COMHAIRLE CHONTAE DHÚN NA nGALL DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL PROJECT: Moville and Greencastle Sewerage Scheme DOCUMENT: Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 – Appendices For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Director of Services Water, Environment & Emergency Services Donegal County Council County House Lifford August 2008 EPA Export 26-07-2013:10:53:00 DOCUMENT CONTROL SHEET Client Donegal County Council Project Title Moville and Greencastle Sewerage Scheme Document Title Environmental Impact Statement – Volume 2 – Appendices Document No. DOC004 DCS TOC List of Tables List of Figures Pages of Text Appendices This Document Comprises Y Y N N Y Issue Revision Status Author(s) Checked By Approved By Date 1 Draft C Cunningham Janet Slattery Des Barry 12 Dec 06 AM Conibear 2 Draft AM Conibear Janet Slattery Des Barry 27 April 07 AM Conibear 3 Minor Edits P Marshall AM Conibear Des Barry January 08 4 Minor Edits AM Conibear Des Barry May 08 5 Minor Edits AM Conibear Des Barry June 08 6 Edits AM Conibear Ken McIntyre Aug 08 Kieran O’Dwyer For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. All Ordnance Survey Maps are reproduced under licence to Ordnance Survey Ireland All Rights Reserved Licence Number 2003/07 CCMA Donegal County Council EPA Export 26-07-2013:10:53:01 Moville and Greencastle Sewerage Scheme Environmental Impact Statement Non Technical Summary Volume 1 – Main Report Volume 2 – Appendices A. Ecological Appendices a. Ecological Assessment of Two Marine Outfall Options b. References B. Archaeology Appendices a. Underwater Archaeology Assessment Outfall Located of North Greencastle Harbour b. Archaeology Bibliography c. Receiving Environment d. Catalogue of Archaeological Sites, e. Catalogue of Architectural Heritage For inspection purposes only. f. Catalogue of ConsentIndustrial of copyright ownerArchaeological required for any other use. Heritage g. Catalogue of Areas of Archaeological Potential h. Catalogue of Shipwreckings i. Plates C. Outfall Model Report D. Traffic Appendices a. General Impacts on the Environment b. Traffic Count Survey c. Traffic Modelling Output Files E. Odour Report F. Scheme Drawings EPA Export 26-07-2013:10:53:01 Appendix A Ecological Appendices Ecological Assessment of Two Marine Outfall Options References For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. EPA Export 26-07-2013:10:53:01 MOVILLE – GREENCASTLE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, CO. DONEGAL ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF TWO MARINE OUTFALL OPTIONS August 2006 For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. FINAL REPORT Enterprise Centre, The Murrough, Wicklow Tel: 0404-64020 Fax: 0404-64022 e-mail: [email protected] 1 EPA Export 26-07-2013:10:53:01 NATURA Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................3 1.1. Background...............................................................................................................................3 1.2. Methodology .............................................................................................................................3 2. EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ..........................................................................4 2.1. General description of the outfall option locations................................................................4 2.2. Designated areas.......................................................................................................................4 2.3. Rare plants................................................................................................................................5 2.4. Habitats and associated flora ..................................................................................................5 2.5. Evaluation of terrestrial habitats..........................................................................................10 2.6. Evaluation of marine habitats...............................................................................................10 2.7. Evaluation of outfall options for Marine Birds....................................................................10 2.8. Evaluation of outfall options for Fisheries ...........................................................................10 3. DESCRIPTION OF LIKELY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS .........................11 3.1. Designated areas.....................................................................................................................11 3.2. Terrestrial Habitats................................................................................................................11 3.3. Marine Habitats .....................................................................................................................11 3.4. Birds ........................................................................................................................................12 3.5. Fisheries ..................................................................................................................................12 4. MITIGATION ..................................................................................................12 4.1. Designated Areas....................................................................................................................12 4.2. Marine habitats ......................................................................................................................12 4.3. Birds ........................................................................................................................................13 4.4. Fisheries .......................................... For inspection................................................... purposes only. .....................................13 Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 5. REFERENCES ...................................................................................................13 6. APPENDICES ...................................................................................................14 2 EPA Export 26-07-2013:10:53:01 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background NATURA Environmental Consultants Ltd. was commissioned by J.B. Barry and Partners to provide an Environmental Assessment of two location options for a marine outfall for the proposed Moville – Greencastle Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). This report provides a description of the terrestrial and marine ecology of the two outfalls and an assessment of the likely impacts of the outfalls on the terrestrial and marine ecological environment (i.e. the flora, fauna and habitats). The report does not address impacts of the outfall on water quality, which is being assessed by RPS Group. The two sites are located on the north shore of Lough Foyle; the first (option 1) is approximately 1.5km north-east of Moville pier while the second (option 2) is approximately 200m north-east of Greencastle pier. Figure 1 shows the location of the two outfall options. This assessment has been carried out in compliance with the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989-2000, and follows the Guidelines on the Information to be Contained in Environmental Impact Statements (Environmental Protection Agency, 2002). 1.2. Methodology 1.2.1. Desk study A desk study was carried out to collate the available information on the ecological environment. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) database of designated conservation areas and records of rare and protected plant species were checked with regard to the location of the proposed outfalls. Aerial photographs (OS Aerial B/W, Scale 1:1000, 1995) were examined to make a preliminary assessment of the outfall sites and to determine dominant habitat types For inspection purposes only. present in advance of the marineConsent surveys.of copyright owner required for any other use. An assessment of the potential for bird activity in the vicinity of both outfall options was undertaken using data from existing sources (see Section 1.2.3 below). As both surveys were undertaken during the summer period, bird activity in Lough Foyle was relatively low in comparison to the large aggregations of waders and wildfowl which occur during the winter months. 1.2.2. Marine survey A dive survey of option 1 (Moville) was undertaken in July 2005 and of option 2 (Greencastle) in June 2006. The surveys were undertaken along the line of the proposed outfall pipeline using SCUBA with two divers operating in-water and a surface dive supervisor. The marine habitats were classified and evaluated in accordance with Fossitt (2000). Species composition, depth and substrate type were recorded at approximately 100m intervals from the shoreline at both outfall locations for a distance of 600m offshore for option 1 and for 300m offshore for option 2. While this does not comprise a comprehensive list of floral or faunal species, it is sufficient to describe the character of the habitat type and evaluate its ecological significance. 3 EPA Export 26-07-2013:10:53:02 NATURA In this report, scientific and common names of marine flora and fauna follow Gibson et al. (2001). Terrestrial flora nomenclature follows Webb et al . (1996) and Scannell and Synnott (1987) respectively. 1.2.3. Consultations The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government was consulted in relation to records of rare