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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. MARY
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2009
Question
Could the Minister provide the Assembly with the dates and the minutes of all the meetings held to scope the Environment Impact Assessment for the Energy from Waste plant?
Answer
EIA procedures in Jersey are governed by the Planning and Building (Environmental Impact) (Jersey) Order 2006 which came into force on 30th October 2006. A project falling within Schedule 1 of this order is required to submit an Environmental Impact Statement in accordance with Schedule 2.
The Order provides at article 4 that the Minister may indicate scope of environment impact statement'. This is done where the applicant makes a request to the Minister as set out in Article 5 of the Order. This is not a mandatory step and the applicant is entitled to use their own judgement on what scope the Environmental Impact statement should cover and to take the risk that this will be considered sufficient when they submit this with their application.
Prior to the enactment of the Order on 30th October 2006 the Department operated a system by which there was a consultative based approach to arrive at an agreed Scoping Report which identified key issues.
In the case of the proposed EFW there was never any doubt, because of the size and nature of the plant, that it would require EIA. The process was initiated in November 2005 with a pre-scoping report prepared by Babtie Fichtner which set out the range of possible issues that would need to be considered. This document formed the basis of subsequent information gathering conversations with officers in the Environment Department, the Planning Department, TTS Transport and Health Protection to further develop the scoping.
These conversations are noted in the table of Consultee meetings that forms Appendix 1 to the Environmental Impact Statement. The purpose of these meetings was for Babtie Fichtner and their client TTS, to gain a more informed view of existing information and how well the pre-scoping report addressed the likely significant impacts of the plant and minutes were not taken by officers of the Department
The final agreed scope is referred to in the letter on the 4th May 2006 from the Policy Manager to TTS (attached). The scope referred to was arrived at by way of a workshop session on the 3rd April that identified the relevant issues. The minutes' of that workshop are reflected in the attached information Scoping Issues for Proposed Energy from Waste Facility at La Collette – Flipchart Notes'
Attachments.
Pre scoping report 17th November 2005 (see attached word file)
Appendix 1 of the Environmental Impact Statement (see attached word file)
Letter of 4th May 2006
Workshop flip chart notes (the agreed scoping referred to in letter of 4th May 2006)
Addendum
Once an Environmental Impact Statement is submitted accompanying a planning application, the statement is scrutinised by the Department as well as being publicly advertised through the normal planning process, including direct consultation with relevant statutory, government and public bodies. Thus if a significant issue had been overlooked there is a further opportunity for the Department, consultees and other interested parties to identify this. Under Article 6 of the Planning and Building (Environmental Impact) (Jersey) Order 2006, the Minister is able to require any further issues to be considered.
The public advertising process for the planning application and the accompanying Environmental Impact Statement for the Energy for Waste plant began on 17th January 2007 and representations were accepted up until the public Ministerial Meeting on 19th October 2007. During this 10 month consultation period, no concerns were raised about the methodology or scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Environment and Public Services Environment Department
Howard Davis Farm, La Route de la Trinite Trinity , Jersey, JE3 5JP
Tel: +44 (0)1534 866200
Fax: +44 (0)1534 866201
Quintin Murfin 4 May 2006 Principal Engineer
Transport and Technical Services
South Hill
St Helier
JE2 4US
Our ref: ESU/11/01/01 Your ref:
Dear Quintin,
EfW and Composting Waste Management Facilities: EIA confirmation of scope
Further to this morning's meeting, I would like to confirm that I am happy with the scope of the Environmental Impact Assessments identified for both the Energy from Waste facility and the composting facilities as developed to date. Clearly, final site selection for both facilities is dependent not just on environmental issues and will be an important determinant in the final emphasis of each of the elements that need to be presented in the final Environmental Statements.
