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Environmental Impact Assessment Report Non-Technical Summary Volume 1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY MP2 PROJECT DUBLIN PORT COMPANY EIAR NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY MP2 PROJECT NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 2 2 NEED FOR THE MP2 PROJECT ................................................................................................ 6 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................... 26 4 ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................ 60 5 PROJECT CONSULTATION & SCOPING ............................................................................... 67 6 RISK OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS & DISASTERS ....................................................................... 76 7 BIODIVERSITY, FLORA & FAUNA .......................................................................................... 78 8 SOILS, GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY ........................................................................... 85 9 WATER QUALITY & FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT ................................................................ 86 9.1 Water Quality .............................................................................................................................. 86 9.2 Flood Risk Assessment .............................................................................................................. 88 10 AIR QUALITY & CLIMATE ........................................................................................................ 90 11 NOISE & VIBRATION ................................................................................................................ 92 11.1 Terrestrial Noise ......................................................................................................................... 92 11.2 Underwater Noise....................................................................................................................... 92 12 MATERIAL ASSETS - COASTAL PROCESSES ..................................................................... 95 13 MATERIAL ASSETS - TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ................................................... 97 14 CULTURAL HERITAGE (INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL) .................... 104 15 LANDSCAPE & VISUAL ......................................................................................................... 106 16 POPULATION & HUMAN HEALTH ........................................................................................ 107 17 WASTE .................................................................................................................................... 109 18 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ........................................................................................................ 111 19 SUMMARY OF MITIGATION MEASURES ............................................................................. 113 19.1 Construction Phase Mitigation Measures ................................................................................ 113 19.2 Operational Phase Mitigation Measures .................................................................................. 144 IBE1429/EIAR 1 Rev F MP2 PROJECT DUBLIN PORT COMPANY EIAR NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION This document is the Non Technical Summary (NTS) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) prepared to assess the likely significant effects of the MP2 Project on the environment. The NTS aims to provide the reader with a concise summary of the content of the EIAR presented without technical jargon, hence understandable to anybody without a background in the environment or the project. The EIAR was prepared by RPS on behalf of Dublin Port Company (DPC) for the MP2 Project, the second Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) project at Dublin Port from the Dublin Port Masterplan 2040, reviewed 2018, for which development consent is sought. This EIAR will be used to support the relevant assessments to be carried out by the respective competent authorities on all relevant applications for development consent. The primary objective of the EIAR is to identify the baseline environmental context of the proposed development, predict potential beneficial and/or adverse effects of the development and propose appropriate mitigation measures where necessary. The EIAR has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of EU Directives and Irish law regarding Environmental Impact Assessment (including the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018) and European Commission Environmental Impact Assessment of Projects Guidance on the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by 2014/52/EU) (European Commission, 2017). The Applicant DPC is a State-owned commercial company responsible for operating and developing Dublin Port. Dublin Port is the largest freight and passenger port in Ireland, with all cargo handling activities being carried out by private sector companies operating in intensely competitive markets within the port. Dublin Port has been identified as a Core Port of international significance in the Trans European Network (TEN- T) Guidelines and it forms part of the European Union’s Core Transportation Network, and it is also designated a Tier 1 Port of national importance in the National Ports Policy 2013. Dublin Port’s large share of national port volumes, particularly in the Roll-On Roll-Off (Ro-Ro) and Load-On Load Off (Lo-Lo) modes, arises due to a combination of two factors; location and depth of water. Dublin Port is a key part of the national port system and DPC seeks to ensure that it plays its role in providing national port capacity. For all of Ireland’s major national ports, it is essential that capacity constraints do not emerge which could lead to supply chain inefficiencies. The Dublin Port Masterplan 2040, reviewed 2018, seeks to ensure that no capacity constraints emerge in Dublin Port between now and 2040. Project Summary DPC is bringing the MP2 Project at Dublin Port forward for development consent in accordance with the Dublin Port Masterplan, reviewed 2018. The Masterplan identifies the land uses and development projects on port IBE1429/EIAR 2 Rev F MP2 PROJECT DUBLIN PORT COMPANY EIAR NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY lands which will allow the port to increase its capacity to 77.2 million gross tonnes by 2040. The Masterplan identifies that this is the ultimate capacity of Dublin Port. The Dublin Port Masterplan 2040 envisages that the development of Dublin Port to this ultimate capacity will be achieved by not less than three large Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) projects: the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR) Project (29N.PA0034), which is under construction; the MP2 Project, now proposed; and a final project on the Poolbeg Peninsula and possibly also including the development of the Southern Port Access Route (SPAR) to provide connectivity between the Dublin Port Tunnel and the south port lands as envisaged in the National Transport Authorities Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 to 2035. The MP2 Project complements the ABR Project in providing capacity for growth in the Ro-Ro Lo-Lo modes on the north side of the port and at its eastern end in addition to providing suitable infrastructure for increasing numbers of ferry passengers. The works proposed in the MP2 Project comprise a number of elements, outlined below (see Figure 1-1): Construction of a new Ro-Ro jetty (Berth 53) for ferries up to 240m in length on an alignment north of the Port’s fairway and south and parallel to the boundary of the South Dublin Bay & River Tolka SPA (004024). A reorientation of the already consented Berth 52 (ABP Ref. 29N.PA0034). Berth 52 is also designed to accommodate ferries up to 240m in length. The works will also comprise an amendment to the consented open dolphin structure (ABP Ref. 29N.PA0034) to create a closed berthing face at the eastern end of Berth 49. [Elsewhere within the ABR Project, the extension of the existing Berth 49 is already consented to also make this berth capable of accommodating ferries up to 240m in length. The combination of the ABR Project with the MP2 Project will therefore deliver three river berths all capable of accommodating ferries up to 240m in length]. A lengthening of an existing river berth (50A) to provide the Container Freight Terminal with additional capacity to handle larger container ships. These works will include the infilling of the basin east of the now virtually redundant Oil Berth 4 on the Eastern Oil Jetty. These works will also include dredging to a standard depth of -11.0m CD which is a proposed amendment to the channel dredging as permitted under the ABR Project (ABP Ref. 29N.PA0034). As part of the infilling of Oil Berth 4, it is proposed to redevelop Oil Berth 3 as a future deep-water container berth (standard depth of -13.0m CD) for the Container Freight Terminal. This will facilitate the change of use of the berth from petroleum importation to container handling when the throughput of petroleum products through Dublin Port declines as a result of national policies to decarbonise the economy. The dredging of a berthing pocket to a standard depth of -13.0m CD at Oil Berth 3 will require stabilisation of the existing quay wall at Jetty Road. It is not proposed to use this quay
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