Tilbury Energy Recovery Facility Phase 2 Development SECTION
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Tilbury Energy Recovery Facility Phase 2 Development SECTION 36C VARIATION SUPPLEMENTARY ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REPORT December 2018 Version control Issue Revision No. Date Issued Description of Description of Reviewed by: Revision: Revision: Page No. Comment 001 00 01/11/18 All Prelim draft to PN agree structure 001 01 09/11/18 All Draft for client PN review 001 02 28/11/18 All Draft for PN submission 001 03 11/12/18 All Final PN Issue Revision No. Date Issued Description of Revision: Page This report dated Dec 2018 has been prepared for Tilbury Green Power Ltd (the “Client”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of appointment (the “Appointment”) for the purposes specified in the Appointment. For avoidance of doubt, no other person(s) may use or rely upon this report or its contents, and no responsibility is accepted for any such use or reliance thereon by any other third party. Tilbury Energy Recovery Facility SECTION 36C VARIATION SUPPLEMENTARY ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REPORT Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Overview ................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 The Proposed Changes .......................................................................................... 2 1.4 Purpose of this Document ....................................................................................... 3 2. Description of the Development ...................................................................................... 5 2.1 Existing site and Context......................................................................................... 5 2.2 Overview ................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Description of Phase 2 Development ...................................................................... 6 2.3.1 Waste Reception Management ........................................................................... 7 2.3.2 Waste Delivery and Storage ................................................................................ 7 2.3.3 Description of Energy Recovery Technology ....................................................... 8 2.3.4 Electricity Export ................................................................................................ 12 2.3.5 Bridge over Botney Channel .............................................................................. 12 2.3.6 Battery Energy Storage ..................................................................................... 13 2.3.7 Construction Management ................................................................................ 14 2.3.8 Operational Environmental Management........................................................... 14 2.4 Design and Access Statement .............................................................................. 16 3. Assessment of Potential Environmental Effects ............................................................ 18 3.1 Introduction and Methodology ............................................................................... 18 3.2 Air Quality ............................................................................................................. 18 3.2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 18 3.2.2 Scope of the Assessment .................................................................................. 19 3.2.3 Legislation ......................................................................................................... 19 3.2.4 Methodology ...................................................................................................... 19 3.2.5 Baseline ............................................................................................................ 20 3.2.6 Air Quality Assessment ..................................................................................... 20 3.2.7 Human Health Risk Assessment ....................................................................... 21 3.3 Landscape and Visual ........................................................................................... 22 3.3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 22 3.3.2 Scope of the Assessment .................................................................................. 22 3.3.3 Methodology ...................................................................................................... 22 3.3.4 Baseline ............................................................................................................ 22 3.3.5 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment ....................................................... 23 3.4 Transport .............................................................................................................. 26 3.4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 26 3.4.2 Scope of the Assessment .................................................................................. 26 3.4.3 Methodology ...................................................................................................... 26 3.4.4 Baseline.............................................................................................................. 27 3.4.5 Traffic Impact Assessment ................................................................................ 28 3.5 Noise and Vibration ............................................................................................... 29 3.5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 29 3.5.2 Scope ................................................................................................................ 29 3.5.3 Methodology ...................................................................................................... 29 3.5.4 Baseline ............................................................................................................ 30 3.5.5 Noise Assessment ............................................................................................. 31 3.6 Ecology ................................................................................................................. 31 3.6.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 31 3.6.2 Scope ................................................................................................................ 31 3.6.3 Methodology ...................................................................................................... 32 3.6.4 Baseline ............................................................................................................ 33 3.6.5 Assessment ....................................................................................................... 33 3.7 Water Quality ........................................................................................................ 34 3.7.1 Summary ........................................................................................................... 34 3.8 Geology, Hydrology and Land Contamination, Flood Risk .................................... 34 3.8.1 Summary ........................................................................................................... 34 3.9 Cultural Heritage and Archaeology ....................................................................... 35 3.9.1 Summary ........................................................................................................... 35 3.10 Socioeconomics .................................................................................................... 35 3.10.1 Summary ....................................................................................................... 35 3.11 Combined Heat and Power ................................................................................... 35 3.11.1 Summary ........................................................................................................... 35 Appendices 1. Introduction 1.1 Background 1.1 The Supplementary Environmental Information Report (SEIR) has been prepared for Tilbury Green Power Limited (TGP) to support an application to the Secretary of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to vary the current section 36 consent, in accordance with the provisions of the Electricity Generating Stations (Variation of Consents) (England and Wales) Regulations 2013. 1.2 Tilbury Green Power Limited (TGP) was granted a section 36 planning consent by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in August 2009 for the construction and operation of a (a) biomass and (b) an energy from waste fuelled generating station up to 60 MW in total at Tilbury Docks, Essex. 1.3 The consented development consists of two generation units (Phase 1- biomass and Phase 2 – energy from waste) having a combined electrical capacity of 60 MW, processing up to 650,000 tonnes of waste per annum. Construction of the first phase of the development is complete and commenced full operation in April 2018.