-Phleananna um Bainistiú Priacal Tuile ceaptha. Ní ceart iad a úsáid ná brath orthu chun críche ar bith eile ná mar chuid de phróiseas cinnteoireachta. Féadfar iad a uasdhátú, a bheachtú nó a athrú sula gcríochnófar iad. Is ceartas forchoimeádtha é ag Coimisinéirí na nOibreacha Poiblí in Éirinn athrú a dhéánamh ar an ábhar agus/nó cur i láthair d’aon chuid den bhfaisnéis atá curtha ar fáil ar na dréacht-Phleananna um Bainistiú Priacal Tuile ar a ndiscréid féin amháin. The draft Flood Risk Management Plans are intended for the purpose of consultation only. They should not be used or relied upon for any other purpose or decision-making process. They are likely to be updated, refined or changed before finalisation. The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland reserve the right to change the content and/or presentation of any of the information provided in the draft Flood Risk Management Plans at their sole discretion. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Office of Public Works (OPW) gratefully acknowledges the assistance, input and provision of data by a large number of organisations towards the implementation of the National CFRAM Programme and the preparation of this Draft Flood Risk Management Plan, including: − RPS Consulting Engineers − WFD Local Authorities Water and Communities Office LAWCO − Cavan County Council − Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council − Dublin City Council − Fingal County Council − Kildare County Council − Louth County Council − Meath County Council − Offaly County Council − South Dublin County Council − Westmeath County Council − Wexford County Council − Wicklow county Council − Mid-East Regional Authority − Dublin and Mid-Eastern Regional Authority − The Environmental Protection Agency − Met Éireann − All members of the National CFRAM Steering and Stakeholder Groups Maps in the Draft FRMP include Ordnance Survey of Ireland (OSI) data reproduced under licence. Eastern CFRAM Study – UoM09 SEA Environmental Report TABLE OF CONTENTS NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ I 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 1 2 FLOOD RISK IN IRELAND ........................................................................................................ 2 2.1 THE FLOODS DIRECTIVE ................................................................................................... 2 2.2 FLOODS DIRECTIVE APPLICATION IN IRELAND .................................................................... 2 2.3 THE EASTERN CFRAM STUDY ........................................................................................... 3 2.4 UOM09 ........................................................................................................................... 6 2.4.1 Parallel Projects ............................................................................................................ 6 3 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT .................................................................... 8 3.1 RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY ................................................................................................ 9 3.2 STUDY TEAM ................................................................................................................... 9 3.3 SCREENING FOR SEA .................................................................................................... 10 3.4 SCOPING FOR SEA ........................................................................................................ 11 3.4.1 Statutory Consultees for SEA ......................................................................................11 3.5 APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................... 11 4 METHODOLOGY AND CONSULTATIONS ............................................................................ 13 4.1 PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF FRM METHODS ................................................................. 14 4.2 MULTI -CRITERIA ANALYIS OF FRM OPTIONS ................................................................... 16 4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PREFERRED OPTIONS ................................................ 17 4.4 PLAN AND SEA OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................... 18 4.4.1 Development of Strategic Environmental Objectives ...................................................18 4.5 GUIDANCE ..................................................................................................................... 22 4.6 DIFFICULTIES AND DATA GAPS ....................................................................................... 22 4.7 CONSULTATIONS ............................................................................................................ 22 4.7.1 Scoping Consultations .................................................................................................22 4.7.2 Transboundary Consultations ......................................................................................23 4.7.3 Proposed Consultation on Draft Plan and Environmental Report ................................23 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN ................................................................................................ 24 5.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 24 5.2 UOM09 FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN ...................................................................... 24 5.3 GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE ..................................................................................................... 26 5.4 TEMPORAL SCOPE ......................................................................................................... 27 6 BASELINE AND RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ................................................... 28 6.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 28 6.2 BIODIVERSITY , FLORA & FAUNA ...................................................................................... 28 6.3 POPULATION & HUMAN HEALTH ...................................................................................... 37 6.4 GEOLOGY , SOILS & LANDUSE ......................................................................................... 40 6.5 WATER .......................................................................................................................... 45 IBE0600Rp0041 I Rev D01 Eastern CFRAM Study – UoM09 SEA Environmental Report 6.6 AIR ............................................................................................................................... 51 6.7 CLIMATE ........................................................................................................................ 51 6.8 MATERIAL ASSETS ......................................................................................................... 53 6.9 CULTURAL , ARCHAEOLOGICAL & ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE ........................................... 55 6.10 LANDSCAPE & VISUAL AMENITY ...................................................................................... 57 6.11 FISHERIES , AQUACULTURE & ANGLING ........................................................................... 59 6.12 AMENITY , COMMUNITY AND SOCIO -ECONOMICS .............................................................. 62 6.13 EVOLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PLAN .................................... 66 7 REVIEW OF RELEVANT, PLANS, PROGRAMMES AND 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