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Environment
Varna Wind, Inc.
Amendment to the Design and Operations Report – Bluewater Wind Energy Centre
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 The Proponent ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Study Area ............................................................................................................................... 1
2. Proposed Project Modifications .................................................................................................. 2
3. Edits to the Design and Operations Report ............................................................................... 5
4. Summary and Conclusions ......................................................................................................... 9
List of Figures
Figure 2-1 Modified Project Location ........................................................................................................................... 4
List of Tables
Table 2-1 Summary of Project Modifications .............................................................................................................. 3
Table 3-1 Edits to the Design and Operations Report ............................................................................................... 6
List of Appendices
Appendix A. Project Modifications Appendix B. Amended Figures for the Design and Operations Report Glossary of Terms
EIS ............................. Environmental Impact Study MNR ........................... Ministry of Natural Resources MTCS ......................... Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport mVA ........................... mega Volt-Ampere NextEra ...................... NextEra Energy Canada, ULC NHA ........................... Natural Heritage Assessment O.Reg. 359/09............ Ontario Regulation 359/09 POI ............................. Point of Interconnect The Project ................. Bluewater Wind Energy Centre REA ............................ Renewable Energy Approval
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1. Introduction
Varna Wind, Inc. (Varna) is proposing to construct a wind energy centre in the Municipality of Bluewater and the Municipality Huron East in Huron County, Ontario. The following sections of this Renewable Energy Approval (REA) Amendment Report describe the proposed modifications to this Project and resulting updates to the Design and Operations Report.
1.1 The Proponent
The Project will be owned and operated by Varna, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Canada, ULC (NextEra). NextEra’s indirect parent company is NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. The proponent has not changed from the initial REA submission. The primary contacts for the Project are as follows:
Project Proponent Project Consultant
Nicole Geneau Project Director NextEra Energy Canada, ULC 390 Bay Street, Suite 1720 Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2 Phone:…..1-416-364-9714 Email: ...... [email protected] Website: ... www.NextEraEnergyCanada.com
Marc Rose Senior Environmental Planner AECOM 105 Commerce Valley Drive West, Floor 7 Markham, ON, Canada L3T 7W3 Phone: .....905-747-7793 Email: [email protected]
1.2 Project Study Area
The proposed Project is located in the Municipality of Bluewater and the Municipality Huron East in Huron County, Ontario (refer to Figure 2-1). The Project Study Area has not changed from the initial REA submission. The following co-ordinates define the external boundaries of the Project Study Area:
Longitude Latitude
-81.680043 43.553413
-81.350138 43.534437
-81.402727 43.471275
-81.679229 43.433866
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2. Proposed Project Modifications
Varna is proposing modifications to the Project. These proposed Project modifications are categorized as follows:
Construction disturbance area modified to reduce or eliminate impacts to Conservation Authority regulation limit; and,
Infrastructure or construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability.
Table 2-1 summarizes and documents the following about each of the proposed modifications:
1. A description of the modification and a rationale for why the modification is proposed; and 2. New potential environmental effects and corresponding mitigation measures.
Figure 2-1 illustrates the modified Project Location. Appendix A contains a series of figures showing the details for each of the modifications.
