North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP): EIA Programme in a

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Rambøll Danmark A/S

2006

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Table of contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Project description 2

2.1 Background and purpose 2

2.2 Current state of affairs 3

2.3 Pipeline route 3

2.4 Pipeline design and materials 3

2.5 Installation Logistics 4

2.6 Pre-commissioning 11

2.7 Operational aspects 12

2.8 Decommissioning 12

2.9 Relation to other infrastructure 13

3. Alternatives 14

3.1 Alternatives considered 14

3.2 The non-implementation alternative 15

4. Regulatory context 16

5. Existing situation of the project area 20

6. Identification of impacts to be studied 25

6.1 General 25

6.2 Impacts to be studied offshore 25

7. EIA and method to be applied 30

7.1 General 30

7.2 Delimitation of impact area 30

7.3 Environmental baseline parameters 30

7.4 Environmental impact 31

7.4.1 Environmental impact of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany (parties of origin)

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7.4.2 Environmental impact of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (other affected parties) 39

7.5 Field investigations 40

8. Proposals for preventing/mitigation negative impacts 41

9. Content of the EIA in a transboundary context for the NEGP project 43