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Proposed Brewery Development St. James’s Gate Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 – Main Report December 2011 EPA Export 17-08-2012:00:08:45 Proposed Brewery Development Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Main Report Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................1 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS........................................................2 3.0 CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES.................................................................19 4.0 PLANNING AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ....................................................27 5.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................42 6.0 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ................................................................................................58 7.0 ECOLOGY...............................................................................................................67 8.0 SOILS, GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY..........................................................99 9.0 SURFACE WATER AND DRAINAGE...................................................................117 10.0 AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE ..............................................................................138 11.0 NOISE AND VIBRATION ......................................................................................158 12.0 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL..................................................................................192 13.0 ARCHAEOLOGY, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE ..............................................................................................................................212 14.0 TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................................252 15.0 WASTE MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................266 16.0 MATERIAL ASSETS.............................................................................................282 17.0 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT ..........................................................................291 For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 18.0 INTERACTION OF THE FOREGOING AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ................310 19.0 SUMMARY OF MITIGATION MEASURES ...........................................................320 i EPA Export 17-08-2012:00:08:45 Proposed Brewery Development Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Main Report List of Abbreviations Below is a list of abbreviations used in this statement. AA Appropriate Assessment AER Annual Environmental Report BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand. c. Circa (in approximately). COD Chemical Oxygen Demand. CSO Central Statistics Office. CSOs Combined Sewer Overflow dB(A) Decibel level - the (A) denotes that levels are ‘A’-weighted. DO Dissolved Oxygen. EC European Community EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIS Environmental Impact Statement EPA Environmental Protection Agency. EU European Union GSI Geological Survey of Ireland. ha Hectares = 10,000 square metres. HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle. IDA Industrial Development Authority IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention Control ISO International Standards Organisation For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Lx Sound that exceeds the level L for x% of the sampling duration. Leq Equivalent continuous steady sound level. Effectively an average value. The day-evening night composite noise indicator adopted by the EU for L den the purposes of assessing overall annoyance. l/s Litres per second. MD Maximum Demand. m/s Metres per second. mg/l Milligrams per litre. m3/day Metres cubed per day. m3/hr Metres cubed per hour. mg/m 3 Milligrams per metre cubed. mg/kg Milligrams per kilogramme. MIC Maximum Import Capacity mg/m 2/day Milligrams per metre squared per day. N Nitrogen ii EPA Export 17-08-2012:00:08:45 Proposed Brewery Development Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Main Report NHA Natural Heritage Area NIAH National Inventory of Architectural Heritage NO X Oxides of Nitrogen. NRA National Roads Authority NTS Non-Technical Summary NTS Not to scale (drawings) OD Ordnance Datum OPW Office of Public Works OS Ordnance Survey P Phosphorus PPV Peak Particle Velocity PM 10 Particles measuring 10µm or less. QA Quality Assurance QC Quality Control RMP Record of Monuments and Places SAC Special Area of Conservation SPA Special Protection Area SRI Sound Reduction Index SPA Special Protection Area WDC Western Development Commission RBD River Basin District For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. iii EPA Export 17-08-2012:00:08:45 Proposed Brewery Development Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Main Report Glossary Below is a partial glossary of terms used in this statement. The definitions therein are not to be taken as comprehensive but solely as an aid to the non-technical reader. A subsurface layer or layers of rock or other geological strata of sufficient porosity and permeability to allow either a significant Aquifer flow of groundwater or the abstraction of significant quantities of groundwater. Alluvium Deposits from a river or stream. The study of past societies through its surviving structures, Archaeology artefacts and environmental data. Structures, buildings, traditional and designed, and groups of buildings including streetscapes and urban vistas, which are of Architectural Heritage historical, archaeological, artistic, engineering, scientific or technical interest, together with their setting, attendant grounds, fixtures, fittings and contents. Baseflow The flow of water entering stream channels from groundwater (hydrogeology) sources. A description of the existing environment against which future Baseline survey changes can be measured. Rock, usually solid, that underlies soil or other unconsolidated, Bedrock superficial material. That area For determined inspection purposes by only. topographic features within which Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Catchment falling rain will contribute to run-off at a particular point under consideration. An indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant Conservation Status either in the present day or the near future. The addition of many small impacts to create one larger, more Cumulative Impact significant, impact. Demographics are the characteristics of a human population as Population used in government, marketing or opinion research, or the Demographics demographic profiles used in such research. “Do-Nothing” The situation or environment that would exist if the extension Scenario was not carried out. “Do-Minimum” The situation or environment that would exist if minimal Scenario intervention or development were carried out. iv EPA Export 17-08-2012:00:08:45 Proposed Brewery Development Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Main Report “Do-Something” The situation or environment that would exist if the proposed Scenario brewery development is implemented. The annual minimum daily mean flow rate (expressed in m3/s) Dry Weather Flow at a given location on a river with a probability of exceedance of 0.98 (i.e. with a return period of 50 years). The process of examining the environmental effects of the proposed brewery development - from consideration of environmental aspects at design stage through to preparation of Environmental Impact an Environmental Impact Statement, evaluation of the EIS by Assessment- EIA the competent authority and the subsequent decision as to whether the development should be permitted to proceed, also encompassing public response to that decision. A statement of the likely significant effect, if any, which the Environmental Impact proposed brewery development, if carried out, is likely to have Statement- EIS on the environment. Screening is a process used to establish whether an EIA is EIA Screening required as part of the planning process for a proposed development. Environment associated with semi-enclosed coastal body of water which has a free connection with the open sea and where Estuarine fresh water, derived from land drainage, is mixed with sea water. Facade The face or front of a building. Fauna A collective For inspection term forpurposes the only. animals of a region. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. The process of growing microorganisms within an enclosed tank Fermentation (fermenter) under controlled conditions of aeration, agitation, temperature, and pH. Fissure A fracture or crack in rock along which there is a distinct (hydrogeology) separation. Flora A collective term for the plants of a region. Fluvial Pertaining to a river. Sound radiates into space from a source uniformly in all Free-field noise levels directions Geology is the science and study of the physical matter and Geology energy that constitute the Earth. v EPA Export 17-08-2012:00:08:45 Proposed Brewery Development Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Main Report A load of rock material transported and deposited by a glacier. Glacial deposits Glacial drift is usually deposited when the glacier begins to melt. Groundwater The vulnerability to contamination of groundwater within an vulnerability aquifer, or the groundwater produced by a well. Headroom Difference between the actual and allowed quantities. Hinterland Undeveloped areas. Is the area of geology that deals