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East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Appendix 11.3 East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Appendix 11.3 Marine Mammal Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) Screening Environmental Statement Volume 3 Applicant: East Anglia ONE North Limited Document Reference: 6.3.11.3 SPR Reference: EA1N-DWF-ENV-REP-IBR-000348_003 Rev 01 Pursuant to APFP Regulation: 5(2)(a) Author: Royal HaskoningDHV Date: October 2019 Revision: Version 1 East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement Revision Summary Rev Date Prepared by Checked by Approved by 01 08/10/2019 Paolo Pizzolla Ian Mackay Helen Walker Description of Revisions Rev Page Section Description 01 n/a n/a Final for Submission 6.3.11.3 Appendix 11.3 CIA Screening Page i East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement Table of Contents 11.1 Marine Mammal Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) Screening 1 11.1.1 Introduction 1 11.1.2 Offshore Windfarms 3 11.1.3 Other Marine Renewable Developments 23 11.1.4 Aggregate Extraction and Dredging (Operational Impacts Only) 27 11.1.5 Offshore Mining 27 11.1.6 Oil and Gas Installations and Activities 33 11.1.7 Navigation and Shipping (Operational Impacts Only) 61 11.1.8 Subsea Cables and Pipelines (Commissioning and Construction Impacts Only) 61 11.1.9 Carbon Capture Projects 67 11.1.10 Summary of Projects Screened in for Assessment 67 Annex 1 Initial List of UK and Other European Offshore Windfarms Considered Within the CIA Screening 68 Annex 2 Initial List of UK Wave and Tidal Projects Considered Within the CIA Screening 88 6.3.11.3 Appendix 11.3 CIA Screening Page ii East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement Appendix 11.3 is supported by the following annexes: Annex number Title Annex 1 Initial List of UK and Other European Offshore Windfarms Considered Within the CIA Screening Annex 2 Initial List of UK Wave and Tidal Projects Considered Within the CIA Screening 6.3.11.3 Appendix 11.3 CIA Screening Page iii East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement Glossary of Acronyms CIA Cumulative Impact Assessment EA1N East Anglia ONE North project ES Environmental Statement EU European EMODnet European Marine Observation and Data Network GS grey seal HP harbour porpoise HS harbour seal Km Kilometre MUs Management Units NLOG Netherlands Oil and Gas SAC Special Area of Conservation SNS Southern North Sea UK United Kingdom 6.3.11.3 Appendix 11.3 CIA Screening Page iv East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement Glossary of Terminology Construction A fixed offshore structure required for construction, operation, and operation and maintenance personnel and activities. maintenance platform East Anglia ONE The proposed project consisting of up to 67 wind turbines, up to four offshore North project electrical platforms, up to one construction operation and maintenance platform, inter-array cables, platform link cables, up to one operational meteorological mast, up to two offshore export cables, fibre optic cables, landfall infrastructure, onshore cables and ducts, onshore substation, and National Grid infrastructure. East Anglia ONE The offshore area within which wind turbines and offshore platforms will be North windfarm site located. Evidence Plan A voluntary consultation process with specialist stakeholders to agree the Process approach to the EIA and the information required to support HRA. Inter-array cables Offshore cables which link the wind turbines to each other and the offshore electrical platforms, these cables will include fibre optic cables. Marine Mammal The area of which the site-specific survey for marine mammals (and Study Area seabirds) covered. This is the East Anglia ONE North windfarm site plus a 4km buffer area. Mitigation areas Areas captured within the Development Area specifically for mitigating expected or anticipated impacts. Offshore The East Anglia ONE North windfarm site and offshore cable corridor (up to development area Mean High Water Springs). Offshore electrical The transmission assets required to export generated electricity to shore. infrastructure This includes inter-array cables from the wind turbines to the offshore electrical platforms, offshore electrical platforms, platform link cables and export cables from the offshore electrical platforms to the landfall. Offshore electrical A fixed structure located within the windfarm area, containing electrical platform equipment to aggregate the power from the wind turbines and convert it into a more suitable form for export to shore. Offshore export The cables which would bring electricity from the offshore electrical platforms cables to the landfall, these cables will include fibre optic cables. Offshore All of the offshore infrastructure including wind turbines, platforms, and infrastructure cables. Offshore platform A collective term for the offshore operation and maintenance platform and the offshore electrical platforms. Platform link cable Electrical cable which links one or more offshore platforms, these cables will include fibre optic cables. 