Third Amendment to the ESIA Greece - Small reroutings & changes in Permanent and Temporary Installations Report Page 2 of 211 Area Comp. System Disc. Doc.- Ser. Code Code Code Code Type No. Project Title: Trans Adriatic Pipeline – TAP Third Amendment to the ESIA Greece - Small GAL00-EXG-TAE-5101 Document Title: reroutings & changes in Permanent and Temporary Rev.:02 Installations Table of Contents 1 Introduction 17 1.1 Project Title 17 1.2 Project Type and Size 17 1.3 Project Location 18 1.4 Project Classification 19 1.5 Project Developer 20 1.6 Study Team 20 2 Description of Approved Project 21 2.1 TAP Project Overview 21 2.1.1 Project Rationale 21 2.1.2 Brief Technical Description 21 2.1.3 TAP System Throughput 22 2.1.4 Project Schedule 22 2.1.5 TAP Design Philosophy 22 2.1.6 Applicable Codes and Standards 23 2.2 Main Project Components in Greece 24 2.2.1 Pipeline 24 2.2.2 Block-Valve Stations (BVS) 24 2.2.3 Compressor Stations (CS) 25 2.2.3.1 Layout and design 26 2.2.4 Temporary Facilities 26 2.2.4.1 Storage and Pipe Yards 26 2.2.4.2 Construction Camps 26 2.3 Project Progress since Permitting 26 3 Project Modifications 28 3.1 Changes in Blockvalve Stations (BVS) Locations 28 3.2 Changes to the Blockvalve Stations (BVS) Design 28 3.3 Changes in Pipeyards (PYs) Locations 29 3.4 Changes in Construction Camps (CAMPs) Locations 29 3.5 Minor Changes to the Pipeline Route 30 3.6 Rationale for Project Modifications 31 4 Legislative and Policy Framework 32 4.1 Introduction 32 4.2 Legal Basis for the Third Amendment to the ESIA 32 4.3 Changes to the ESIA Legal Framework since ESIA Submission 33 5 Environmental Cultural Heritage and Socioeconomic Baseline 36 Page 3 of 211 Area Comp. 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Code Code Code Code Type No. Project Title: Trans Adriatic Pipeline – TAP Third Amendment to the ESIA Greece - Small GAL00-EXG-TAE-5101 Document Title: reroutings & changes in Permanent and Temporary Rev.:02 Installations 5.1 Introduction 36 5.2 Relocation of Block Valve Station 01 (BVS01) 36 5.2.1 Proposed location of BVS01 36 5.2.2 Physical environment 37 5.2.2.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 37 5.2.2.2 Soil and subsoil 37 5.2.2.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 38 5.2.3 Biological Environment 38 5.2.4 Socioeconomic Environment 39 5.2.5 Cultural Heritage Environment 39 5.3 Relocation of Block Valve Station 05 (BVS05) 39 5.3.1 Physical environment 40 5.3.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 40 5.3.1.2 Soil and subsoil 40 5.3.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 41 5.3.2 Biological Environment 41 5.3.3 Socioeconomic Environment 42 5.3.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 42 5.4 Relocation of Block Valve Station 06 (BVS06) 42 5.4.1 Physical environment 43 5.4.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 43 5.4.1.2 Soil and subsoil 43 5.4.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 44 5.4.2 Biological Environment 44 5.4.3 Socioeconomic Environment 45 5.4.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 45 5.5 Relocation of Block Valve Station 09 (BVS09) 45 5.5.1 Physical environment 46 5.5.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 46 5.5.1.2 Soil and subsoil 46 5.5.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 47 5.5.2 Biological Environment 47 5.5.3 Socioeconomic Environment 48 5.5.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 48 5.6 Relocation of Block Valve Station 10 (BVS10) 48 5.6.1 Physical environment 49 5.6.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 49 5.6.1.2 Soil and subsoil 49 5.6.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 50 5.6.2 Biological Environment 50 5.6.3 Socioeconomic Environment 51 5.6.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 51 5.7 Relocation of Block Valve Station 13 (BVS13) 51 5.7.1 Physical environment 52 5.7.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 52 5.7.1.2 Soil and subsoil 52 5.7.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 53 5.7.2 Biological Environment 53 Page 4 of 211 Area Comp. 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Code Code Code Code Type No. Project Title: Trans Adriatic Pipeline – TAP Third Amendment to the ESIA Greece - Small GAL00-EXG-TAE-5101 Document Title: reroutings & changes in Permanent and Temporary Rev.:02 Installations 5.7.3 Socioeconomic Environment 54 5.7.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 54 5.8 Relocation of Block Valve Station 15 (BVS15) 54 5.8.1 Physical environment 55 5.8.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 55 5.8.1.2 Soil and subsoil 55 5.8.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 56 5.8.2 Biological Environment 56 5.8.3 Socioeconomic Environment 57 5.8.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 57 5.9 Relocation of Block Valve Station 16 (BVS16) 57 5.9.1 Physical environment 58 5.9.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 58 5.9.1.2 Soil and subsoil 58 5.9.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 59 5.9.2 Biological Environment 59 5.9.3 Socioeconomic Environment 60 5.9.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 60 5.10 Relocation of Block Valve Station 18 (BVS18) 60 5.10.1 Physical environment 61 5.10.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 61 5.10.1.2 Soil and subsoil 61 5.10.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 62 5.10.2 Biological Environment 62 5.10.3 Socioeconomic Environment 63 5.10.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 63 5.11 Relocation of Block Valve Station 19 (BVS19) 63 5.11.1 Physical environment 64 5.11.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 64 5.11.1.2 Soil and subsoil 64 5.11.