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Table 2-1 Summary of Project Modifications
Label on Figure 2-1 Proposed Modification Rationale for Proposed Modification New Potential Environmental Effects New Mitigation
Measures A1 Addition of road to Turbine 7 to travel north towards Crystal Springs Road Infrastructure or construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/
constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage N/A
A2 Removal of construction disturbance area to the south east of Turbine 10 Construction disturbance area modified to reduce or eliminate impacts to Conservation Authority regulation limit
None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage N/A
B1 Addition of construction disturbance area to the north of Turbine 32 Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage and water body features
N/A
B2 Addition of construction disturbance area to the east of Turbine 41 Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage and water body features N/A
C1 Addition of construction disturbance area to the west of Turbine 2 Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
C2 Addition of construction disturbance area to the south and east of Turbine 14 Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
D1 Removal of construction disturbance area to the south west of Turbine 3 Construction disturbance area modified to reduce or eliminate impacts to Conservation Authority regulation limit
None – no new natural heritage features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage and water body features
N/A
D2 Addition of construction disturbance area to the south of Turbine 17 Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
D3 Addition of construction disturbance area to the east of Turbine 4 Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
E1 – E2 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line in the municipal road right-of-way along Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage and water body features
N/A
E3 Addition of construction disturbance area to the north of Turbine 36 Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
E4 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line on private property to the north of Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
E5 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line in the municipal road right-of-way along Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
F1 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line in the municipal road right-of-way along Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage and water body features
N/A
F2 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line on private property to the north of Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
F3 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line in the municipal road right-of-way along Centennial Road.
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
G1 – G4 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line in the municipal road right-of-way along Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
H1 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line on private property to the north of Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
H2 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line on private properties to the north of Centennial Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
H3 – H4 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line in the municipal road right-of-way along Hensall Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage and water body features
N/A
I1 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line POI to the north of the existing disturbance area
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
I2 Addition of construction disturbance area for the transmission line in the municipal road right-of-way along Hensall Road
Construction disturbance area added or changed to optimize project design/ constructability None – no new natural heritage or water body features within 120 m; area previously studied for cultural heritage
N/A
N/A Use of a spare 170 mVA transformer to be stored within the existing footprint of the Jericho Wind Energy Centre substation
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3. Edits to the Design and Operations Report
Table 3-1 documents the edits to the Design and Operations Report resulting from the modifications described above. The table includes the text from the original REA submission (AECOM, June 2012) and the Addendum to the Design and Operations Report – Bluewater Wind Energy Centre (AECOM, March 2013), and edits to the text (underlined text represents additions and strikethrough text represents deletions). Updated figures are included in Appendix B of this Amendment Report.
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Table 3-1 Edits to the Design and Operations Report
Section / Page Original Text* Revised Text* (underlined text represents additions and strikethrough text represents deletions)
Section 2 / page 5 The proposed Project Location is shown on Figure 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3 in Appendix B, and includes the components of the Project listed below: Approximately 37 km of turbine access roads; and
The proposed Project Location is shown on Figure 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3 in Appendix B, and includes the components of the Project listed below: Approximately 37 38 km of turbine access roads; and
Section 3.5 / page 11 All substation grounding equipment will meet the Ontario Electrical Safety Code. All substation and breaker switch station grounding equipment will meet the Ontario Electrical Safety Code. Section 4.4 / page 13 The collector lines and substation will require periodic preventative maintenance activities. Routine maintenance will include condition
assessment for above-ground infrastructure and protective relay maintenance of the substation, in addition to monitoring of the secondary containment system for traces of oil. Finally, vegetation control will be required around the transmission line to prevent any damage to the line and ensure safe operation.
The collector lines and substation will require periodic preventative maintenance activities. Routine maintenance will include condition assessment for above-ground infrastructure and protective relay maintenance of the substation, in addition to monitoring of the secondary containment system for traces of oil. Finally, vegetation control will be required around the transmission line to prevent any damage to the line and ensure safe operation. In the event of a transformer failure, a spare transformer (stored within the existing footprint of the Jericho Wind Energy Centre substation) will be installed at the same location as the transformer proposed for the Bluewater WEC.
Section 6.1 / page 16 In 2013, a third phase of the Stage 2 archaeological assessment was conducted in the wind energy centre study area. A total of 2 additional sites were recorded, neither of which were recommended for a Stage 3 archaeological assessment. The additional Stage 2 archaeological assessment was submitted to the MTCS on August 28, 2013, and sign-off was received from the MTCS on September 9, 2013.
