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EPA Export 25-07-2013:22:04:20 _____________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Study Team 1.0 Non-Technical Summary 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Proposal 1.3 Planning & Development 1.4 Impacts on Human Beings 1.5 Traffic 1.6 Landscape 1.7 Soils/Geology/Hydrogeology 1.8 Surface Water 1.9 Noise & Vibration 1.10 Flora and Fauna 1.11 Cultural Heritage 1.12 Climate & Air Quality 1.13 Environmental Nuisances 1.14 Emissions to the Environment 1.15 Summary of Impacts, Mitigation Measures, Interactions and Alternatives Considered 2.0 Introduction & Administrative Context 2.1 Requirements of an E.I.S. 2.2 History of Hollywood Great Quarry and Murphy Environmental 2.3 The Proposal 2.4 Structure to the EIS 2.5 Data necessary to identify and assess the environmental effects of the development 2.6 Difficulties encou n t Forere inspectiond in co purposesmpil only.ing any specific information Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 3.0 Introduction to Site and Project 3.1 Site Location 3.2 Physical Characteristics 3.3 Existing facilities, services and operations 3.4 Types of activities 3.5 Infrastructure & Controls 3.6 Landscaping Plan 3.7 General Operating Procedure 3.8 Contingency Arrangements 3.9 Environmental Monitoring 3.10 Restoration and Aftercare 4.0 Statutory Planning Context 4.1 Legislative Context 4.2 National Policies 4.3 The Fingal County Development Plan 2005-2011 4.4 Planning History _____________________________________________________________________ EPA Export 25-07-2013:22:04:20 _____________________________________________________________________ 5.0 Material Assets 5.1 Introduction and Study Area 5.2 Archaeological and Historical Background 5.3 Baseline Study 5.4 Field Walking Survey 6.0 Impacts of Proposed Development 6.1 Human Beings 6.2 Traffic 6.3 Landscape and Visual Impacts 6.4 Soils/Geology/Hyrogeology/Surface Water 6.5 Noise Impact 6.6 Flora and Fauna 6.7 Cultural Heritage 6.8 Climate 6.9 Air Quality 6.10 Environmental Nuisances 6.11 Emissions to the Environment 6.12 Natural Resources Used 7.0 Summary of Impacts, Mitigation Measures, Interactions and Alternatives Considered 7.1 Summary of Impacts 7.2 Alternatives Considered 7.3 Likely significant direct and indirect effects on the environment arising from use of natural resources 7.4 Likely significant direct and indirect effects on the environment arising from emissions of pollutants and creation of nuisances 7.5 Methods used to forecast impacts on the environment 7.6 Interaction of the foregoing For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. _____________________________________________________________________ EPA Export 25-07-2013:22:04:20 Study Team • Manahan Planners Chartered Town Planning Consultants 38 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Tel. 01 6799094 Fax 01 6799284 Email : [email protected] • Patel Tonra Ltd., Environmental Solutions 3f Fingal Bay Business Park, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin Tel. 01 8020523 Fax 01 8020523 Email : [email protected] • T. J. O’Connor & Associates Consulting Engineers, Corrig House, Corrig Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18. Tel. 01 2952321 Fax 01 2952322 Email : [email protected] • Fingal Planning Consultants, Suite 7C, Balbriggan Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin. Tel. 01 8491316 Fax 01 8105978 Email : [email protected] • AWN Acoustic Consultants, For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. The Tecpro Building, Clonshaugh Industrial Estate, Dublin 17. Tel. 8474220 Fax 01 847 4257 Email : [email protected] • Golder Associates, Town Centre House, Dublin Road, Naas, Co. Kildare. Tel. 045 874411 Fax 045 874549 Email : [email protected] EPA Export 25-07-2013:22:04:20 Hollywood Great EIS for Murphy Environmental 1.0 Non-Technical Summary 1.1 Introduction This E.I.S. has been prepared in association with a planning application to vary a previous planning permission (Reg. Ref. F04A/0363) dated 7th October 2004. That permission approved the infill with inert building material of a Quarry at Hollywood Great, North County Dublin, by Murphy Environmental over a period of 15 years. The current application seeks permission to infill an extended quarry area, and at an increased rate per year in order to complete the restoration project within 15 years as per the Grant of Permission on 7th October 2004. 