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ConocoPhillips. Viking Replacement Pipeline Environmental Statement Summary To: Wendy Kennedy From: Philip Bloor Date: 30th April 2009 ES Title: Viking Replacement Pipeline Operator: ConocoPhillips Consultants: Rudall Blanchard Associates Limited Field Group (DECC): London ES Report No: D/4023/2008 ES Date: October 2008 Block Nos: 49/17 49/16 Development Type: Pipeline Project Description The project comprises of: The trenching and burial of a 27.3 km pipeline between Viking BP and LOGGS complexes in the southern North Sea; The pipeline is 16” in diameter and has a 3” methanol line. The pipeline will be trenched to a depth of approximately one metre using conventional ploughing techniques. Patches of sand waves may be levelled to ensure pipeline integrity and safety. Rock dumping will be required at pipeline crossings and pipeline ends. There will also be some requirement to spot rock dump along the line to minimise the risk of upheaval buckling Environmental Sensitivities The EIA identified the following environmental sensitivities: Fish spawning for mackerel, plaice, lemon sole, sandeel, sprat and Nephrops with peak periods scattered from January to July Fishing nursery area for whiting, lemon sole, sandeel and Nephrops; Generally low fishing activity; Seabird vulnerability is very high during March, high during February, April, October and November. Low numbers of cetaceans have been recorded with white-beaked dolphin and harbour porpoise most frequently recorded in the spring; An area of relatively high shipping density; Annex I Habitats: The proposed project is in the North Norfolk Sandbanks pSAC. Key Potential Environmental Impacts Potential impacts and mitigation were addressed in the EIA: The key areas of concern related to potential impacts arising from pipe laying activities in the pSAC. These included impacts arising from: Pre-pipe lay preparation – Prior to any pipe laying areas of sand waves may require pre-sweeping. This activity physically