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West Offaly Power Transition to Biomass Screening for Appropriate West Offaly Power Transition to Biomass Screening for Appropriate Assessment & Natura Impact Statement QS-0000206-01-R460-006 For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Copyright © ESB International Limited, all rights reserved. EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:14 WOP Transition to Biomass ESB International, One Dublin Airport Central, Dublin Airport, Cloghran, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Phone +353 (0)1 703 8000 www.esbinternational.ie QS-0000206-01-R460-006 File Reference: Client / ESB Generation and Wholesale Markets Recipient: West Offaly Power Proposed Transition to Biomass and associated development Project Title: Screening for Appropriate Assessment & Natura Impact Statement Report Title: QS-0000206-01-R460-006 Report No.: - Revision No.: Date: 20 November 2018 Prepared by: Geoff Hamilton Title: Senior Ecologist Date: 21 November 2018 Verified by: Paddy Kavanagh Senior Consultant, Planning and Title: Environment Team Leader Date: 21 November 2018 Approved by: Emma Delaney Title: Senior Environmental Consultant For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Copyright © ESB International Limited All rights reserved. No part of this work may be modified, reproduced or copied in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or used for any purpose other than its designated purpose, without the written permission of ESBI Engineering & Facility Management Ltd., trading as ESB International. Template Used: T-020-007-ESBI Report Template EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:14 WOP Transition to Biomass Change History of Report Date New Author Summary of Change Revision For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. iii EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:14 WOP Transition to Biomass Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Objective of this report 1 1.2 Statement of competence 1 2 Regulatory Context 3 2.1 Appropriate Assessment process 4 3 Methodology 4 3.1 Assessment criteria 4 3.2 Desk review 5 3.3 Potential Zone of Influence 7 3.4 Consultation 8 3.5 Site surveys 8 4 Screening for Appropriate Assessment 12 4.1 Introduction 12 4.2 Description of the Existing Development 12 4.2.1 Existing Development - WOP 12 4.2.2 Existing Development - The ADF 14 4.2.3 Characteristics of the Existing Development 15 4.2.4 Industrial Emission Licence P0611-02 16 4.3 Description of the Proposed Development 17 4.3.1 Continued Operation of Existing Development Post 2020 18 4.4 Transition to Biomass 19 For inspection purposes only. 4.4.1 Peat Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 23 4.4.2 Biomass 26 4.4.3 ESB Biomass Fuel Sustainability 29 4.5 Proposed Fuel Management and Handling Facilities (Construction and Operation) 39 4.5.1 Fuel Storage 39 4.5.2 Proposed Biomass Storage Slab A 39 4.5.3 Proposed Biomass Storage Slab B 44 4.5.4 Proposed Pellet Silo 47 4.5.5 Delivery of peat and biomass fuel 47 4.5.6 Drainage management 48 4.5.7 Existing and Ancillary Services 48 4.5.8 Site Access 49 4.5.9 Biomass Storage Construction Approach 50 iv EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:15 WOP Transition to Biomass 4.6 Proposed Development of Additional Landfill Capacity (Construction and Operation) 55 4.6.1 Future Requirements for Ash Disposal 55 4.6.2 Proposed Development at the ADF 56 4.6.3 Operation & Maintenance 58 4.7 Construction Material Quantities and Associated Transport for the Proposed Development 59 4.7.1 Delivery Protocols during Construction 61 4.7.2 Fuel Consumption 61 4.8 General Environmental Controls (Construction) 62 4.8.1 Control of Surface Water Runoff 62 4.8.2 Waste Management 62 4.8.3 Fuels and Oils 63 4.8.4 Invasive Species 63 4.8.5 Health and Safety 63 4.8.6 Traffic and Transportation 64 4.9 Construction Programme 64 4.10 Operational Activities 65 4.11 Decommissioning and Reinstatement 65 4.11.1 WOP Station Decommissioning 65 4.11.2 Site Demolition and Reinstatement 67 4.12 Impacts of the project with potential for having significant environmental effects 68 5 Description of European For inspection Sites purposes only. 69 Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 5.1 Identification of European Sites within potential Zone(s) of Influence 69 6 Assessment of likely effects 92 6.1 Direct Impacts 92 6.1.1 WOP Station 92 6.1.2 WOP ADF 102 6.2 Indirect impacts 104 6.2.1 WOP Supply Bogs 104 6.2.2 Potential indirect impacts arising from sourcing of biomass for supply to WOP 108 6.3 In-combination effects 112 6.3.1 Existing plans, projects and activities 113 6.3.2 Proposed plans and activities 114 7 Screening statement and conclusion 118 v EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:15 WOP Transition to Biomass 8 Natura Impact Statement 126 8.1 River Shannon Callows SAC 127 8.1.1 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt- laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 128 8.1.2 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) 131 8.1.3 