Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment (환경영향평가)

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A Study on Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines for Marine Environments in Harbor Construction Projects

항만건설사업의 해양환경 환경영향평가 가이드라인 개발 연구

  • Received : 2022.04.05
  • Accepted : 2022.05.13
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

The harbor construction projects can lead to various marine environmental problems including habitat degradation and loss, marine water pollution, change of flow patterns, erosion, scour, sedimentation, and so on. The EIA is a measure to prevent various environmental problems in advance from examining and minimizing the environmental impacts before the proposed developments are implemented. In addition, institutions reviewing EIA reports have made efforts to conduct scientific and standardized EIA by applying EIA guidelines for each project. This study aims to create a EIA guideline focusing on the harbor construction projects. Based on the review comments of the harbor construction EIA reports for the past 13 years (2009-2021) and the EIA guidelines of different types of projects, we identified the marine environmental problems and provided the appropriate guideline. This guideline summarizes and presents the contents which must be reviewed in the baseline condition survey, impact assessment, mitigation, and post-environmental impact investigation in the fields of marine fauna and flora, marine physics, and marine water and sediment quality. In the case of a baseline condition survey of marine fauna and flora, a method for selecting survey points considering the characteristics of sea area and project was presented. When estimating the impact of marine fauna and flora, we presented methods for predicting the impact on them due to the spread of suspended sediments and the damage to benthic habitats due to dredging and reclamation. In consideration of the characteristics of the sea area, we divided the survey items of the marine physics into essential items and supplementary items. In predicting the impact of marine physics, various methods for major issues such as seawater circulation, suspended sediment and bottom sediment transport, water temperature and salinity diffusion, seawater exchange, wave transformation, harbor tranquility, and shoreline change were presented. The research results will contribute to protect the marine environment by inducing more systematic and scientific surveys, impact assessments, and mitigation in the EIA process.

항만건설사업은 해양생물 서식지 훼손, 해양수질 오염, 해수유동 및 해안 침·퇴적 변화 등 다양한 해양환경적 문제들을 야기할 수 있다. 환경영향평가는 이러한 환경적 문제를 사전에 예방하기 위하여 사업 시행 전에 환경영향평가를 통해 환경적 문제를 미리 예측하고 영향을 최소화하기 위한 방안을 마련하고자 실시한다. 아울러 환경영향평가 검토기관에서는 사업별 환경영향평가 가이드라인 마련을 통해 과학적이고 표준화된 환경영향평가가 실시될 수 있도록 노력하고 있다. 본 연구는 항만건설사업에 특화된 환경영향평가 가이드라인을 마련하기 위하여 지난 13년간(2009~2021년)의 항만건설사업 환경영향평가서 검토의견을 토대로 환경영향평가 시의 문제점들을 살펴보고, 기존 환경영향평가서 작성 가이드라인 등을 참조하여 항만건설사업 해양환경 환경영향평가에 적합한 가이드라인을 마련하고자 하였다. 본 가이드라인은 중점 검토항목인 해양 동·식물, 해양물리, 해양수질 및 해저퇴적물환경 항목을 대상으로, 현황조사, 영향 예측, 저감방안, 사후환경영향조사에서의 중점 검토사항을 정리하여 제시하였다. 해양 동·식물 항목 현황조사 시, 해역 특성 및 항만사업의 성격을 고려한 조사정점 선정 방안과 영향 예측 시, 부유토사 확산으로 인한 해양생물 영향과 준설 및 매립으로 인한 저서생물 서식지 훼손에 대한 영향 예측 실시 방안 등을 제시하였다. 해양물리 항목의 현황조사 시, 조사항목은 해역 특성을 고려하여 필수 조사항목과 부가 조사항목으로 구분하여 제시하였고, 영향 예측 시에는 해수유동실험과 부유사확산실험, 퇴적물이동실험, 수온 및 염분 확산, 해수교환율실험, 파랑변형실험, 항내정온도실험, 해안선변화실험 방안 등을 제시하였다. 본 연구 결과는 항만건설사업 환경영향평가를 수행하는데 있어서 보다 체계적이고 과학적인 조사 및 영향 예측을 유도하여 해양환경을 보호하는데 기여할 것이다.

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Acknowledgement

본 논문은 한국환경연구원의 2022년도 기본과제 「환경영향평가서 검토(RE2022-19)」의 지원으로 수행되었습니다.

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