1.2 The Proposal This planning application and E.I.S. is concerned with the restoration and infill of a Quarry located at Hollywood Great in North County Dublin. The Quarry has been in use since the nineteen forties and the quarrying activities are therefore a pre Planning Act use. The quarrying activity on site is coming to the end of its life cycle. Planning Permission was granted in 1988 for the restoration and infill with inert building material of the quarry. This permission had a life of 15 years. However, there was relatively less infill in the early years of the permission as quarrying was the main activity. Infill increased in importance as the life of the permission proceeded. The permission was due to expire in July 2003 and it was extended by the Planning Authority to December 2004. An EPA Waste License (No. WO129.01) controlling the restoration and infill of the Quarry was issued in December 2002. A planning application (Reg. Ref. F04A/0363) was lodged in 2004 which sought planning permission for a period For inspection purposes only. of 15 years to restoreConsent and of copyrightinfill the owner area required covered for any other byuse. the EPA Waste License. The area covered by this application was 13.56 HA and permission was sought to provide fill to the Quarry at a rate of 340,000 tonnes per year. At this rate, it was estimated that it would take 12 years to restore the Quarry. A Decision to Grant Planning Permission was issued on 1st September 2004 and the Final Grant of Permission was dated 7th October 2004. In 2005 in accordance with the relevant requirements the entire quarry area was registered and licensed with Fingal County Council (Reg No. Q/05/004) The total area of the quarry as registered was 39.2 Hectares. Over the last two years, Murphy Environmental has commissioned a number of slope stability audits of the site. In response to findings, Murphy`s have cut back the sides of some areas of the quarry thereby making the slopes less steep. The soil removed has been stored on the adjoining land within the quarry area as overburden and will be used as fill when appropriate. Parts of the remainder, where suitable, have been removed from the site and sold. Permission is now sought in this application to vary the previous permission by restoring and infilling this extra area of void. This extra area now brings the total surface area to be filled to 23 Hectares and is within the 39.2 Hectares area licensed as a quarry by Fingal County Council. At the time of the 2004 _______________________________________________________________ Manahan Planners February 2007 Page 1 of 153 EPA Export 25-07-2013:22:04:20 Hollywood Great EIS for Murphy Environmental planning application the remaining void space was calculated as being 2.7 million cubic metres and it was estimated that it would require 4.05 million tonnes to fill this void. Having regard to the remaining amount to be extracted from the quarry and the extended area to be filled, it is now estimated that the remaining void space to be filled is 3.2 million cubic metres. This will require 4.8 million tonnes of infill. If the rate of fill per annum continued to be at the level of 340,000 tonnes per annum, it would take 14 more years to complete the infill stage of the process before the final restoration of the landscape. Permission is now sought to increase the rate of fill to 500,000 tonnes per annum which would enable the infill to be completed within 9 to 10 years i.e 2016. This earlier completion of the infill will allow the restoration to be completed within the 15 years of the 2004 permission i.e. 2019. 1.3 Planning and Development This proposed landfill development will be carried out in accordance with the relevant legislation on waste management in Ireland and the E.U Waste Directive. The proposal for infill is in accordance with regional objectives for waste management and is in accordance with the waste management strategy for the greater Dublin area, and in particular for Fingal County Council. The proposed site is the site of an existing quarry which has pre-act use in planning terms. There is an existing permission for landfill on site which dates back to 1988 and a further permission was granted in 2004 to permit the infill and restoration of this quarry within a period of 15 years. There is therefore precedence for this activity in this location. Landfill with inert construction and demolition waste is in accordance with principles of sustainability and is in accordance with the objectives of the County Plan. The site is located in an area which has been designated as an area of high landscape amenity . The proposed development will over time restore and re- instate the area to its former For useinspection and purposes levels. only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 1.4 Impacts on Human Beings Human beings living in the vicinity of this proposal to continue the restoration of this quarry potentially could be adversely impacted upon by way of (a) injury to the visual amenities of the area, (b) unacceptable increase in traffic, (c) increased noise levels on (d) increased dust levels.
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