6.3.11.3 Appendix 11.3 CIA Screening Page v East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement 11.3 Marine Mammal Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) Screening 11.3.1 Introduction 1. The Tables in this Appendix summarise the results of the Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) screening and outlines the plans and projects which have been screened into the marine mammals CIA. Parameters for inclusion of plans and projects were: a) Projects and plans within the agreed reference population boundary for the given receptor (see section 11.5 of Chapter 11 Marine Mammals). b) Projects and plans with the potential to cause the type of impact which could have a cumulative impact with the proposed East Anglia ONE North project (of Chapter 11 Marine Mammals). c) Projects and plans from an assessment tier which was screened into the assessment. 2. For this assessment, the tiers used for assessment are based on guidance issued by JNCC and Natural England in September 2013, and are as follows: • Tier 1: built and operational projects; • Tier 2: projects under construction; • Tier 3: projects that have been consented (but construction has not yet commenced); • Tier 4: projects that have an application submitted to the appropriate regulatory body that have not yet been determined; • Tier 5: projects that the regulatory body are expecting to be submitted for determination (e.g. projects listed under the Planning Inspectorate programme of projects); and • Tier 6: projects that have been identified in relevant strategic plans or programmes. 3. These tiers are used as they are more appropriate to use compared to the tiers in The Planning Inspectorate (2015) Advice Note 17 for the types of projects and plans considered in this assessment, in particular for the offshore windfarm stages. 4. The screening results are provided for each type of plan or project including other offshore wind farms, other renewable developments, aggregate extraction and 6.3.11.3 Appendix 11.3 CIA Screening Page 1 East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement dredging, licensed disposal sites, navigation and shipping, planned construction of subsea cables and pipelines and oil and gas installations (including surveying). 5. Any plans or projects that have the potential to result in a cumulative impact that commenced construction/commissioning between the end of the baseline and submission of the Environmental Statement (ES) will not be taken forward in the CIA for this type of cumulative impact. It is assumed that construction or commissioning will be completed before the start of construction of the proposed East Anglia ONE North project. 6. The first stage of the screening is based on the widest possible range of construction dates for the proposed East Anglia ONE North project between 2020 and 2029, based on consent in 2020, seven year construction window from date of consent and an offshore construction period of approximately 27 months. This is then refined to take into account planned construction between 2022 and 2027 under construction scenario 1 (East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North being constructed at the same time) and between 2026 and 2028 under construction scenario 2 (East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North being constructed sequentially). 7. There will not be any concurrent piling for the construction of East Anglia ONE North, or between East Anglia ONE North and East Anglia TWO. 11.3.1.1 Data Sources 8. A wide range of data sources and information was used for the CIA and CIA screening, including, but not limited to: • Project ESs (and Preliminary Environment Information Report (PEIR); • Developer websites; • 4C Offshore Winds Database (http://www.4coffshore.com/offshorewind/); • Renewable UK website (http://www.renewableuk.com); • Crown Estate website; • Oil and gas UK licensing rounds website (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/oil- and-gas-licensing-rounds#past-licensing-rounds); • Cefas website (e.g. http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/407); • Planning Inspectorate National Infrastructure Planning website; • European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) data; • Netherlands Oil and Gas (NLOG) website; • Danish Energy Agency website; • Norwegian Petroleum Directive website; and 6.3.11.3 Appendix 11.3 CIA Screening Page 2 East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm Environmental Statement • Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment – Rijkswaterstatt website. 11.3.2 Offshore Windfarms 9. Annex 1 lists all the United Kingdom (UK) and European (EU) offshore wind farm projects considered
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