Table 22.13. Biological contamination –mitigation measures for both scenarios
Mitigation measures Defra (2003) and the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA(undated)) have identified a number of best practice measures to minimise the risk of spreading disease. These measures include but are not limited to: o Landowners will be informed via an ALO; o Minimising where possible the movements of people, vehicles or equipment into areas where farm animals are kept;
o Cleaning equipment upon arrival and departure; and o Ensuring waste disposal is compliant with the Waste Management Regulations.
In addition, a toolbox talk for contractors prior to construction on the identification and known locations of potato cyst nematode will be undertaken.
130. The implementation of the measures outlined above will ensure that the magnitude of this effect is reduced to negligible for both scenarios. As such a negligible residual impact is predicted for notifiable scheduled diseases for Scenarios 1 and 2.
22.6.1.5.2Converter station 131. The nearest identified non-native invasive species to the landfall was more than 1km north of the converter station location. Therefore transfer of soil or seeds to the converter station location is not anticipated and no impact is predicted.
22.6.1.6 Impact 6: Impacts to Public Rights of Way and Cycle Routes
22.6.1.6.1 Landfall 132. There are three PRoW within the landfall area. One of these is a footpath which is avoided by HDD. One is a bridleway and promoted route which is located within the area of temporary works. The third is crossed by the onshore cable route (The Suffolk Coastal Path) see Figures 22.6a-g. This path has significantly eroded away to a state whereby it is currently impassable. However, a worst case assumption has been made whereby the path has been considered as reinstated by the relevant authorities prior to EATL commencing construction. The footpath is therefore considered to be of medium sensitivity.
133. As HDD is proposed at the landfall location, access along The Suffolk Coastal Path as well as the bridleway and promoted route would remain open during the construction of the landfall. Therefore the inconvenience caused is expected to be limited and thus be of negligible magnitude. Mitigation measures are provided in Table 22.3. Following implementation of these measures, the impact significance to the PRoW is predicted to be negligible.
134. No cycle routes were identified at the landfall location and therefore no impacts are predicted.
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