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CONTRATAS, S.A

Waste Recycling Group Limited

Energy from Waste Incinerator (EfW) including Infrastructure plus that for Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) Processing Plant with Outside Storage Area and Air Pollution Control Residue (APCR) Disposal Facility, Visitor & Office Accommodation and Landscaping within the Sutton Courtenay Resource Recovery Park.

Volume 1 of 3 Chapters and Figures

July 2008

Energy from Waste Incinerator (EFW) including Infrastructure plus that for Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) Processing Plant with Outside Storage Area, and Air Pollution Control Residue (APCR) Treatment and Disposal Facility , Visitor & Office Accommodation and Landscaping within the Sutton Courtenay Resource Recovery Park Sutton Courtenay Resource Recovery Park, Oxfordshire

Waste Recycling Group Limited

RPS 2008

Waste Recycling Group Sutton Courtenay RRP RPS Environmental Statement July 2008

Contents

Non-Technical Summary

Glossary

Environmental Statement

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Site and its Setting

Chapter 3 Planning History and Policy Context

Chapter 4 Description of Development

Chapter 5 Need and Alternatives

Chapter 6 Traffic and Transport

Chapter 7 Air Quality

Chapter 8 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

Chapter 9 Terrestrial Ecology and Nature Conservation

Chapter 10 Hydrology and Flood Risk

Chapter 11 Geology, Hydrogeology and Land Contamination

Chapter 12 Noise and Vibration

Chapter 13 Socio Economic Impact

Chapter 14 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Chapter 15 Amenity Impacts

Chapter 16 Summary


Figures and Appendices

Figures

Figure 1.1: Site Location Plan

Figure 1.2: Proposed Operational Site Boundaries

Figure 1.3: Overall EIA Study Area

Figure 4.1: Proposed Layout

Figure 4.2: Location of Site Sections

Figure 4.3: Site sections

Figure 4.4 South and West site sections

Figure 4.5: EfW Building Elevations

Figure 4.6: EfW Building Plans (1)

Figure 4.7: EfW Building Plans (2)

Figure 4.8: IBA Building Elevations (1)

Figure 4.9: IBA Building Elevations (2)

Figure 4.10: IBA Building Floor Plan

Figure 4.11: Admin/Visitor Centre Building Floor Plans

Figure 4.12 Admin/Visitor Centre Building Floor Plans

Figure 4.13: Weighbridges Elevations

Figure 4.14 Weighbridge Floor Plans

Figure 4.15: CHP Enclosure Plans and Elevations

Figure 4.16: 3D Views (1)

Figure 4.17: 3D Views (2)

Figure 4.18: 3D Views

Figure 4.19: Hazardous Waste Cell Phases 1 and 2


Figure 4.20: Hazardous Waste Cell Phases 3 and 4

Figure 4.21: Hazardous Waste Cell Phase 5

Figure 4.22: Air pollution control residues pre-treatment plant plan and

elevations

Figure 4.23: Proposed Rights of Way Improvements

Figure 4.24: Process Diagram

Figure 4.25: Restoration Master Plan

Figure 6.1: Site Location Plan

Figure 6.2: Public Rights of Way

Figure 6.3: Personal Injury Accident Data (1/11/02 to 30/10/07)

Figure 7.1: Site Boundary and Environs Figure 7.2: Contour Plot of Scenario 1 Predicted 99.79th Percentile Hourly

NO2 Contributions (µg.m-3)

Figure 7.3: Contour Plot of Scenario 1 Predicted 99.9th Percentile Hourly SO2 Contributions (µg.m-3)

Figure 7.4: Contour Plot of Scenario 2 Predicted 99.79th Percentile Hourly NO2 Contributions (µg.m-3)

Figure 7.5: Contour Plot of Scenario 2 Predicted Annual Mean NO2Contributions: (µg.m-3)

Figure 7.6: Contour Plot of Scenario 2 Predicted Annual Mean Arsenic Contributions: (µg.m-3)

Figure 8.1: Site Location and Ordnance Survey Information Figure 8.2: Preliminary ZVI and Study Area Figure 8.3: Ordnance Survey Illustration within the Principal Study Area Figure 8.4: The Landscape Situation Figure 8.5: Landscape Policy Figure 8.6: The Landscape Character Figure 8.7: Site Details and Locality


