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1 Offshore Windfarm Chapter Marine Mammals s Preliminary Environmental Information Volume 2

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3 Donna Nook The Wash Blakeney Point Horsey Scroby Sands East Anglia TWO Windfarm Offshore Seal Haul-Out Buxey Sand South Buxey Sand North Margate site Hamford Water Gunfleet Sand Sunk Sand Long Sand Inner Margate site 2 Margate site 3 23/08/208 First Issue. JL :,00, Source: SMRU, 208. The Crown Estate, 207. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Grey and Harbour Seal Haul-Out s. EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC40 23/08/8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig EA2_HaulOuts_ mxd

4 NEW STOW SUDBURY East Anglia TWO HALSTEAD BRAINTREE Windfarm WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE Offshore Mean Grey Seal At-Sea Usage (Per 5km²) MALDON WICKFORD BASILDON /08/208 First Issue. JL :650, Source: SMRU and Marine Scotland, 207. The Crown Estate, 207. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Mean Grey Seal At-Sea Usage.2 EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC38 08/08/8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig 2_EA2_MeanGreySealAtSeaUsage_ mxd

5 NEW STOW SUDBURY East Anglia TWO Windfarm BRAINTREE HALSTEAD Offshore Mean Harbour Seal At-Sea Usage (Per 5km²) WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE MALDON WICKFORD BASILDON /08/208 First Issue. JL :650, Source: SMRU and Marine Scotland, 207. The Crown Estate, 208. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Mean Harbour Seal At-Sea Usage.3 EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC39 08/08/8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig 3_EA2_MeanHarbourSealAtSeaUsage_ mxd

6 Windfarm Offshore Southern North Sea Candidate Special Area of Conservation (SNS csac/sci) Summer Area Winter Area 23/08/208 First Issue. JL :2,00, Source: JNCC, 208. The Crown Estate, 207. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Southern North Sea csac/sci for Harbour Porpoise.4 EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC3 23/08/8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig 4_EA2_cSACForHarbourPorpoise_ mxd

7 Metres 0 500,000 2,000 NEW STOW SUDBURY Windfarm Offshore HALSTEAD Modelling Location NMFS BRAINTREE (208) Unweighted SPLpeak of 202 db re µpa for PTS from Single Strike of Maximum Monopile Hammer Energy (4,000kJ)¹ NMFS (208) Unweighted SPLpeak of 202 MALDON db re µpa for PTS from Single Strike of Starting Monopile Hammer Energy (400kJ)¹ WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE FRINTON-ON-SEA NMFS (208) Weighted WICKFORD SELcum of 55 db re µpa²s BASILDON for PTS from Pin Pile Installation with Maximum Hammer Energy (2,400kJ)¹ Source: ¹ Subacoustech, //208 First Issue. GS :650, Source: Subacoustech, 208. The Crown Estate, 207. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Harbour Porpoise PTS Ranges Based on Worst-Case Scenarios.5 EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC4 2//8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig 5_EA2_HarbourPorpoisePTSRanges_RH_2082.mxd

8 NEW Windfarm Offshore SUDBURY Modelling Location Disturbance Range (26km) BASILDON for TTS from Pin Pile HALSTEAD NMFS (208) Unweighted SPLpeak BRAINTREEof 96 db re µpa for TTS from Single Strike of Maximum Monopile Hammer Energy (4,000kJ)¹ Possible Behavioural MALDON Lucke et al. (2009) Unweighted SELss of 45 db re µpa² for Response from Maximum Monopile Hammer Energy (4,000kJ)¹ NMFS (208) Weighted WICKFORD SELcum of 40 db re µpa²s Installation with Maximum Hammer Energy (2,400kJ)¹ STOW WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE FRINTON-ON-SEA Source: ¹ Subacoustech, //208 First Issue. GS :650, Source: Subacoustech, 208. The Crown Estate, 208. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Harbour Porpoise TTS Ranges Based on Worst-Case Scenarios.6 EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC42 2//8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig 6_EA2_HarbourPorpoiseTTSRanges_RH_2082.mxd

9 Metres NEW Starting Monopile HALSTEAD Hammer Hammer Energy (2,400kJ)¹ SPLPeak of 22 MALDON db re µpa BASILDON TTS from Pin Pile Installation Windfarm Offshore Modelling Location Disturbance Range (26km) NMFS (208) Unweighted SPLpeak of 28 db re µpa for PTS from SIngle Strike of Maximum Monopile Hammer Energy (4,000kJ)¹ SUDBURY NMFS (208) Unweighted SPLpeak of 28 db re µpa for PTS from Single Strike of Energy (400kJ)¹ NMFS BRAINTREE (208) Weighted SELcum of 85 db re µpa²s for PTS from Pin Pile Installation with Maximum NMFS (208) Unweighted for TTS from Single Strike of maximum Monopile Hammer Energy (4,000kJ)¹ NMFS (208) Weighted WICKFORD SELcum of 70 db µpa²s for with Maximum Hammer Energy (2,400kJ)¹ STOW Source: ¹ Subacoustech, 208. WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE FRINTON-ON-SEA 2//208 First Issue. GS :650, Source: Subacoustech, 208. The Crown Estate, 208. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Seal PTS and TTS Ranges Based on Worst-Case Scenarios.7 EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC43 2//8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig 7_EA2_SealPTSAndTTSRanges_RH_2082.mxd

10 NEW STOW East Anglia TWO SUDBURY HALSTEAD BRAINTREE FRINTON-ON-SEA MALDON Windfarm Offshore WICKFORD Piling Location BASILDON Worst Case 26km Disturbance Zone 08/08/208 First Issue. JL :650, Source: The Crown Estate, 207. Charts from MarineFIND.co.uk Licence No EK MF0095. Not to be used for navigation. Concurrent Piling Locations.8 EAN-EA2-DEV-DRG-IBR-00TBC44 08/08/8 WGS 984 Zone 3N D:\Box Sync\PB4842 EA N and 2\PB4842 EA N and 2 Team\E. TECHNICAL DATA\E03 GIS\EA2\s\PEIR\Chapter MarineMammal\Fig 8_EA2_PilingLocations_ _.mxd

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