An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for the remediation of the East Tip on Haulbowline Island
in Cork Harbour. The East Tip was formed from the deposition of a wide range of waste including
slag, ash and refractory materials from the former Irish Steel and Ispat Steel manufacturing site on
Haulbowline that closed in 1996. Upon closure, the steel works company (Ispat) was liquidated and
there was no financial provision to pay for the legacy contaminated land issue that were left behind.
A remediation task force involving the Department of Marine and Cork County Council was
established to develop a remediation strategy for the site that has an overall government budget of
€40m to implement at the 13 hectare site.
Environmental Risk Solutions (ERS) prepared the Soil, Geology and Hydrogeology section of the
Environmental Impact Statement for the remediation plan which will entail:
• Capping of the waste to eliminate potential source pathway receptor linkages from direct
contact with the waste materials and reduce the amount of rainfall infiltration and leachate
generation within the waste.
• Emplacement of a perimeter engineered structure to reduce the amount of tidal ingress
and flushing of dissolved contaminants and stabilise and protect the material from coastal
erosion.
• Redevelopment of the site to allow future use as a public amenity space and park.
ERS worked closely with the client, the preliminary design team and the EIS team to develop a
comprehensive environmental impact assessment of the remediation project, which included critical
review of the Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment (DQRA) and Remedial Solution.
For further information on how ERS can assist your development and contaminated land projects,
please contact Shane Herlihy at shane.herlihy@ersolutions.ie or by phone (+353) 087-2334252.
in Cork Harbour. The East Tip was formed from the deposition of a wide range of waste including
slag, ash and refractory materials from the former Irish Steel and Ispat Steel manufacturing site on
Haulbowline that closed in 1996. Upon closure, the steel works company (Ispat) was liquidated and
there was no financial provision to pay for the legacy contaminated land issue that were left behind.
A remediation task force involving the Department of Marine and Cork County Council was
established to develop a remediation strategy for the site that has an overall government budget of
€40m to implement at the 13 hectare site.
Environmental Risk Solutions (ERS) prepared the Soil, Geology and Hydrogeology section of the
Environmental Impact Statement for the remediation plan which will entail:
• Capping of the waste to eliminate potential source pathway receptor linkages from direct
contact with the waste materials and reduce the amount of rainfall infiltration and leachate
generation within the waste.
• Emplacement of a perimeter engineered structure to reduce the amount of tidal ingress
and flushing of dissolved contaminants and stabilise and protect the material from coastal
erosion.
• Redevelopment of the site to allow future use as a public amenity space and park.
ERS worked closely with the client, the preliminary design team and the EIS team to develop a
comprehensive environmental impact assessment of the remediation project, which included critical
review of the Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment (DQRA) and Remedial Solution.
For further information on how ERS can assist your development and contaminated land projects,
please contact Shane Herlihy at shane.herlihy@ersolutions.ie or by phone (+353) 087-2334252.
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