(1) Mound The substantial removal of an existing man made earth and stone mound sized approximately 300 metres x 150 metres and up to approximately 18 metres high and approximately 380,000 metres cubed located directly North of Fab 10 and Fab 14. (2) Yard The construction of a yard area housing site supporting functions, utilities and buildings sized 300 metres x 150 metres approximately on the site of the removed mound area, as further described hereunder. (i) Waste Water A waste water tank sized 51 metres by 33 metres and 12 metres high and a yard housing tanks and equipment. (ii) Balance Tank A site waste water (below grade) balance tank sized 35 metres x 25 metres. (iii) Air Separation Unit An Air Separation Unit (ASU) compound and associated 4 no. towers 43 metres high, cooling towers, associated equipment and a single storey compressor building sized 450 square metres and circa 25 metres high, and 2 no. single storey Electrical buildings sized 120 square metres gross and 7 metres high. (iv) Electrical Buildings 4 no. Electrical buildings, all elevated single storey buildings with a gross area of 648 square metres and 6 metres high. (v) Storage Tanks A yard area housing bulk storage tanks for liquid oxygen, waste solvent storage and hydrogen and their associated tanker unloading. (vi) Waste Water Holding Tanks A series of modular waste water holding tanks and associated equipment located in yards with connecting pipebridges. The proposed tanks range from 5 metres high to 20 metres high. (vii) Tanker and Truck Staging Yards A tanker and truck holding and staging yard sized circa 80 x 40 metres located to the North of the proposed development. (3)Site Works The proposed development includes linking pipe-bridges to the Fab 10, Fab 14 and Fab 24 support buildings, site development works and a surface water attenuation tank, site utilities, site lighting, separation walls, roads, landscaping and all associated site works. This application consists of a variation to a previously permitted development for an activity for which a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended by the Protection of the Environment Act 2003) is required. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompany this application. This is a site to which the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 209 of 2015) applies
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