Planning Application to Develop a Hydrocarbon Wellsite and Drill up to Two Exploratory Wells for a Temporary Period of up to Three Years

Planning Application to Develop a Hydrocarbon Wellsite and Drill up to Two Exploratory Wells for a Temporary Period of up to Three Years

PLANNING APPLICATION TO DEVELOP A HYDROCARBON WELLSITE AND DRILL UP TO TWO EXPLORATORY WELLS FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF UP TO THREE YEARS SPRINGS ROAD, MISSON VOLUME 3 – ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT OCTOBER 2015 Island Gas Limited Planning Application to Develop a Hydrocarbon Wellsite and Drill up to Two Exploratory Wells for a Temporary Period of up to Three Years Springs Road, Misson, DN10 6ET Volume 3 Environmental Statement: Main Text October 2015 October 2015 ii Island Gas Ltd – Springs Road Exploratory Wellsite Environmental Statement Table of Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Preamble ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Referencing ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Drawings ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 The Proposed Development ........................................................................................................ 3 2 Environmental Statement ..................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Screening and Scoping of Environmental Impacts ....................................................................... 5 2.2 EIA Scoping ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.3 The Environmental Statement Content ........................................................................................ 6 2.4 Documents for Purchase and Inspection ..................................................................................... 8 3 The Site and Surroundings ................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Location....................................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Surrounding Uses ........................................................................................................................ 9 3.3 Topography ............................................................................................................................... 10 3.4 Site History ................................................................................................................................ 11 3.5 Designations ............................................................................................................................. 11 3.6 Sub-surface Well Trajectory ...................................................................................................... 12 3.7 Present Development ................................................................................................................ 13 3.8 Related Development ................................................................................................................ 13 4 Proposed Development ...................................................................................................... 15 4.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 15 4.2 Wellsite Construction (Phase 1) ................................................................................................ 15 4.3 Drilling Operations (Phase 2) ..................................................................................................... 16 4.4 Evaluation (Phase 3) ................................................................................................................. 21 4.5 Abandonment, Decommissioning and Restoration (Phase 4) .................................................... 21 4.6 On-site Arrangements ............................................................................................................... 22 4.7 Duration..................................................................................................................................... 25 4.8 Operational Hours ..................................................................................................................... 26 4.9 Access and Traffic Generation .................................................................................................. 27 4.10 Staff ......................................................................................................................................... 28 4.11 Environmental Design and Management .................................................................................. 28 5 Alternatives .......................................................................................................................... 33 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 33 5.2 Key Considerations ................................................................................................................... 33 5.3 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 34 5.4 Desk Study ................................................................................................................................ 34 5.5 Seismic Survey .......................................................................................................................... 35 5.6 Areas of Search ......................................................................................................................... 36 5.7 Site Selection ............................................................................................................................ 36 6 Transport .............................................................................................................................. 47 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 47 6.2 Policy Context ........................................................................................................................... 47 6.3 Assessment Methodology ......................................................................................................... 47 6.4 Baseline Conditions ................................................................................................................... 47 6.5 Proposed Operations ................................................................................................................. 48 6.6 Assessment of Impacts ............................................................................................................. 49 6.7 Mitigation Proposals .................................................................................................................. 50 6.8 Residual Effects ........................................................................................................................ 51 6.9 Cumulative Impacts ................................................................................................................... 51 6.10 Statement of Significance and Summary .................................................................................. 51 7 Noise and Vibration ............................................................................................................. 53 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 53 7.2 Policy Context ........................................................................................................................... 53 October 2015 iii Island Gas Ltd – Springs Road Exploratory Wellsite Environmental Statement 7.3 Assessment Methodology ......................................................................................................... 53 7.4 Baseline Conditions ................................................................................................................... 55 7.5 Assessment of Impact ............................................................................................................... 55 7.6 Mitigation Proposals .................................................................................................................. 56 7.7 Residual Effects ........................................................................................................................ 57 7.8 Statement of Significance and Summary ................................................................................... 57 7.9 Vibration .................................................................................................................................... 58 8 Air Quality ............................................................................................................................ 59 8.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 59 8.2 Policy Context ........................................................................................................................... 59 8.3 Assessment Methodology ........................................................................................................

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