Section 6.1 / page 16 A Cultural Heritage Assessment was also completed to address built heritage and cultural heritage landscape resources related to the Euro-Canadian land use in the area dating prior to 1970. All work was carried out in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, the Provincial Policy Statement, and the Environmental Assessment Act. The report identified 76 structures (45 houses and 31 barns) as greater than 40 years old within the Project Study Area and as having general historical interest as they contribute to the character of the vernacular rural landscape. When applying the criteria set out in Ontario Regulation 9/06, none of these structures were determined to have cultural heritage value or interest. This report was submitted to the MTCS for review and comment. Sign-off from the Ministry confirming that the report is satisfactory was received on March 22, 2012.
A Cultural Heritage Assessments was also completed to address built heritage and cultural heritage landscape resources related to the Euro-Canadian land use in the area dating prior to 1970. All work was carried out in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, the Provincial Policy Statement, and the Environmental Assessment Act. The report and its three addendums (August 2012, December 2012 and September 2013) identified 76 80 structures (45 houses and 31 35 barns) as greater than 40 years old within the Project Study Area and as having general historical interest as they contribute to the character of the vernacular rural landscape. When applying the criteria set out in Ontario Regulation 9/06, none of these structures were determined to have cultural heritage value or interest. This The third heritage assessment addendum report was submitted to the MTCS for review and comment on September 6, 2013. Sign-off from the Ministry confirming that the report is satisfactory was received on September 11, 2013.
Section 6.2 / page 17 Sign-off from the MNR confirming that the report is satisfactory was received on March 28, 2012. Sign-off from the MNR confirming that the report is satisfactory was received on March 28, 2012. AECOM later prepared a Natural Heritage Assessment and Environmental Impact Study Report Amendment in order to fulfill the requirements of the REA process and O. Reg. 359/09 with respect to modifications to the Project Location proposed after the original submission of the NHA and EIS to MNR. The MNR issued a re-confirmation letter for the NHA Amendment on January 11, 2013. A second NHA Amendment was submitted to the MNR on August 29, 2013 to address additional modifications to the Project proposed after MNR confirmation and re-confirmation of the NHA and first NHA Amendment.
Table 6-1 / page 17 Features treated as significant for the purpose of this submission (a determination as to whether the mitigation measures described in the EIS will be applied will be made based on the outcome of evaluation of significance studies to be completed prior to construction): Reptile hibernacula (RH-01 and RH-02); Bat maternity colonies (BMC-02, BMC-03, BMC-10, BMC-12, BMC-14, and BMC-15); Amphibian woodland breeding habitat (AWO-03, AWO-04, AWO-05, AWO-06, AWO-08 and AWO-12); and Amphibian wetland breeding habitat (AWE-01).
Features treated as significant for the purpose of this submission (a determination as to whether the mitigation measures described in the EIS will be applied will be made based on the outcome of evaluation of significance studies to be completed prior to construction): Reptile hibernacula (RH-01 and RH-02); Bat maternity colonies (BMC-02, BMC-03, BMC-10, BMC-12, BMC-14, and BMC-15); Amphibian woodland breeding habitat (AWO-03, AWO-04, AWO-05, AWO-06, AWO-08 and AWO-12 AWO-13); and Amphibian wetland breeding habitat (AWE-01).
Table 6-1 / page 17 The following candidate significant wildlife habitats were identified within the 120 m Area of Investigation however not within 120 m of qualifying project infrastructure, and were therefore carried forward to the EIS as Generalized Candidate Significant Wildlife Habitat: Reptile hibernacula (Natural Area 541); Bat maternity roosts (Natural Areas 426, 439, 456, 475, 487, 488, 494, 512, 514, 520, 539, 545, 551, 552, 555, 556 and 561); Amphibian woodland breeding habitat (Natural Areas 450, 463, 483, 510, 534, and 541); Amphibian wetland breeding habitat (Natural Areas 494, 564 and 565); Old growth and mature forest stands (Natural Areas 456, 483, 487, 510, 514, 541 and 542); Woodland raptor nesting habitat (Woodland Unit N); Seeps and springs (Natural Areas 437, 439, 463, 510, 518, 532, 534, and 539); Marsh bird breeding habitat (Natural Area 495); and Habitats of species of conservation concern (numerous).