Figure 8.8: Viewpoint and Photomontage Location Plan Figure 8.9: Photomontage Viewpoint 1 and 2 Figure 8.10: Photomontage Viewpoint 3 and 4 Figure 8.11: Photomontage Viewpoint 5 and 6 Figure 8.12: Photomontage Viewpoint 7 and 8 Figure 8.13: Photomontage Viewpoint 9 and 10 Figure 8.14: Photomontage Viewpoint 11 and 12 Figure 8.15: Photomontage Viewpoint 13 and 14 Figure 8.16: Photomontage Viewpoint 15 and 16 Figure 8.17: Photomontage Viewpoint 17 and 18 Figure 8.18: Photomontage Viewpoint 19 and 20 Figure 8.19: Photomontage Viewpoint 21 and 22 Figure 8.20: Photomontage Viewpoint 23 and 24 Figure 9.1: Statutory and Non-statutory Designated Sites Figure 9.2: Existing Records of Schedule 1 Protected Species Figure 9.3: Existing Records of Schedule 2 Protected Species Figure 9.4: Existing Records of Schedule 5 Protected Species Figure 9.5: Existing Records of Schedule 8 Protected Species Figure 9.6: Bat Activity Survey Transects and Results Figure 9.7a: Phase I Habitat Survey: Part A Figure 9.7b: Phase I Habitat Survey: Part B Figure 9.8: Water Body and Watercourse Locations Figure 10.1: Site Location Figure 10.2: Site Layout Figure 10.3: EA Flood Map


Figure 10.4: Groundwater Vulnerability Figure 12.1: Site Plan, Noise Survey Locations and Noise Model

Receptors Figure 12.2: Long-term Survey Results Figure 12.3: Noise Contour Map Figure 12.4: Noise Contour Map Figure 13.1 District Boundaries Figure 14.1: HER Entries


Technical Appendices – Volume 2 of 3

Appendix 1.1: Formal Scoping Request

Appendix 1.2: Formal Scoping Responses

Appendix 1.3: Details of Stakeholder Engagement

Appendix 4.1 Drawing 1179-PL0007C

Appendix 4.2 Drawing 1179-PL0005B

Appendix 5.1: Permissions for New & Improved Waste Facilities

Appendix 5.2: Alternative Site Appraisal

Appendix 6.1: Transport Assessment

Technical Appendices – Volume 3 of 3

Appendix 7.1: Air Quality Assessment

Appendix 8.1: Glossary of Terms

Appendix 8.2: Restoration Masterplan for the Operational Site Area

Appendix 9.1: Ratcliffe Criteria (1977)

Appendix 9.2: Phase I Habitat Survey Report

Appendix 9.3: Confidential Badger Survey Report

Appendix 9.4: Bat Survey Report

Appendix 9.5: Wintering and Breeding Bird Survey Report

Appendix 9.6: Great Crested Newt Survey Report

Appendix 9.7: Riparian Mammal Survey Report

Appendix 9.8: Summary of Impacts Table

Appendix 9.9: Photographs

Appendix 9.10: Assessment of air quality impacts on statutory and non-statutory

conservation sites

Appendix 10.1: RPS Flood Risk Assessment


Appendix 11.1: Envirocheck Report Proposed Main Site Area – For Historic Maps

please refer to Appendix 14.3

Appendix 11.2: Envirocheck Report Proposed APCR Disposal Facility Area

Appendix 12.1: Glossary of Terms

Appendix 12.2: Noise Sources and Source Terms

Appendix 12.3: Long Term Survey Data

Appendix 12.4: Short Term Survey Data

Appendix 12.5: Construction Noise Predictions

Appendix 12.6: Construction Traffic Assessment

Appendix 12.7: Operational Noise Model Results

Appendix 12.8: Traffic Assessment

Appendix 13.1: Migration

Appendix 13.2: General Health & Limiting Long Term Illness

Appendix 13.3: Car Ownership

Appendix 13.4: Industrial Sector of Employment

Appendix 13.5: Economic Activity

Appendix 13.6: Unemployment Claimants

Appendix 13.7: Socio Economic Classification

Appendix 13.8: Qualifications

Appendix 13.9: Mode of Travel to Work

Appendix 13.10: Earnings

Appendix 13.11: Job Density

Appendix 13.12: Indices of Multiple Deprivation

Appendix 13.13: Summary of Baseline Conditions

Appendix 13.14: Types of Industry

Appendix 13.15: Employment in Other Districts


Appendix 14.1: A Desk-Based Archaeological Assessment in Connection with

Proposed Development at Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire RPS

unpublished client report number DLE1101/Archaeology011

January 2008

Appendix 14.2: HER Entries (supplied by Oxfordshire County Council)

Appendix 14.3: Historic Maps (supplied by Landmark Mapping)


Glossary

AOD Above Ordnance Datum (for topographic heights) AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty APC Air Pollution control APIS Air Pollution Information System AQMA Air Quality Management Area AQS Air Quality Strategy ARCADY (Assessment of Roundabout Capacity and Delay) As

Transport Research Laboratory software package for the prediction of capacities, queues and delays at roundabouts and mini-roundabouts.arsenic

AURN Automatic Urban and Rural Network Automatic Traffic Counter Device mounted on / close to surface of the highway which can

record the number of passing vehicles and, in some cases, vehicle type and speed.

