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the alteration and realignment of an approximate 1.1km section of existing double circuit overhead line which supports the existing Maynooth-Ryebrook and Dunfirth-Kinnegad-Rinnawade 110kV overhead line circuits. The proposed development comprises of: (1) Diversion. Diverting a section of the existing 110kV double circuit overhead line to the north of the River Rye, along the eastern side of the Intel site at Collinstown, linking back to the existing overhead line section at the car park of the Lidl supermarket, directly south of the R148. (2) Removal of Existing Double Circuit Towers. The decommissioning and removal of 4 No existing double circuit steel lattice towers and associated electrical conductors to include the removal of the existing towers and associated electrical conductors from site. (3) Double Circuit Towers. The installation of 7 No new double circuit steel lattice towers. Two of these will be replacement towers (Towers T1 & T7). The towers will range in height from approximately 20.75m to approximately 39.75m above ground level and will support six electrical conductors (overhead lines). (4) Site Works. All ancillary site development, preparation and reinstatement works, including access, landscaping and connection to existing services and utilities and miscellaneous site works. This application consists of a variation to a previously permitted development on an activity for which a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended by the Protection of the Environment Act, 2003) is required. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report ("EIAR") and a Natura Impact Statement ("NIS") accompany this application and they will be available for inspection or purchase at the office of the Planning Authority. This is a site to which the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazard Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 209 of 2015) applies.