ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 Appropriate assessment study _rev05 APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT STUDY FOR THE ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 PROVIDER: KVB CONSULTING & ENGINEERING SRL BENEFICIARY: July 2019 1 ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 Appropriate assessment study _rev05 DOCUMENT CONTROL SHEET Code PRM-529/EA/694/20.06.2018 Contract 694/20.06.2019 Title of the Contract Environmental report as a result of the environmental assessment of the Romanian Energy Strategy 2019-2030 with perspectives for 2050 Contracting Authority Ministry of Energy Provider KVB Consulting & Engineering SRL Document Appropriate assessment study Development team: Eng. Emilia Anca Burghelea Project Manager Roxana Gabriela Olaru Environmental expert Eng. Ana Socol Environmental expert – support staff Iulia Maranda Biologist 2 ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 Appropriate assessment study _rev05 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND FOREST REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE Pursuant to the provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 195/2005 on environmental protection, as approved with amendments and additions by Law 265/2006, as amended and supplemented, and the Order of the minister of environment no. 1026/2009 on the conditions to prepare environmental reports, environmental impact reports, environmental reviews, site reports, security reports and appropriate assessment studies, Following the evaluation of the renewal application dated 05.03.2015 submitted under the registration procedeure by: S.C. KVB ECONOMIC S.R.L. with registered office in Bucharest, 147 Mitropolit Varlaam Str., Lot 2, Wing C3, District 1, phone no. 021.326.83.31, fax 021.320.83.31, mobile 0730.506.089, e-mail: [email protected], VAT number RO18134684, registered with the Trade Register under no. J40/19239/2005 the legal entity is included in the National register of environmental protection study issuers in position 82, for RM – X RIM – X BM – X RA – X RS – X EA – X Evaluated at: 05.03.2015 Renewed at: 06.03.2015 Valid until: 06.03.2020 PRESIDENT OF THE REGISTRATION COMMITTEE Mihail FACA STATE SECRETARY [unreadable signature] 3 ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 Appropriate assessment study _rev05 CONTENTS I. GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 6 II. INFORMATION ON THE STRATEGY SUBJECT TO APPROVAL ................................................... 7 II.1. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 ................................................................................................................ 7 II.2 GEOGRAPHICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LOCATION OF OBJECTIVES RES 2019-2030 WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 ...................................................................................................... 7 II.3 PHYSICAL CHANGES CAUSED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 .............................................................................................................. 10 II.4 NATURAL RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 .............................................................................................................. 11 II.5 NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE USED IN PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RES 2019-2030 WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 12 II.6 EMISSIONS AND WASTE GENERATED BY THE STRATEGY AND THE METHOD TO REMOVE THEM ................................................................................................................................ 12 II.7 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LAND USE, NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................................ 32 II.8 ADDITIONAL SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY ...... 34 II.9 DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, DECOMMISSIONING OF THE STRATEGY AND SCHEDULING THE PERIOD OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 .............................................................................................................. 35 II.10 ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A RESULT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 ............................................................................... 36 II.11 EXISTING, PROPOSED OR APPROVED PP FEATURES WHICH MAY HAVE A CUMULATIVE IMPACT ON THE STRATEGY THAT IS IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE AND MAY AFFECT THE PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST .............................................. 37 III. INFORMATION ABOUT NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 .. 39 III.1 GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING NATURA 2000 NETWORK IN ROMANIA ............. 39 III.2 DATA ON PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 .............................................. 40 III.3 DATA ON THE PRESENCE, LOCATION, POPULATION AND ECOLOGY OF SPECIES AND / OR HABITATS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PRESENT ON THE AREA AND IN THE PROXIMITY OF RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050, REFERRED TO IN THE STANDARD FORMS OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.................................. 109 III.4 DESCRIPTION OF THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE SPECIES AND HABITATS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST THAT ARE AFFECTED (SURFACE, LOCATION, CHARACTERISTICS) AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION .......................................................................................................... 114 III.5 DATA ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF POPULATIONS OF AFFECTED SPECIES (THE NUMERICAL EVOLUTION OF POPULATION IN PROTECTED NATURAL AREA 4 ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 Appropriate assessment study _rev05 OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF A SPECIES POPULATION AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050) ........................................................................................................................................................ 116 III.6 STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL RELATIONS THAT CREATE AND MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF PROTECTED NATURAL ARIA OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ............................. 116 III.7 CONSERVATION GOALS OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREA OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, WHERE ESTABLISHED BY MANAGEMENT PLANS .................................................................... 117 III.8 DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRENT CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE PROTECTED NATURAL AREA OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, INCLUDING EVOLUTION / CHANGES THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE ................................................................................................................ 127 IV. IMPACT IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT ................................................................... 128 IV.1 CURRENT IMPACT FORMS ASSOCIATED WITH ENERGY OBJECTIVES ON NATURA 2000 SITES............................................................................................................................................... 128 IV.2 IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL IMPACT FORMS ............................................................ 136 IV.3 ESTIMATION OF SURFACES FROM WITHIN AND PROXIMITY OF NATURA SITES POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS PROPOSED BY RES 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 ............................................................................. 151 IV.4 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................... 152 V. IMPACT AVOIDANCE AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............................................................. 169 V.1 IMPACT AVOIDANCE AND MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................... 169 V.2 MONITORING .......................................................................................................................... 176 VI. METHODS USED FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED SPECIES AND HABITATS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ............................................... 184 VII. CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................................................... 186 VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................... 188 5 ROMANIAN ENERGY STRATEGY 2019-2030, WITH PERSPECTIVES FOR 2050 Appropriate assessment study _rev05 I. GENERAL INFORMATION This paper is an adequate evaluation study of the potential impact on protected areas of community interest of the Romanian Energy Strategy 2019-2030, with prospects for 2050, promoted by the Ministry of Energy (as the holder of the Strategy). The study was developed in order to obtain the Environmental Approval for the Romanian Energy Strategy 2019-2030 with perspectives for 2050. According to the letter no. 1837 / GLG / 24.07.2017 issued by the Ministry of Environment, RES 2019-2030, with perspectives for 2050 is subject to the environmental assessment procedure in accordance with the provisions of Government Decision no. 1076/2004 on establishing the appropriate assessment procedure, GEO 57/2007 on the regime of protected