Tenagi Route Alternatives – Summary of Consultation Upon Route Alternatives As Part of ESIA Process
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Tenagi Route Alternatives – Summary of consultation upon route alternatives as part of ESIA process Document title Tenagi Route Alternatives ESIA Consultation Document no. TAP-CEA-BN-0044 Rev 00 Classification External 1. Introduction This document summarises the additional stakeholder consultation and disclosure that took place in relation to Tenagi route alternatives that were proposed and considered as part of the ESIA process, prior to EIA approval on 12th September 2014. This activity was in addition to that conducted upon the original 2013 ESIA basecase route where the various stakeholder meetings and feedback were included with the submissions at that time, namely; • An overview of feedback received was given in ESIA Section 7, • Details of the meetings held and stakeholder feedback was given within the ESIA Annex 7 https://www.tap-ag.com/resource-library/reference-documents/esia-documents/esia-greece-in-english Additional consultation on alternative routes took place during mid-February – early September 2014 including five meetings with representatives from TEE, GeoTEE and Kavala Farmers Union (KFU) representatives. Additional consultation with the public in communities affected by this rerouting took place in late September – early October 2014 as part of the Greece ESIA Addendum public disclosure and consultation process. Seven meetings were held including with the communities and/or representatives in Doxato Kalamonas, Kalampaki Krinides, Kryoneri, Nerofraxtis Philippoi, Prosotsani,and Zygos. The route alternatives themselves were described in detail at the time within the ESIA Addendum – Alternatives in Tenagi area https://www.tap-ag.com/resource-library/reference-documents/esia-documents/esia-greece-in-english- additional-documents The consultation and disclosure meetings were also outlined at the time within the ESIA Addendum and subsequent ESIA Amendment submissions, namely; • Meetings held were listed within the ESIA Addendum – Alternatives in Tenagi, Appendix 4.1 https://www.tap-ag.com/resource-library/reference-documents/esia-documents/esia-greece-in-english- additional-documents • Meetings held were listed within the ESIA Amendment Annex 7 • Stakeholder engagement was described within the ESIA Amendment Annex https://www.tap-ag.com/resource-library/reference-documents/esia-documents/esia-greece-amendment-in- english The consideration of the routing within the Tenagi area and associated consultation and disclosure is included within the overall TAP Routing Report https://www.tap-ag.com/resource-library/reference-documents/project-finance-disclosure?page=3 Copyright Reserved: This document may not be copied, shown to or placed at the disposal of third parties Page 2 of 18 without prior consent of TAP AG. The latest version of the document is registered in the TAP Project’s Database. Document title Tenagi Route Alternatives ESIA Consultation Document no. TAP-CEA-BN-0044 Rev 00 Classification External 1.1 Route alternative designations The various designations of route alternatives considered during the ESIA consultation process are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 - Tenagi Route Alternatives considered during ESIA consultation process DESFA Alternative - Running parallel to the DESFA line (route suggested at scoping stage) 2013 Base Case - Submitted by TAP in 2013 ESIA South Alternative - TEE and GEOTEE proposal suggestion that runs south of the route in TAP’s original ESIA, submitted June 2013 North Alternative - Proposed by TAP during ESIA consultation North-North Alternative - Proposed by TAP during ESIA consultation (submitted by TAP in 2014 as the updated basecase and subsequently approved) The North and North-North routing identification names in Figure 1 were those used during the consultation process. Upon submisison of the ESIA Amendment the North-North Alternative was simply referred to as the North Alternative. Copyright Reserved: This document may not be copied, shown to or placed at the disposal of third parties Page 3 of 18 without prior consent of TAP AG. The latest version of the document is registered in the TAP Project’s Database. Document title Tenagi Route Alternatives ESIA Consultation Document no. TAP-CEA-BN-0044 Rev 00 Classification External 2. Meeting schedule, attendance & issues Meetings held as part the consultation and disclosure process have already been included in the ESIA Addendum – Alternatives in Tenagi, Appendix 4.1 and ESIA Amendment Annex 7, and are summarised in Table 1. This summary highlights the issues that were raised by stakeholders; Table 1 – Meeting Summary Date Attendance (No.s) Issues raised 1 26/09/2013 TEE and GeoTEE • Why has the route changed from following the DESFA