The following candidate significant wildlife habitats were identified within the 120 m Area of Investigation however not within 120 m of qualifying project infrastructure, and were therefore carried forward to the EIS as Generalized Candidate Significant Wildlife Habitat: Reptile hibernacula (Natural Area 541); Bat maternity roosts (Natural Areas 426, 439, 456, 475, 487, 488, 494, 512, 514, 520, 539, 545, 551, 552, 555, 556 and 561); Amphibian woodland breeding habitat (Natural Areas 450, 463, 483, 510, 534, and 541); Amphibian wetland breeding habitat (Natural Areas 494, 564 and 565); Old growth and mature forest stands (Natural Areas 456, 483, 487, 510, 514, 541 and 542); Woodland raptor nesting habitat (Woodland Unit N); Seeps and springs (Natural Areas 437, 439, 463, 510, 518, 532, 534, and 539); Marsh bird breeding habitat (Natural Area 495); and Habitats of species of conservation concern (numerous).
Section 6.2.1 / page 18 Potential effects from operational and maintenance activities on Significant Wildlife Habitat, Significant Woodlands, Significant Valleylands, and Provincially Significant Wetlands include:
Bats may be disturbed by noise from operations (Features BMC-01, BMC-07, BMC-08, BMC-13 BMC-02, BMC-03, BMC-10, BMC-12 and BMC-14);
No anticipated operational effects to amphibian woodland breeding habitat (Features AWO-03, AWO-04, AWO-05, AWO-06, AWO-08, AWO-11 and AWO-12) although potential exists for amphibian mortality due to vehicular collisions along nearby access roads during operations; and
Potential effects from operational and maintenance activities on Significant Wildlife Habitat, Significant Woodlands, Significant Valleylands, and Provincially Significant Wetlands include:
Bats may be disturbed by noise from operations (Features BMC-01, BMC-07, BMC-08, BMC-13 BMC-02, BMC-03, BMC-10, BMC-12 and BMC-14);
No anticipated operational effects to amphibian woodland breeding habitat (Features AWO-03, AWO-04, AWO-05, AWO-06, AWO-08, AWO-11 and AWO-12 AWO-13) although potential exists for amphibian mortality due to vehicular collisions along nearby access roads during operations; and
Table 6-2 / page 19 Potential Effect Bats may be disturbed by noise from operation (BMC-01, BMC-07, BMC-08, BMC-13, BMC-02, BMC-03, BMC-10, BMC-12 and BMC-14). Monitoring Plan and Contingency Measures
Conduct 3 years of post-construction acoustic monitoring for Features BMC-03, BMC-02, BMC-10, BMC-12, BMC-14 where located within 30 m of construction activities according to protocol described for pre-construction survey (as described in July 2011 version of Bats and Bat Habitats: Guidelines for Wind Power Projects) including:
Potential Effect Bats may be disturbed by noise from operation (BMC-01, BMC-07, BMC-08, BMC-13, BMC-02, BMC-03, BMC-10, BMC-12 and BMC-14). Monitoring Plan and Contingency Measures Conduct 3 years of post-construction acoustic monitoring for Features BMC-03, BMC-02, BMC-10, BMC-12, BMC-14 BMC-15 where located
within 30 m of construction activities according to protocol described for pre-construction survey (as described in July 2011 version of Bats and Bat Habitats: Guidelines for Wind Power Projects) including:
Table 6-2 / page 20 Potential Effect
Absence of confirmed significant cavity trees or other suitable, but not studied, cavity trees removed during construction of access road within Bat Potential Effect
Absence of confirmed significant cavity trees or other suitable, but not studied, cavity trees removed during construction of an access road the
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Section / Page Original Text* Revised Text* (underlined text represents additions and strikethrough text represents deletions)
Maternity Colony (BMC-15). Mitigation Strategy
For each suitable cavity tree to be removed, a bat house will be installed in the closest suitable woodland habitat (the remainder of the woodland for the affected habitat).
