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Appropriate Assessment Article 6(3) Appropriate Assessment Appropriate Assessment Screening for Proposed IPC Boundary Amendment to‘ * Cui1 na Mona Bog Group, Co. Laois Nat-uially.Dl;!veri Prepared for: Envi ronmenta I Protect ion Agency (EPA) Document Title: Appropriate Assessment Screening for Proposed IPC Boundary Amendment to Cui1 na Mona Bog Group, Co. Laois Doc. File Name: CuilnaMona~lPC~Boundary~Amendment~AASR~201612 06-D2 Prepared By: Bord na Mona Address: Bord na Mona, Leabeg, Blueball, I Tulla more, For inspection purposes only. Co. ConsentOffaly of copyright owner required for any other use. Text Pages 29 Appendices Appendix 1: NPWS Site Synopsis (River Barrow and River Nore SAC (Site Code: 002162) & River Nore SPA (Site Code: 004233)) Appendix 2: Bord na Mona Abbeyleix Bog Rehabilitation Plan Rev Status Issue Date Document File Name’ Author(s) Approved I I I I CuilnaMona~lPC~Boun~dary~Amendment~AASR~2016Barry ’ IO1 Draft 30/11/2016 1130-D1 I I I OLoughlin .McCorry I I I t I I CuilnaMona-l PC-Boundary-AmendmentAASR-2016 Barv O’Loughlin McCorry I02 I Draft I 06/12/2016.1 12 06-D2 Mark I I I I I i EPA Export 30-08-2017:03:12:11 Bord na M6na Abbeyleix IPC Boundary Amendment AASR 2016 12 06-02 -. .. ' Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 1 1 .I General Introduction .................................................................................................. 1 1.2 'Statutory Guidelines.. ....: .... :...................... :...................... :............ 1 ............................. 1 1.3 Legislative Context: ...................................................................................... 1 1.4 Stages of Appropriate Assessment .................................. ......... ....................... 2 1.4.1 Stage 1 ..................................... :................................ ;........................................................ 2 1.4.2 Stage 2 .............................................................................................................................. 2 1.4.3 Stage 3 .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.4.4 Stage 4 .............................................................................................................................. 3 2 Description of the Project (IPC Boundary Amendment) ............................ 4 2.1 Site Description ......................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Background .......................................................................................................... 4 2.2.1 Abbeyleix Bog .................................................................................................................... 4 2.2.2 Cashel Bog ......................... :.............................................................................................. 5 2.2.3 Coolnacarten Bog ............................................................................................................. 5 2.2.4 Coolnamona Bog............................................................................................................... 6 2.3 . IPC Boundary Amendment .......................................................................................-. 6 2.4 Project (IPC Boundary amendment) .......................................................................... 6 .* 2.4.1. IPC'License Conditions 'Best Practice' ....................... :...................................................... 6 2.4.2 Invasive Species ................................................................................................................-._ - 8 3 Methodology ..................................................... .'.:...................................... .9 3.1 Desktop Assessment and Consultation ....................................................................,. 9 I, 3.2 Field Surveys ............................................................................................................. 9 . 4 Identification of European Sites ............................ ................................. 10 ; For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 4.1 Background ................................................... :... ....................... ;..... 4.1.1 Special Areas of Conservation (SACS).................................................. 4.1.2 Special Protection Areas (SPAS)...................................................................................... 10 4.2 European Sites Identified in the Zone of Impact; ................................................... 11 5 Assessment of Likely Effects on European Sites ..................................... 16 .. 5.1 Article 6(3) Assessment Criteria and Screening Approach .................................... 16 5.1:1 Description of the Individual Elements of the Project with Potential to give Rise to :_. ...... Impacts on European Sites ............................................................................................. 16 S.lr.2 Description of any- Likely Direct, Indireq or Secondary Impacts of the Project on , European Sites .................................... ........................................................................... 16 . 5.1.3 . In-Combination Effects with Other Plans and Projects................................................... 20 5.1.4 Description of Likely Changes to European Sites ............................................................ 20 5.1.5 Description of any Likely Impacts on any European Site .................................. .............22 -5.1.6 Indicators of Significance as a Result of the Identification of Effects ............................. 22 ..6 Article 6(3) Screening Statement a'nd Conclusions .............; ................... 23 6.1 Description of the Project: .............. ...; ................. ;: ....................................... 23 6.2 Potential for Effects on European Sites ................................................................. 23 6.2.1 European Sites Screened Out from Further Assessment ................................................ 23 6.3 Data Collected to Carry Out the Assessment ........ .......................................... 27 ii EPA Export 30-08-2017:03:12:11 Bord na Mdna Abbeyleix IPC Boundaq Amendment AASR 2016 12 06-D2 . 6.4 Overall Conclusions / AA Screening Determination............................................... 27 7 Bibliography ............................................................................................ 28 i ! I /' For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. I. ... 111 EPA Export 30-08-2017:03:12:11 Bord na M6na Abbeyleix IPC Boundary Amendment AASR 2016 12 06-DZ 1 INTRODUCTION ' 1.1 General Introduction This report has been prepared by the Bord na Mona Ecology Team in support of an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) boundary amendment of the Cui1 na Mona Bog Group (IPC License Ref. PO507-01). Bord na Mona operates under this IPC licence issued and administered by the EPA to extract peat within the Cui1 na Mona Bog Group. The boundary change will involve removing Abbeyleix Bog out of the Cui1 na Mona IPC licensed area for peat production. This document provides the necessary information to allow the competent authority to conduct an Article 6(3) Screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) (as transposed into Irish law and in particular pursuant to the provisions of Article 250 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 as inserted by SI 476 of 2011 being the Planning and Development (Amendment) (no. 3) Regulations, 2011). The AA Screening process aims to determine, in view of best scientific knowledge, whether the project (IPC boundary amendment) alone or in-combination with other plans and projects, is likely to have a significant effect on a Natura 2000 site(s) (hereafter referred to as European Site) in view of its conservation objectives. The IPC boundary amendment is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of any European Site designated for nature conservation. 1.2 Statutory Guidelines This report has been prepared in accordance with the European Commission guidance document Assessment of flans and Projects Significantly affecting Natura 2000 Sites: Methodological Guidance on the provisions ofArticle 6(3) and6(4) of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC(EC, 2001) and the Department of the Environment's Guidance on the Appropriate Assessment of flans and Projects in Ireland (December 2009, amended February 2010). In addition to the guidelines referenced above, the following guidance documents were consulted during the preparation of this report: 9 European Communities (2000) Managing Natura 2000 Sites: the provisions of Article 6 of the 'Habitats' Directive 92/43/EEC, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. European Commission; . EC (2007) Guidance document Foron inspection Article purposes 6(4) only.of the 'Habitats Directive' 92/43/EEC - Clarification of the conceptsConsent of: ofalternative copyright owner solutions, required for imperative any other use. reasons of overriding public interest, compensatory measures, overall coherence, opinion of the commission. European Commission; . 92/43/EEC, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. European
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