BAT Best Available Technology BATNEEC Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Cost BGS British Geological Survey BMW Biodegradable Municipal Waste BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option Brownfield A Brownfield site has been previously developed, for residential,

industrial or other built up use, including quarrying and mining BS British Standards CAFE Clean Air For Europe CARC Civic Amenity Recycling Centre CCTV Closed Circuit Television Cd Cadmium CDC Cherwell District Council CDM Construction Design Management regulations CEH Centre for Ecology and Hydrology CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan CHP Climate Change

Combined Heat and power The generic term for changes to the climate due to anthropogenic action – principally the emission of Greenhouse gases (Carbon dioxide and other gasses), leading to a general warming of the earth’s atmospheres, and a consequent rise in sea level. The issue is under consultation via the document: “Planning and Climate Change (consultation supplement to PPS1)”, and the procedures for inclusion of the effects described in PPS25.

CO carbon monoxide Co Cobalt CO Carbon Monoxide CO2 carbon dioxide COBA (Cost Benefit Analysis) Refers to Volume 13 of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges -

The Economic Assessment of Road Studies (The COBA Manual). This document contains the latest assessment methodology and


factors for the economic assessment of highway schemes.

CoCP Code of Construction Practice Cr Chromium CRTN Calculation of Road Traffic Noise Cu Copper CV Calorific Value. The thermal energy content of the waste usually

expressed in Mega Joules or Kilo Joules per Kilogramme CWS County Wildlife Sites Cycling Demonstration Town Status awarded by Cycling England to promote cycling through

funding and working with Local Highway Authorities to: a) make the environment more cyclist friendly b) offer safety training and c) encourage take up through extensive promotion.

DA Detailed Assessment DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DMRB Design Manual for Roads and Bridges E East EA Environment Agency EALs Environmental Assessment Levels EfW Energy from Waste EfWI Energy from Waste Incineration EfWPG Energy from Waste Pyrolysis and/or gasification EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ELV End-of-Life Vehicles Envirocheck Phase I information source EPAQS Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards EQS Environmental Quality Standard ES Environmental Statement EU European Union FEH Flood estimation handbook (The EA approved method for flood

estimation). fg femto grams FGT Flue gas treatment FGT Flue Gas Treatment Residue Flood Plain That area of adjacent to a river that is regularly flooded by the river. Flood Zones These are defined in the EA Flood Zone map. Zone 1 has low risk of

flooding (return periods greater than 1 in 1000 years); Zone 2 has medium risk of flooding (return periods between 1 in 100 and 1 in 100 years), Zone 3 has high risk of flooding (return periods less than 1 in 100 years).

FRA Flood Risk Assessment Greenfield A site is described as Greenfield if it has not been previously

developed. H2O Water ha Hectares HCl hydrogen chloride HF hydrogen fluoride


Hg mercury HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle HMIP Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre IBA Incinerator Bottom Ash IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Council K degrees Kelvin (temperature) kHz kilo Hertz kJ kilo Joules km kilometre kPa kilopascals kV kilo volts kW kilo Watts LA90 the noise level that is exceeded for 90% of the measured period LAeq,T (dB) the equivalent A-weighted sound pressure level (in decibels) LAmax,F (dB) Landscape Capacity The threshold at which change to the landscape characteristics and

visual resource result in unacceptable adverse effects on its character or valued characteristics. This is derived from the interaction of landscape sensitivity and landscape value and is speecific to the type of change or development.

Landscape Characteristics Combination of elements and experiential characteristics (tranquillity and wildness) that make a particular contribution to a Landscape Character Type

Landscape Character The distinct recognisable pattern of elements that occurs consistently in particular type of landscape and how people perceive this, creating a particular sense of place. Landscape Character Types (LCTs) refer to multiple areas of the same character. Landscape Character Areas (LCAs) refer to specific geographical locations of particular character type.

Landscape Element A component part of the landscape (e.g. roads, hedges, woods) Landscape Feature A prominent eye-catching element (.eg. Wooded hilltop or church

spire) Landscape Quality Strength of expression of landscape character and condition

(intactness) of characteristic visual and landscape character elements (not the same as scenic beauty - see below)

Landscape Scene The landscape characteristics apparent from a given view point/location.

Landscape Sensitivity The inherent level of sensitivity of a landscape (i.e. stability, robustness and resilience of the landscape character), irrespective of the type of change.

Landscape Value The desirability of landscape characteristics (including scenic beauty, tranquillity, wildness, cultural associations, conservation interests etc.) and the acceptability of their loss to different stakeholders (i.e. valued for different reasons by different people and on different scales e.g. local, national).