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 65 5.11.2 Biological Environment 65 5.11.3 Socioeconomic Environment 66 5.11.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 66 5.12 Relocation of Block Valve Station 21 (BVS21) 66 5.12.1 Physical environment 67 5.12.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 67 5.12.1.2 Soil and subsoil 67 5.12.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 68 5.12.2 Biological Environment 68 5.12.3 Socioeconomic Environment 69 5.12.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 69 5.13 Relocation of Block Valve Station 22 (BVS22) 69 5.13.1 Physical environment 70 5.13.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 70 5.13.1.2 Soil and subsoil 70 5.13.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 71 5.13.2 Biological Environment 71 Page 5 of 211 Area Comp. 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Code Code Code Code Type No. Project Title: Trans Adriatic Pipeline – TAP Third Amendment to the ESIA Greece - Small GAL00-EXG-TAE-5101 Document Title: reroutings & changes in Permanent and Temporary Rev.:02 Installations 5.13.3 Socioeconomic Environment 72 5.13.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 72 5.14 Relocation of Pipeyard 01 (PY01) 72 5.14.1 Physical Environment 73 5.14.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 73 5.14.1.2 Soil and subsoil 74 5.14.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 74 5.14.2 Biological Environment 74 5.14.3 Socioeconomic Environment 76 5.14.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 76 5.15 Relocation of Pipeyard 08 (PY08) 76 5.15.1 Physical environment 77 5.15.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 77 5.15.1.2 Soil and subsoil 77 5.15.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 78 5.15.2 Biological Environment 78 5.15.3 Socioeconomic Environment 78 5.15.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 78 5.16 Relocation of Pipeyard 10 (PY10) 78 5.16.1 Physical environment 79 5.16.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 79 5.16.1.2 Soil and subsoil 80 5.16.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 80 5.16.2 Biological Environment 80 5.16.3 Socioeconomic Environment 81 5.16.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 82 5.17 Relocation of Pipeyard 13 (PY13) 82 5.17.1 Physical environment 83 5.17.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 83 5.17.1.2 Soil and subsoil 83 5.17.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 84 5.17.2 Biological Environment 84 5.17.3 Socioeconomic Environment 85 5.17.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 85 5.18 Plot size change of PY04 and PY09 86 5.19 Relocation of Construction Camp 03 (CAMP03) 87 5.19.1 Physical environment 88 5.19.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 88 5.19.1.2 Soil and subsoil 88 5.19.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 89 5.19.2 Biological Environment 89 5.19.3 Socioeconomic Environment 89 5.19.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 89 5.20 Relocation of Construction Camp 04 (CAMP04) 90 5.20.1 Physical environment 90 5.20.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 90 5.20.1.2 Soil and subsoil 91 5.20.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 91 Page 6 of 211 Area Comp. 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Code Code Code Code Type No. Project Title: Trans Adriatic Pipeline – TAP Third Amendment to the ESIA Greece - Small GAL00-EXG-TAE-5101 Document Title: reroutings & changes in Permanent and Temporary Rev.:02 Installations 5.20.2 Biological Environment 91 5.20.3 Socioeconomic Environment 91 5.20.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 92 5.21 Relocation of Construction Camp 06 (CAMP06) 92 5.21.1 Physical environment 92 5.21.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 92 5.21.1.2 Soil and subsoil 93 5.21.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 93 5.21.2 Biological Environment 93 5.21.3 Socioeconomic Environment 94 5.21.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 94 5.22 Relocation of Construction Camp 07 (CAMP07) 94 5.22.1 Physical environment 95 5.22.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 95 5.22.1.2 Soil and subsoil 95 5.22.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 96 5.22.2 Biological Environment 96 5.22.3 Socioeconomic Environment 96 5.22.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 96 5.23 Relocation of Construction Camp 08 (CAMP08) 97 5.23.1 Physical environment 97 5.23.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 97 5.23.1.2 Soil and subsoil 98 5.23.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 98 5.23.2 Biological Environment 98 5.23.3 Socioeconomic Environment 98 5.23.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 98 5.24 Plot size change of CAMP01 and CAMP02 99 5.25 Proposed rerouting at Kipoi (IP 0002-03 – IP 0002-14) 100 5.25.1 Physical environment 101 5.25.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 101 5.25.1.2 Soil and subsoil 101 5.25.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 101 5.25.2 Biological Environment 102 5.25.3 Socioeconomic Environment 102 5.25.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 102 5.26 Proposed rerouting at Komotini Airport (IP0251-10-02 – IP 0251-10-07) 102 5.26.1 Physical environment 103 5.26.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 103 5.26.1.2 Soil and subsoil 103 5.26.1.3 Landscape and Visual Amenity 104 5.26.2 Biological Environment 104 5.26.3 Socioeconomic Environment 104 5.26.4 Cultural Heritage Environment 104 5.27 Proposed rerouting at Amvrosia (IP0251-15 – IP 0290-01) 105 5.27.1 Physical environment 106 5.27.1.1 Geology, Seismicity and Geomorphology 106 5.27.1.2 Soil and subsoil 106 Page 7 of 211 Area Comp.