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Nord Stream Extension Environmental Impact Assessment Programme Finland Nord Stream Extension Environmental Impact Assessment Programme Finland March 2013 Intended for Nord Stream AG Document type EIA Programme Date 25.3.2013 NORD STREAM EXTENSION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME FINLAND NORD STREAM EXTENSION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME - FINLAND Revision A Date 2013/03/25 Made by Tore Granskog, Heikki Surakka, Antti Miettinen, Ari Hanski, Eeva-Maria Hatva, Antti Lepola, Lasse E.A. Christensen, Riina Känkänen, Hanna Herkkola, Otso Lintinen, Rauno Yrjölä, Petteri Laine, Jari Hosiokangas, Reetta Suni Checked by Sakari Salonen Approved by John Adams Ref N-PE-EIA-SOW-705-GOFF01EN-A Chapter 1.1.2 Purpose and objectives: Nord Stream AG Cover photo: Nord Stream AG General map references: Background sea chart: Crown Copyright. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk) Limits of Exclusive Economic Zones and Territorial Waters in maps: IBRU January 2010 Background map: ©Logica (Figures 6.4, 6.6 and 7.2) Project’s route options: Nord Stream AG Ramboll Säterinkatu 6 PL 25 02601 ESPOO Finland T +358 20 755 611 F +358 20 755 6535 www.ramboll.com NORD STREAM EXTENSION 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME FINLAND CONTACT INFORMATION Developer Nord Stream AG Grafenauweg 2 CH-6304 Zug, Switzerland Tel.: +358 40 777 7855 Fax: +41 41 766 91 92 Contact persons: Tiina Salonen (Finnish, English) Simon Bonnell (English) Email: [email protected] Coordinating Authority for the national EIA procedure Uusimaa Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment P.O.Box 36 FI-00521 Helsinki, Finland Tel.: +358 295 021 000 Fax: +358 9 615 00829 Contact person: Päivi Blinnikka, tel.: +358 295 021 377 Email: [email protected] International consultation Ministry of the Environment P.O.Box 35 FI-00023 Government, Finland Tel.: +358 20 610 100 Fax: +358 9 1603 9320 Contact persons: Saara Bäck, tel.: +358 400 285 410 Jorma Jantunen, tel.: +358 40 517 3446 Email: [email protected] EIA consultant Ramboll P.O.Box 25 FI-02601 Espoo, Finland Tel.: +358 40 187 1607 Fax: +358 20 755 6201 Contact persons: Tore Granskog (Finnish, Swedish and English) Heikki Surakka (Finnish, English) Email: [email protected] NORD STREAM EXTENSION 4 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME FINLAND CONTENT ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS ................................................... 9 SUMMARY .......................................................................................... 12 1 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE ....................................................... 15 1.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................... 15 1.1.1 History .................................................................................. 15 1.1.2 Purpose and objectives ............................................................ 16 1.1.3 Developer .............................................................................. 18 1.1.4 Overall project routing ............................................................ 19 1.2 PROJECT IN FINLAND ........................................................................ 20 1.2.1 Scope of EIA .......................................................................... 20 1.2.2 Project locations ..................................................................... 22 1.2.3 Offshore survey area ............................................................... 22 1.2.4 Pipeline separation .................................................................. 24 1.2.5 Relation to other projects ........................................................ 24 1.3 TIMETABLE .................................................................................... 25 2 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................ 26 2.1 GAS TRANSPORT CAPACITY AND PIPELINE DIMENSIONS ................................. 26 2.2 PIPELAY........................................................................................ 26 2.3 SEABED INTERVENTION WORKS ............................................................ 26 2.3.1 Rock placement ...................................................................... 26 2.3.2 Trenching, dredging and blasting .............................................. 27 2.3.3 Pipeline crossings ................................................................... 27 2.3.4 Cable crossings ...................................................................... 27 2.4 MUNITIONS CLEARANCE ..................................................................... 27 2.5 PRE-COMMISSIONING ....................................................................... 27 2.6 HYPERBARIC TIE-IN .......................................................................... 27 2.7 COMMISSIONING ............................................................................. 27 2.8 OPERATION ................................................................................... 28 2.9 DECOMMISSIONING .......................................................................... 28 2.10 LOGISTICS .................................................................................. 28 2.11 ONSHORE ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES ........................................................ 28 3 EIA PROCEDURE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ............................ 30 3.1 FINNISH NATIONAL EIA PROCEDURE ...................................................... 30 3.1.1 Aim of the EIA procedure ......................................................... 30 3.1.2 EIA legislation ........................................................................ 30 3.1.3 Parties in the EIA procedure ..................................................... 30 3.1.4 National EIA procedure and time schedule ................................. 30 3.1.5 Public participation.................................................................. 31 3.2 TRANSBOUNDARY CONSULTATION .......................................................... 32 4 ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................. 33 5 BASELINE OFFSHORE .................................................................... 35 5.1 STRATEGIES, POLICIES AND LAND USE IN MARINE AREA ................................ 35 5.1.1 Marine Management Planning ................................................... 36 5.1.2 Maritime Transport Strategy .................................................... 37 5.1.3 Marine Spatial Planning ........................................................... 37 5.2 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT .................................................. 38 5.2.1 Bathymetry ............................................................................ 38 5.2.2 Seabed morphology and sediments ........................................... 39 NORD STREAM EXTENSION 5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME FINLAND 5.2.3 Currents ................................................................................ 44 5.2.4 Hydrology and water quality .................................................... 45 5.2.5 Air quality .............................................................................. 46 5.2.6 Noise .................................................................................... 47 5.3 BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................... 48 5.3.1 Benthos ................................................................................. 48 5.3.2 Plankton ................................................................................ 49 5.3.2.1 Phytoplankton ...................................................................... 50 5.3.2.2 Zooplankton ........................................................................ 51 5.3.3 Fish ...................................................................................... 51 5.3.4 Marine mammals .................................................................... 52 5.3.5 Birds ..................................................................................... 53 5.4 PROTECTED AREAS ........................................................................... 53 5.4.1 Natura 2000 areas .................................................................. 54 5.4.2 National parks ........................................................................ 55 5.4.3 Baltic Sea Protected Areas ....................................................... 56 5.4.4 UNESCO areas ....................................................................... 56 5.4.5 Seal sanctuaries ..................................................................... 57 5.4.6 Ramsar sites .......................................................................... 57 5.4.7 Important Bird Areas............................................................... 58 5.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ............................................................ 58 5.5.1 Ship traffic ............................................................................. 58 5.5.2 Fishery .................................................................................. 60 5.5.3 Military areas ......................................................................... 60 5.5.4 Munitions ............................................................................... 61 5.5.5 Barrels .................................................................................. 62 5.5.6 Existing and planned infrastructure ........................................... 62 5.5.6.1 Pipelines ............................................................................
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