LDF Local Development Framework LNR Local Nature Reserve LPA Local Planning Authority


LWS Local Wildlife Sites MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment mg.Nm-3 milligrams per normalised cubic meter MJ or kJ Mega Joule or Kilo Joule. Metric unit of energy. Mn manganese MSW Municipal Solid Waste MVA Mega Volt Amps – electrical rating of equipment MW megawatts MWh Megawatt hours – measurement unit for energy MWMS Municipal Waste Management Strategy N North N Nitrogen NAQIA National Air Quality Information Archive NAQS National Air Quality Strategy NE Natural England NHS National Health Service Ni nickel NNR National Nature Reserve NNSR nearest noise sensitive receptor NOx Oxides of Nitrogen NRTF (National Road Traffic Forecasts)

Forecast produced by the Department of Environment Transport and the Regions in 1997 for the growth in the volume of motor traffic on roads in Great Britain until 2031.

NSCA National Society for Clean Air’s ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister OCC Oxfordshire County Council Oxford CC Oxford City Council OS Ordnance Survey Pb lead PC Process Contributions PCB Polychlorinated Biphenols PCC Post Combustion Chamber PCDF polychlorinated dibenzofurans PCPA Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 pCWS Potential County Wildlife Site PDL Previously Developed Land PEC Predicted Environmental Concentrations Phase I Desk study and site walkover. PLC Programmable Logic Controller PM10 particulate matter with a mean diameter <10 microns PM2.5 particulate matter with a mean diameter <2.5 microns PPC Pollution Prevention and Control PPC Pollution Prevention Controls PPG13 Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport PPG15 Planning Policy Guidance 15: Planning and the Historic Environment PPG16 Planning Policy Guidance 16: Archaeology and Planning PPG24 Planning Policy Guidance 24: Planning and Noise


PPS1 Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development PPS10 Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste

Management PPS12 Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks PPS25 Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk PPS9 Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological

Conservation PUA Principle Urban Areas QRA Quantitative Risk Assessment RAF Royal Air Force RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle RDF Refused Derived Fuel Return Period. The estimated frequency of extreme events. A return period of N

years implies that in a long runoff data, an event of at least that magnitude will occur on average every N years. It DOES NOT imply that these events happen at intervals of N years, or even every N years. The probability of a 1 in N year event remains the same for every year.

RFC (Ratio of Flow to Capacity) A measure of the available space for traffic in comparison with the observed / predicted traffic levels.

Rolonoff Commercial vehicle which carries rolonoff skips using a hook-lift configuration.

RPG10 Regional Planning Guidance for the South West RRP Resource Recovery Park RSS Regional Spatial Strategy RTAB Regional Technical Advisory Bodies Ruderal Plant species first to colonise disturbed land. RWS Regional Waste Strategy SAC Special Area of Conservation Sb antimony SCADA Supervisory control and data acquisition Scenic Beauty Subjective value attributed to the emotional response of an individual

to a landscape Scene, which, although heavily influenced by intrinsic quality, is conditioned by an individual's perception (memories, associations, cultural influences and preference).

SCR Selective catalytic reduction SFRA Scheme

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Area covered by the planning application

SNCI Sites of Nature Conservation Interest SNCR Selective non catalytic reduction SODC South Oxfordshire District Council SO2 sulphur dioxide SOx Sulphur Oxides SPA Special Protection Area SSCT Strategically Significant Cities and Towns SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest SUDS Sustainable Drainage Systems Sustainable Drainage Systems A strategy for dealing with surface drainage close to the point of


(SUDS). origin, and if at all possible through semi-natural systems. Te/h metric tonne per hour TEMPRO (Trip End Model Presentation Program)

A software package which provides access to the national Trip End Model projections of growth in travel demand, and the underlying car ownership and planning data projections.

TEQ toxic equivalence Tl thallium TOC total organic carbon tpa tonnes per annum Tranquility The personal experience from being at a location that provides

individuals with the space and conditions to relax, achieve mental balance and a sense of distance from stress. Tranquil areas are often associated with quiet, remote (or Appearing remote), natural, non-developed (non-built) and non-busy areas.

TRL Transport Research Laboratory UK United Kingdom V Vanadium VoWHDC Vale of the White Horse District Council Visual Amenity The subjective value attributed to the degree of pleasure gained from

what is seen in a given view (quality view) Visual Sensitivity The estimated level of susceptibility or response of an individual to a

landscape scene, which although heavily influenced by intrinsic quality, is conditioned by an individual's perception (Memories, associations, cultural influences and preference)

W West WAC Waste Acceptance Criteria WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WID Waste Incineration Directive WLP Waste Local Plan WODC West Oxfordshire District Council WPA Waste Planning Authority WTS Waste Transfer Station µg.m-3 micrograms per cubic metre

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