Details of bat box construction and placement will be provided to MNR for approval prior to installation. If a significant maternity colony must be removed, timing, location, and bat house design will be of utmost importance for the colony to
successfully re-establish, and will be discussed with the MNR. Monitoring Plan and Contingency Measures
Conduct 3 years of post-construction monitoring of any bat boxes installed by a qualified Biologist, to determine the success of the implemented mitigation measures.
Conduct 3 years of post-construction monitoring of all remaining cavity trees within BMC-15 (if determined to be significant) following pre-construction survey methods, as described in July 2011 version of Bats and Bat Habitats: Guidelines for Wind Power Projects by a qualified Biologist, including: Conduct monitoring of roost trees through exit surveys through June. Conduct active visual and acoustic monitoring at the cavity opening or crevice from 30 minutes before dusk until 60 minutes after dusk
in June. Contingency Measures If significant declines or disappearance of species is detected, determine whether likely to have been caused by the project. If so,
corrective measures will be taken, to be determined through consultation with MNR.
transmission line within Bat Maternity Colony (BMC-15). Mitigation Strategy
For each suitable cavity tree to be removed, a bat house will be installed in the closest suitable woodland habitat (the remainder of the woodland for the affected habitat).
Details of bat box construction and placement will be provided to MNR for approval prior to installation. If a significant maternity colony must be removed, timing, location, and bat house design will be of utmost importance for the colony to
successfully re-establish, and will be discussed with the MNR. Clusters of cavity trees (4 cavity trees/ 12.6 m radius of habitat) will not be removed as a result of their high value as maternity roost sites. If
this is not possible, MNR will be consulted regarding mitigation measures that may be required. Monitoring Plan and Contingency Measures
Conduct 3 years of post-construction monitoring of any bat boxes installed by a qualified Biologist, to determine the success of the implemented mitigation measures.
Conduct 3 years of post-construction monitoring of all remaining cavity trees within BMC-15 (if determined to be significant) following pre-construction survey methods, as described in July 2011 version of Bats and Bat Habitats: Guidelines for Wind Power Projects by a qualified Biologist, including: Conduct monitoring of roost trees through exit surveys through June. Conduct active visual and acoustic monitoring at the cavity opening or crevice from 30 minutes before dusk until 60 minutes after dusk
in June. Contingency Measures
If significant declines or disappearance of species is detected, determine whether likely to have been caused by the project. If so, corrective measures will be taken, to be determined through consultation with MNR.
Table 6-2 / page 20 Mitigation Strategy
Perform maintenance operations such as vegetation clearing outside the breeding season of May 1 to July 31. If vegetation clearing takes place during this timing window, nest searches will be conducted by qualified Biologist.
Mitigation Strategy
Perform maintenance operations such as vegetation clearing outside the breeding season of May 1 to July 31. If vegetation clearing takes place during this timing window, nest searches will be conducted by qualified Biologist.
Schedule maintenance operations such as vegetation clearing to occur outside the breeding season of May 1 to July 31. Table 6-2 / page 20 Mitigation Strategy
Vegetation clearing will take place outside the breeding season of May 1 to July 31. If vegetation clearing takes place during this timing window, nest searches will be conducted by qualified Biologist.
Mitigation Strategy
Vegetation clearing will take place outside the breeding season of May 1 to July 31. If vegetation clearing takes place during this timing window, nest searches will be conducted by qualified Biologist. Schedule maintenance operations such as vegetation clearing to occur outside the breeding season of May 1 to July 31.
