CONTINGENCY, INTERIM & LIVE ANIMAL BCP, ROSSLARE, CO. WEXFORD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT _____________________________________ Report Prepared For OPW Brexit Unit _____________________________________ Report Prepared By Emma Carroll Environmental Consultant _____________________________________ Our Reference PC/19/9000P10692 ____________________________________ Date of Issue 01 July 2020 _____________________________________ PC/19/9000P10962 AWN Consulting Ltd. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Document History Document Reference Original Issue Date PC/19/9000P10962 21 March 2019 Revision Level Revision Date Description Sections Affected Revision One 21 March 2019 Revision Two 2 July 2019 Revision Three 3 July 2019 Revision Four 8 July 2019 Revised layout to improve Revision Five 20 January 2020 readability Additional cattle shed Revision Six 25 June 2020 included Figure 4 & 6 Updated. Revision Seven 1 July 2020 Works duration updated Record of Approval Details Written by Approved by Signature Name Emma Carroll Teri Hayes Title Environmental Consultant Director Date 25 June 2020 25 June 2020 Rosslare Interim BCP Screening Report 1 PC/19/9000P10962 AWN Consulting Ltd. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS Table of Tables .............................................................................................................. 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 4 2.0 LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE ......................................................................... 4 2.1 Schedule 7A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2011 (Annex IIA of the New Directive) ........................................................................................... 5 2.2 Schedule 7 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2011 (Annex III of the New EIA Directive) ..................................................................................... 5 3.0 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ...................................... 7 3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Size and Design of the Whole of the Proposed Project .................................... 7 3.2.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 7 3.2.3 Construction Phase .................................................................................... 14 3.2.4 Operational Phase ...................................................................................... 14 3.3 Cumulation with other Existing, Permitted or Proposed Developments .......... 14 3.4 Use of Natural Resources .............................................................................. 15 3.5 Production of Waste ....................................................................................... 16 3.6 Pollution and Nuisances ................................................................................ 16 4.0 LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ................................................... 16 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 16 4.2 Overview ........................................................................................................ 16 4.3 Existing and Approved Land Use ................................................................... 16 4.4 Relative Abundance, Availability, Quality and Regenerative Capacity of Natural Resources (including soil, land, water and biodiversity) in the Area and its Underground .................................................................................................. 18 4.5 Absorption Capacity of the Natural Environment ............................................ 18 5.0 TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS ........................ 18 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 18 5.2 Air Quality and Climate .................................................................................. 19 5.3 Biodiversity including species and habitats .................................................... 20 5.4 Cultural Heritage, Architecture and Archaeology ............................................ 25 5.5 Material Assets (including waste) ................................................................... 27 5.6 Landscape and Visual .................................................................................... 27 5.7 Major Accidents ............................................................................................. 28 5.8 Noise and Vibration........................................................................................ 28 5.9 Population and Human Health ....................................................................... 29 5.10 Land, Soils and Geology and Hydrogeology .................................................. 29 5.11 Hydrology ...................................................................................................... 30 5.12 Traffic and Transportation .............................................................................. 30 5.13 Cumulative Effects ......................................................................................... 31 6.0 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................ 31 Rosslare Interim BCP Screening Report 2 PC/19/9000P10962 AWN Consulting Ltd. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Figures Figure 1. Showing the proposed Project location at Rosslare, County Wexford. ............ 8 Figure 2. Showing the proposed location on recent aerial photography. ......................... 9 Figure 3. Layout plan of the proposed Project. ............................................................. 10 Figure 4. Detailed plan of the proposed Project. .......................................................... 11 Figure 5. Detailed plan of the proposed interim BCP building. ..................................... 12 Figure 6. Detailed plan of the proposed Cattle Unit. ..................................................... 13 Figure 7. Zoning map from the Rosslare Harbour & Kilrane Local Area Plan 2012 – 2018, showing the proposed site as being zoned for Mixed Use (proposed Project site indicated with red star). ....................................................................................................... 17 Figure 8. Location of adjacent European sites. ............................................................. 23 Figure 9 Detail of adjacent European sites. ................................................................. 24 Figure 10. Location of heritage sites in the vicinity of the proposed site. Red dots indicate National Monuments while blue dots indicate National Inventory of Architectural Heritage sites. ................................................................................................................................... 26 Table of Tables Table 1. Summary of the developments currently being considered by the OPW in Rosslare. ....................................................................................................... 14 Table 2 European sites located within 15 km of the proposed Project. .......................... 21 Table 3. Screening Checklist to determine if EIA is required based on the characteristics of a project and its environment. ........................................................................ 31 Rosslare Interim BCP Screening Report 3 PC/19/9000P10962 AWN Consulting Ltd. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.0 INTRODUCTION At the request of the OPW, AWN Consulting Ltd (AWN) has prepared the following Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report for the proposed Project of the former Rosslare Import Centre as an Interim Border Inspection Facility at Ballygillane Little, County Wexford (herein referred to as the proposed Project). An Appropriate Assessment screening accompanies this EIAR screening report. The proposed Project involves the repurposing of a portion of the existing Rosslare Import Centre site at Ballygillane Little, County Wexford for use as an Interim Border Inspection Facility at Ballygillane Little, County Wexford. As described in detail in Section 2.0 of this report, the proposed Project is considered to be outside the mandatory requirements for EIA. This report has been prepared with the primary aim to provide sufficient information to the planning and environment departments of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to allow them to determine that the proposed Project is not likely to have a significant effect on the environment. AWN has assessed the likely impact of the proposed Project for each aspect of the environment; air, noise, water, land, soils & geology, landscape, material assets, traffic and human health. The environmental assessment concluded that the proposed Project will have a long-term imperceptible impact only on the environment. As such it is concluded that the proposed Project does not warrant preparation of an EIA report due to environmental considerations. 2.0 LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE The requirements for EIA in relation