Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment for Greenstar Development

The Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) conducted for the Greenstar Development project involving EU Member States A and B reveals potential environmental impacts like soil and waste deposition, polluted dredging material transfer, and altered currents affecting wetlands and flooding risks. Mitigation measures such as new wave control technology and compensatory measures like constructing new wetlands are proposed to address these impacts.

• EIA
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Greenstar Development
• EU Member States
• Mitigation Measures

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1. Transboundary EIA Yvonne Scannell Law School, Trinity College, Dublin Arthur Cox, Solicitors, Dublin

2. EU Member States A and B State A on northern shores of Port of Sevilla State B on southern shores All State A foreshore is an SPA and it has a priority species there , the iudex bukarestis State B foreshore is the habitat of migratory birds and an SPA also

3. The Greenstar development New quay wall and berth for luxury liners Reclamation of lands from the sea An oil refinery on reclaimed lands Dredging in State A and B waters

4. Benefits in State B More tourism from luxury liners Ensures some security of supply of energy by having the refinery Having a refinery for new oil discovered offshore in State B

5. Environmental impacts Depositing massive amounts of soil, rock and waste from State A on the foreshore in State B Sending polluted dredging material from State B to State A for disposal Deflected currents may create new wetlands in State A, de-water existing ones and maybe increase the risk of flooding there

6. Mitigation measures New wave control technology to deflect currents from State B

7. Compensatory measures Construction of new wetlands in State A to compensate for loss of any existing wetlands