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UK Environment Agency ponders on its concerns over Hinkley Point C nuclear effects on fish and the marine habitat

 EDF’s Hinkley Point C company, NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd, is
proposing to make changes to the Development Consent Order for Hinkley
Point C. It held a consultation from 9 January to 29 February 2024.

The Environment Agency, in its role as a statutory consultee, is responding to
the pre-application consultation to materially change the original
Development Consent Order. This document sets out the Environment
Agency’s advice on HPC’s obligations in providing an Environmental
Impact Assessment, Habitats Regulations Assessment, Water Framework
Directive Compliance Assessment, Flood Risk Assessments, Environmental
Permits, and other areas within our remit.

This response does not represent
the Environment Agency’s final view and is provided without prejudice in
relation to any future Development Consent Order application or
Environmental Permit applications made to us.

In summary our main concerns
include: we are currently unable to agree with the calculated level of harm
from removing the acoustic fish deterrent (AFD); more justification is
required for the scale and proposed delivery timescales of the compensation
package; the lack of finalised Flood Risk Assessment (including flood risk
modelling), Water Framework Directive and other environmental assessments
required to agree the suitability of Pawlett Hams, the marine habitats, and
fish pass removal/easement proposals

 Environment Agency 7th May 2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hinkley-point-c-responses-to-hinkley-point-c-company-dco-consultations

May 10, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized