a87de825-d8d8-4f56-95f9-cbe090cf12d1 eng series ABP Marine Environmental Research 02380711840 Quayside Suite, Medina Chambers, Town Quay Southampton SO14 2AQ United Kingdom enquiries@abpmer.co.uk http://www.abpmer.co.uk pointOfContact 2015-04-02 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2013-2015, Statoil, Buchan Deep, Environmental Statement 2014-10-15 publication 2015-08-25 publication BD_4 To support the Marine Licence application, Hywind (Scotland) Limited (HSL) is required to produce a statutory Environmental Statement (ES) under the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 in order to determine whether there is potential for the Project to have any adverse effects on the environment. The ES includes consideration of navigational issues via a Navigational Risk Assessment (NRA) as well as an evaluation of potential impacts on Natura 2000 sites through a Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) assessment. Depending on the findings of the EIA there may also be a requirement for a European Protected Species (EPS) Licence and/or Wildlife Licence. Marine Scotland will confirm this requirement during the ES review. Throughout the EIA process the Design Envelope (previously known as Rochdale Envelope) approach has been used to assess the project design which could result in the greatest potential environmental impacts. Whilst this approach results in a conservative impact assessment; care must be taken to ensure the impacts predicted to arise from the project are not over estimated, such that they are unlikely to ever occur, and therefore undermine the EIA process. This series contains the complete Environmental Statement, including Non-Technical Summary. Statoil +44 (0) 203 204 3200 +44 (0) 203 204 3600 One Kingdom Street London W2 6BD United Kingdom info@statoil.com http://www.statoil.com/en/Pages/default.aspx distributor Statoil +44 (0) 203 204 3200 info@statoil.com originator Crown Estate Scotland 0131 260 6070 Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square Edinburgh EH3 9GL enquiries@crownestatescotland.com custodian notPlanned .pdf Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Consenting Pre-Construction engineering The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Habitat characterisation Fish abundance in water bodies Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies Shellfish morphology, age and physiology Bird counts Cetacean abundance Fish and shellfish catch statistics Transport activity Marine archaeology Hazards to navigation Bathymetry and Elevation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-09-09 revision 89 Marine Mammals Marine Obstructions Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword variables 2007-04-18 revision 4 Commercial fishing Activity purpose categories 2011-08-27 revision 4 Cultural Heritage MEDIN socio-economic governance objective categories 2013-08-23 revision 1 Human Activity International Coastal Atlas Network Coastal Erosion Global Thesaurus 2011-08-16 revision 1 Shipping MIDA Coastal Erosion Thesaurus 2012-06-28 revision 1 Marine Geology MEDIN Parameter Discipline Keywords 2012-06-09 revision 3 Rock and sediment physical properties Waves Currents SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups 2015-02-04 revision 22 Coastal Processes Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword terms 2007-04-18 revision 4 Oil Spill Oregon Coastal Atlas Coastal Erosion Thesaurus markup terms 2011-08-20 revision 3 http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx copyright copyright http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere oceans -1.5710164 -1.1812238 57.4107193 57.5657633 2013 2015 inapplicable inapplicable https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-70/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series A number of regulatory consents are required for the construction and operation of the Project. For the offshore components of the Project a Marine Licence under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (for Project components within the 12 nm territorial sea limit i.e. the export cable) and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (for Project components outside 12 nm i.e. the Pilot Park) is required. The offshore application will be submitted to the regulatory authority for the Scottish Government, Marine Scotland. Planning permission for the onshore aspects of the Project will be applied for under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. The regulatory authority for the onshore application is Aberdeenshire Council. An Environmental Statement (ES), produced under the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (as amended) supports the Marine Licence application. Through screening Aberdeenshire Council has concluded that there is no requirement for an ES under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999. Consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 is not required for this Project as it is located outside the 12 nm (territorial sea) limit and is below the 50 MW threshold that would trigger such an application. In addition, a Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) has been undertaken to assess potential impacts on conservation sites of European importance and inform the requirement for appropriate assessment. The HRA process is separate to the EIA process; however, the information collated during the EIA has informed the HRA