pipeline, mentioned at ESIA scoping stage? • Risks of subsidence, self-ignition, flooding and impact on land of high productivity • Restrictions on future development and reduction of land resources • Safety issues due to self-ignition, proximity to residential areas • Route crosses/fragments valley • No benefit to Greece nor local communities as only transit pipeline • Noise, air emissions, visual impacts and safety concerns re Serres Compressor Station 2 27/01/2014 Minister of • Same concerns as those mentioned in 26/09/2013 meeting Environment and • TEE, GeoTEE & KFU preference was for the South alternative interested parties to resolve the Tenagi Proposal from Ministry that TAP, TEE and GeoTEE work together issue at technical level and come back to the Ministry within a (included Region of reasonable time period with alternative proposals. Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Mayors of Kavala and Drama, MPs from Kavala, TEE, GeoTEE and KFU (17) 3 14/02/2014 TEE, GeoTEE East • Same concerns as previous meetings relating to crossing Macedonia Branch in Tenagi Turf Zone and location of CS at Serres the framework of • TEE, GeoTEE & KFU preference was for the South alternative trilateral Committee to resolve the Tenagi and CS issue and KFU (15) 4 24/07/2014 TEE, GeoTEE and • TAP presented two new alternatives North and North-North new Mayor in the • TAP explained why both the DESFA route and South framework of trilateral Alternative cannot be further considered Committee to resolve the Tenagi and KFU (30) Copyright Reserved: This document may not be copied, shown to or placed at the disposal of third parties Page 4 of 18 without prior consent of TAP AG. The latest version of the document is registered in the TAP Project’s Database. Document title Tenagi Route Alternatives ESIA Consultation Document no. TAP-CEA-BN-0044 Rev 00 Classification External 5 07/08/2014 TEE, GeoTEE, • TAP again presented the two alternatives North and North- Regional Governor North. Mention was made of an unspecified alternative route and new Mayor in the that would be North of the North-North proposal. framework of trilateral • Similarly, as before TAP explained why the DESFA route Committee to resolve originally envisaged at the scoping stage cannot be considered the Tenagi and KFU further. (25) 6 30/08/2014 TEE, GeoTEE, • TAP again presented the two alternatives North and North- Regional Governor North. Mention was again made of an unspecified alternative and new Mayor in the route that would be North of the North-North proposal framework of trilateral Committee to resolve the Tenagi and KFU and Deputy Regional Governor (9) 7 03/09/2014 Minister of • Why had TAP rejected the DESFA route or the idea of an Environment and unspecified route North of North-North interested parties to • Previously mentioned risks and impacts upon the Tenagi resolve the Tenagi • Impact on future prospects of developing a lignite field in the issue, including area Regional and local • Impact on archaeology politicians, GeoTEE, • Pipeline is not re-routed outside peat zone TEE and KFU • Safety risks (16) • Additional pipelines will follow same route in future (A written statement of 20 outstanding questions was submitted to TAP – see Chapter 3.3) 12/09/2014 ESIA Signed 8 24/09/2014 Kalampaki Majority attendees wanted meeting to be cancelled due to Community with KFU objection to the approved route, these opposing stakeholders left present the meeting (27) • Concern that route change was sudden, unjustified and suspicious • Rejection of DESFA and South route alternatives • Pipeline route will destroy or negatively affect land redistribution • Pipeline will be fenced, land owners will lose the ownership of the land, and that TAP will have the right to cross their land without prior permission • Impact on local irrigation network. • Pipeline depth insufficient to protect from farming activities at the surface. 9 25/09/2014 Municipality Kavala • Route change in Tenagi area 10 25/09/2014 Zygos Community • Object to new basecase with KFU present • Rejection of DESFA alternative and South alternative (60) • Request to pursue the TEE alternative • Request completely avoid any agricultural land • Risks of CH finds/ impact on CH • Additional pipelines will follow same route in future 11 26/09/2014 Prosotsani Mayor • Route change in Tenagi area Copyright Reserved: This document may not be copied, shown to or placed at the disposal of third parties Page 5 of 18 without prior consent of TAP AG. The latest version of the document is registered in the TAP Project’s Database. Document title Tenagi Route Alternatives ESIA Consultation Document no. TAP-CEA-BN-0044 Rev 00 Classification External (4) • Level of engagement with local stakeholders • Health impacts from construction activities (related to dust), • Impact on high productivity agricultural land • Conflict