EurGeol Kevin T. Cullen PGeo.

On behalf of IGI EIS Working Group

IGI Guidelines for the Preparation of Soils, Geology and Hydrogeology chapters of Environmental Impact Statements

Available to download at;

www.IGI.ie

‘News’

‘Publications’

‘IGI Codes & Guidelines’

EU Directives

Groundwater Bodies

Groundwater Dependent

Ecosystems

Karst

Aquifer Protection

List I & II

Substances

Cone of Depression

Catchment Management Plans

The Mystery of Groundwater

Transmissivity

Structure of IGI EIS Guidelines

• Text......................Describes procedure and content of reports

• Flow Chart...........Sets out the sequence of reporting and assessments

• Matrix..................Links the;

- (i) sensitivity of the geological/ hydrogeological environment and,

- (ii) the activities associated with the development with the

- (iii) scale and range of investigations required

Environments

• Type A – passive geological / hyrdogeological environments

• Type B – Naturally dynamic hydrogeological environments

• Type C – Man made dynamic hydrogeological environments

• Type D – Sensitive geological / hydrogeological environments

• Type E – Groundwater dependent eco-systems