Whilst it is important to recognise that the Planning and Environment Department operates in a regulatory role for the EIA process, the flexible and co-operative approach that we have engaged in so far has been very productive in enabling the scope to evolve as the process develops and other factors are considered. I look forward to continuing in this manner as the project develops further.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Le Claire Policy Manager
direct dial: +44 (0)1534 866214 email: s.leclaire@gov.je www.env.gov.je
Scoping Issues for Proposed Energy from Waste Facility at La Collette Flip Chart Notes – Re-visited Notes – 03/04/06 QM/SED/SLeC)
Issue | New site at La Collette |
Hazard assessment | • Fire • Explosion (dust / gas) • Dust release • Spillage • Toxic gases • Residue disposal - hazards • Starter fuel / ignition • Heat release • Explosion (boilers etc) • Fire fighting effluents • Steam • Fire fighting / incident • Access provisions TO BE CARRIED OUT |
Cultural Heritage and property issues | • Property values – statement • Loss of income - statement • Sterilisation of disposal sites - statement • Heritage – statement • Archaeology – scope out SEEN AS SCOPED OUT |
Landscape | Visual impact assessment UNDERWAY |
Planning | • Planning context assessment • Island Plan assessment • Waterfront Plan assessment • Interaction with other facilities – e.g. major incident / petroleum / gas / power station NEED TO REFER TO EAST OF ALBERT ETC. |
Sustainability | CO2 emissions and climate change • Operation evaluation • Construction evaluation • Transport – fuel use statement Material resources – statements on • Construction materials • Displaced infill disposal • Construction waste • Old plant demolition • Fly ash – includes disposal sites • Bottom ash • Demolition and decommissioning • Waste hierarchy - statement TO BE DEVELOPED |
Water Resources | Groundwater – scoped out Surface water disposal – statement Coastal waters – scope out Flood risk management – coastal assessment (climate change) |
• Water supply statement
• Waste water / sewerage statement
NO CHANGE
Ground Conditions Soils – scope out
• Agriculture – scope out
• Contaminated land – statement
• Ground conditions – statement
• Geology statement
NO CHANGE
Land use Recreation and amenity – statement
• Shoreline statement
NO CHANGE
Waste licence EIA Draft Working Plan – being developed in conjunction with Willie
Peggie
Odour and air quality Statement on odour and air quality
• Dispersion modelling
• Traffic impact
• Fog / mist
MODELLING PLUS CRITIQUE
Noise Operation
• Traffic assessment
• Plant – noise and vibration assessment
• Shredding noise assessment
• Construction noise assessment
• Construction traffic assessment
• Piling – noise and vibration
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH STEVE SMITH PENDING Biodiversity Ramsar site – cooling water plume statement
• Airborne emissions
• Flora and fauna – scoped out
• Habitat
• Microclimate – scoped out
REPORT FROM DAVID FEE RECEIVED
Construction Statement on:
• Population
• Employees (local)
• Existing population
• Proximity & numbers
• D & B contractor's staff
• Construction Village
Operation Statement on:
• Population
• Employees (local)
• Existing population
• Proximity & numbers
Health impact Stakeholders
assessment Facility users
• Population in vicinity (residents)
Workers not included – covered under H&SatW
Effects during Construction
• Emissions
• Visual
• noise
• dust
• traffic
• light
Effects during operation
• Working hours
• Emissions
• Traffic
• Light
• Dust
HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT – TO BE DEVELOPED WITH STEVE SMITH
Transport operation Traffic – baseline and traffic generation
• Refuse
• Collection vehicles
• Transfers from CA
• Export of recyclables
• Employees and maintenance
JERSEY WASTE STRATEGY TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY CARRIED OUT – REPORT APRIL 2006
Other issues – statements on
• Outward shipping
• Guernsey waste import? – traffic and shipping
• Local HGV access
• Pedestrian / cycle route from Havre des Pas
• Travel plan
• La Collette development
• Future access strategy
NO CHANGE
Transport - Construction traffic – generation study
construction Statements on
• Works area
• Parking
• Plant import – road and shipping
NO CHANGE