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UPGRADES TO AND INCREASED CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING MUNCIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) AND CROMWELL'S BRIDGE PUMPING STATION(PS) IN KENMARE COUNTY KERRY AND COMPRISES PRIMARILY THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS: UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING KENMARE WWTP: THE EXISTING INLET CHANNEL, CONTROL PANELS, OXIDATION DITCH, TWO SLUDGE HOLDING TANKS WILL BE DECOMMISIONED AND ALL REDUNDANT CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL (M&E) ASSETS WILL BE REMOVED. A NEW INLET WORKS, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PUMPING AND STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. A NEW MOTOR CONTROL CENTRE (MCC) KIOSK AND A NEW DOSING KIOSK WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS - UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING CROMWELL'S BRIDGE PS: THE EXISTING INLET WORKS, GRIT SEPARATOR, WET WELL,CONTROL BUILDING (INCLUDING DRY WELL) AND STORM TANK WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED AND ALL REDUNDANT CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL (M & E) ASSETS WILL BE REMOVED . A NEW WET WELL, AND ASSOCIATED SEWER, A NEW STORM TANK AND RETAINING WALL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. AN ODOUR TREATMENT SYSTEM AND VENT STACK WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. A NEW MOTOR CONTROL ( MCC) KIOSK AND A NEW DOSING KIOSK WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AND HIS INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION.