RE: Oh dear12 Nov 2024 15:13
SUBJECT: Bomba Dam (arch. no. 715). No Objection with prescriptions for the project called SMALL SCALE LNG PLANT Colle Santo Gas Field.
With note dated 04.09.2024, acquired in the protocol of this General Directorate no. 21069 of 04.09.2024, the Company LN Energy S.r.l., requested this General Directorate to express its technical opinion, within the scope of the issuing of the EIA, on the Project in question, aimed at the extraction of hydrocarbons, at the production site in Colle Santo (CH) attaching a study containing a subsidence model of the site in which the dam falls and the forecasts of the expected subsidence over the next 20 years approximately (until 2047) of exploitation of the Monte Pallano deposit.
This Directorate, with note no. 24195 of 09.10.2024, requested ACEA S.p.A., the current Concessionaire and Manager of the Bomba dam, to represent any reasons preventing the start of the mining activity in question, based on the hypothesized subsidence, knowledge of the state of the reservoir and the characteristics of the plant as well as the results of the recent seismic assessment of the Bomba dam.
With note no. 25994 of 24.10.2024, the Manager ACEA has confirmed what was requested by the undersigned Directorate. The note of response does not state any reasons preventing the Manager from starting the mining activities.
Having said this, - Having examined the documentation presented on 04.09.2024 acquired in the protocol of this General Directorate no. 21069 of 04.09.2024 - Noting that the development plan for the Colle Santo gas field has been subject to significant changes by the Company in question, aimed at allowing a significant downsizing compared to the development plan presented in 2004; - Considering that in the worst-case scenario the maximum subsidence values at the country level are equal to approximately 3 cm near the dam; - Taking into account the results of monitoring the dam's behavior during the operation and the results of the inspection activities;
To LM Energy S.r.l.
PEC: cmienergia@pec.it
To ACEA Produzione S.p.A.
PEC: dighe.ap@pec.aceaspa.it
ap.spa@pec.aceaspa.it
and, p.c.
To the Technical Office for Dams of Naples
PEC: dighena@pec.mit.gov.it
- Considering that on 21 December 2010, the General Directorate for Dams and Water and Electricity Infrastructures of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has issued its authorization to issue the concession for the exploitation of the gas field in the “Monte Pallano” research area, approving the joint monitoring plan prepared by the proposing company and ACEA.
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