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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.0       INTRODUCTION
  1.1     Terms of Reference
  1.2     Scope
2.0   DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
  2.1               Dredging Works
  2.2   Reclamation Works
  2.3     Spoil Disposal Alternatives
3.0     METHODOLOGY
  3.1 Water Quality
  3.2 Ecology
  3.3 Coastal Dynamics
    3.3.1   Model Setup for Hopper Barge Discharge
    3.3.2 Cutter Suction Dredge
    3.3.3 Pipeline Discharge Modelling – Cutter Suction Dredge
    3.3.4 Cutter Suction Dredge Discharge
  3.4 Socioeconomics
4.0 THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING
  4.1 Water Quality
    4.1.1 Discussion of significance of Indicator Parameters
    4.1.2 Results and Observation
      4.1.2.1 Water Chemistry Results
      4.1.2.2 Sediment Chemistry Results
  4.2 Ecology
    4.2.1 The Hunt’s Bay Habitat
    4.2.2 Hunt’s Bay Avifauna
    4.2.3 The Kingston Harbour Habitat
    4.2.4 Kingston Harbour Fishery
    4.2.5  Rackam’s Cay Habitat
    4.2.6 Gun Cay Habitat
    4.2.7 Eastern Ship Channel Habitat
  4.3 Coastal Dynamics
  4.4 Socioeconomic Assessment
    4.4.1 Demography
    4.4.2 Employment, Distribution of Income, Goods and Services 
    4.4.3 MerchandiseTrade and Transhipment
    4.4.4 Fisheries
    4.4.5 Education
    4.4.6 Health
    4.4.7 Housing
    4.4.8 Solid Waste Disposal
    4.4.9 Recreation
    4.4.10 Community Fabric/Cohesion
    4.4.11 Cultural/ Historic  Properties
    4.4.12 Land Use
      4.4.12.1 Land use within 0.5 km
      4.4.12.2  Land use within larger SIA Project Area
5.0 STAKEHOLDERS ANDPUBLIC CONSULTATION
  5.1 Public Forum
  5.2   Follow-up Meetings and Interviews
    5.2.1 Port Royal Fishermen’s Cooperative Society
    5.2.2 Hunt’s Bay at Causeway Fishermen’s Cooperative Society 
    5.2.3 Greenwich Town Fishermen’s Cooperative Society
    5.2.4   Rae Town Fishermen’s Cooperative Society
  5.3 Summary of Public Forum and Recommendations
6.0 Environmental Impact Assessment
  6.1 Water Quality Impacts
  6.2 Ecological Impacts
    6.2.1 The Hunt’s Bay Habitat
    6.2.2 Kingston Harbour Fishery
    6.2.3 Rackam’s Cay
    6.2.4 Gun Cay
    6.2.5 Eastern Ship Channel 
  6.3 Coastal Dynamics Impacts 
    6.3.1 The Fate of Dredged Sediment place in open water
    6.3.2 Evaluation of Water Quality Acceptability
    6.3.3 Pipeline Discharge
    6.3.4 Pipeline discharge impacts (Eastern Channel)
    6.3.5 Cutter Suction Dredge for use at Rackam’s Cay and extreme outer section of channel
    6.3.6 Reclamation of Hunt’s Bay
  6.4 Socioeconomic Impacts
    6.4.1 Dredging Works Impacts
      6.4.1.1 Economic/Employment Impacts
      6.4.1.2 National Development
      6.4.1.3 Fishing Impacts
      6.4.1.4 Marine Police/Security and Customs
      6.4.1.5 Cultural / Historical Properties
7.0 ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES TO PROJECT
  7.1   Dredging
  7.2   No Dredging
  7.3 Alternative disposal sites
    7.3.1 Reclamation 
      7.3.1.1 Disposal on land 
      7.3.1.2 Disposal at Hunt’s Bay
    7.3.2   Offshore Disposal
      7.3.2.1 Offshore Disposal - 200m
      7.3.2.2 Offshore disposal - 1000m
    7.3.3 Mixed Land/Sea Disposal
8.0 RECOMMENDED MITGATION AND MONITORING
  8.1 Water Quality
  8.2 Ecology
  8.3 Socio-economics
    8.3.1 Sustainable Development of Kingston Harbour
    8.3.2 Employment Opportunities
    8.3.3 Compensation
    8.3.4 Suggested Monitoring
      8.3.4.1 Monitoring of the Development Programme
      8.3.4.2 Monitoring of Dredging Programme
9.0 LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
10.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY

   

APPENDICES (See VOLUME II)

 

 
 

 

 
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