Otter (Lutra lutra) 134 8.2 Middle Shannon Callows SPA 136 8.3 Suck River Callows SPA 141 8.4 Pilgrim's Road Esker SAC 143 8.4.1 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 144 8.5 Fin Lough (Offaly) SAC 146 8.5.1 Alkaline fens 146 8.5.2 Vertigo geyeri (Geyer's Whorl Snail) 150 8.6 River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 152 8.6.1 River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) 153 8.6.2 Salmon 155 8.6.3 Otter 158 8.7 River Barrow and River Nore SAC 158 8.7.1 River/Brook Lamprey 160 8.7.2 Salmon 161 8.7.3 Otter For inspection purposes only. 162 Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 8.7.4 White-clawed crayfish 162 8.8 Other Plans and Projects 165 8.9 Mitigation 165 8.9.1 WOP Station 165 8.9.2 WOP ADF 172 8.9.3 WOP Supply Bogs 174 8.10 Residual Impacts 182 8.11 Conclusion of NIS 183 8.12 References 184 vi EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:15 WOP Transition to Biomass 1 Introduction 1.1 Objective of this report This report presents the Screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) which has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Article 6(3) of the EU Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC). The Screening relates to the proposed modifications to the West Offaly Power (WOP) Station and associated ash disposal facility (ADF) to facilitate the continued operation of these facilities and phased transition of that station to exclusive firing with biomass. As the existing development is subject to the condition that all existing activity ceases in December 2020 the potential impacts of the continued operation of WOP Station and the ADF will also be assessed. This will subsequently be referred to as the ‘proposed development’. The purpose of this report is to determine if the proposed development (including future operation), either alone or in combination with other plans and projects, is likely to have significant effects on any European Site(s) in view of the site’s conservation objectives. As the existing development is subject to the condition that all existing activity ceases in December 2020 the potential impacts of the continued operation of WOP Station and the ADF will also be assessed. See Figure 1-1 for WOP Station and ADF location. 1.2 Statement of competence This report was prepared by Geoff Hamilton, Senior Ecologist with ESB International. He has over 12 years’ experience in the fields of ecological assessment, agri- environment scheme design Forand inspection implementati purposes only. on, rural stakeholder consultation and Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. environmental advocacy. He has been involved in a wide range of infrastructure projects for local authorities and private commercial clients and has carried out a significant number of field surveys to inform Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA), AA Screening Reports and Natura Impact Statements (NIS). He has particular experience in the production of ecological reports relating to electricity generation developments such as power stations, wind farms and solar farms. He holds a Master’s degree in Zoology and is a Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). QS-000206-01-R460-006 1 EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:15 ± ± ROSCOMMON WOP Station & ADF GALWAY OFFALY Inset Map ADF WOP Station For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Ordnance Survey Licence No. EN 0023715-19 Copyright Ordnance Survey Ireland Government of Ireland 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 km Legend Development Boundary COPYRIGHT © ESB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED CLIENT: PRODUCTION UNIT: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS WORK MAY BE MODIFIED, REPRODUCED OR COPIED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS - GRAPHIC, ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, INCLUDING PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, TAPING OR USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN ITS DESIGNATED PURPOSE, WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF ESBI ESB Civil & Environmental Engineering ENGINEERING AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT LTD., TRADING AS ESB INTERNATIONAL DRAWN PRODUCED VERIFIED APPROVED APPROVAL DATE PROJECT: DRAWING TITLE: E.O'Shea E.O'Shea E.Delaney P.Kavanagh 20/11/2018 West Offaly Power, CLIENT REF. NO. OF SHEETS SIZE SCALE Transition to Biomass REV DATE REVISION DESCRIPTION DRN PROD VER APP Figure 1.1- 00-00 00-00 A3 1:150,000 CONTRACT PURPOSE OF ISSUE - PRELIMINARY UNLESS INDICATED Location of WOP Station & ADF DRAWING NUMBER CLIENT APPROVAL PLANNING TENDER CONSTRUCTION AS-BUILT QS-000206-01-D460-161 EPA Export 28-05-2019:04:12:15 WOP Transition to Biomass 2 Regulatory Context The EU Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC provides legal protection for habitats and species of European importance through the establishment of a network of designated conservation areas known as the Natura 2000 Network.
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