Table 6-2 / page 21 Potential Effect
Loss of forest cover (up to 0.5 ha) through vegetation clearing in Significant Woodlands due to transmission line establishment. Potential Effect
Loss of forest cover (up to 0.5 ha) through vegetation clearing in Significant Woodlands AJ, AO and AP due to transmission line establishment. Table 6-2 / page 21 Potential Effect
Clearing of vegetation for maintenance of the transmission line, resulting in accidental damage to Significant Woodlands Potential Effect
Clearing of vegetation for maintenance of the transmission line, resulting in accidental damage to Significant Woodlands AJ, AO and AP. Section 6.3.1.1 / page 22 High Sensitivity:
C35 (Project Component: Turbine). High Sensitivity: C35 (Project Component: Turbine). C10-A (Project Component: Collection Line)
Section 6.7 / page 29 There are three authorized aggregate resources located within the Project Study Area. The first aggregate resource is a 36 ha site owned by Huron County and has a Class A Licence for over 20,000 tonnes. This is located 1,510 m from the nearest Project infrastructure (access road to Turbine 33). The second aggregate resource is a 19 ha site owned by G. Heard Construction Limited and has a Class B Licence for 20,000 tonnes or less. This is located 402 m from the nearest Project infrastructure (access road to Turbine 7). The third aggregate resource is a 4 ha Class B site licensed to Donald G. Heard, but has since been surrendered. This is located 242 m from the nearest Project infrastructure (transmission line).
There are three authorized aggregate resources located within the Project Study Area. The first aggregate resource is a 36 ha site owned by Huron County and has a Class A Licence for over 20,000 tonnes. This is located 1,510 m from the nearest Project infrastructure (access road to Turbine 33). The second aggregate resource is a 19 ha site owned by G. Heard Construction Limited and has a Class B Licence for 20,000 tonnes or less. This is located 402 m from the nearest Project infrastructure (access road to Turbine 7). The third aggregate resource is a 4 ha Class B site licensed to Donald G. Heard, but has since been surrendered. This is located 242 m from the nearest Project infrastructure (transmission line). The third aggregate resource is a 19 ha site owned by G. Heard Construction Limited. This is an active authorized aggregate resource with a Class B License for 20,000 tonnes or less and is located adjacent to the proposed access road to Turbine 7 along Crystal Springs Road. As the resource is situated to the north of the road allowance (Crystal Springs Road), and the access road is proposed to constructed running north to south on the south side of the road allowance, no effects as a result of operational activities are anticipated.
Appendix A Section 4 / page 2
In the event of a transformer failure, a spare transformer will be installed at the same location as that presented in the Noise Impact Assessment. The proposed spare transformer will be a Prolec GE 102/136/170 MVA transformer. The Bluewater Wind Energy Centre Noise Impact Assessment was conducted using a Prolec GE 51/65/85 MVA transformer. While this transformer is smaller in capacity and geometry, the proposed spare transformer will have lower noise emissions than the approved transformer in the Noise Impact Assessment Report. As illustrated in the table below, the overall noise emissions (overall Sound Power level) of the proposed spare transformer to be stored at the Jericho Wind Energy Centre are less than those from the Bluewater transformer.
Transformer Sound Power1 (dBA)
Octave Band Centre Frequency (Hz)
31.5 63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000 Overall (dBA)
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Table 3-1 Edits to the Design and Operations Report
Section / Page Original Text* Revised Text* (underlined text represents additions and strikethrough text represents deletions)
Bluewater Transformer 62.0 81.2 93.3 95.8 101.2 98.4 94.6 89.4 80.3 104.8 Spare Transformer 61.0 80.2 92.3 94.8 100.2 97.4 93.6 88.4 79.3 103.8
1. Transformer Sound Power includes 5 dB tonal penalty.
Note: * Italics denotes changes from the Addendum to the Design and Operations Report – Bluewater Wind Energy Centre (AECOM, March 2013)
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4. Summary and Conclusions
The Project modifications described in this REA Amendment do not change the overall conclusion of the Design and Operations Report which states that “this Project can be operated without any significant adverse residual effects. Post-construction monitoring related to effects on wildlife, including birds and bats, will be undertaken to confirm this conclusion”.
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