20 - What environmental studies have been undertaken?

The Section 37 application to the Scottish Ministers was accompanied by an Environmental Statement which is more than 2,600 pages and 1.17 million words long. It covers land use, forestry, agriculture and sporting interests, geology and soils, hydrology, ecology, landscape, visual effects, cultural heritage and archaeology, tourism and recreation, electric and magnetic fields and noise. In December 2005 further information, including an Ecology and Nature Conservation Addendum, was submitted to the Scottish Ministers. During 2006 further detailed bird surveys have taken place. In October 2006 a 2nd Addendum reported on a range of additional environmental information.  In addition extensive undergrounding reports were undertaken.