Paragraph 18 Sediment samplingI1

Any sediment sampling analyses undertaken by a laboratory validated by the MMO and approved by the MMO as part of either the 2021 sediment sampling plan or any future sediment sampling plan is valid for a period of 3 years from the date when those analyses were undertaken.

Where the validity period for sediment sampling analyses as set out in sub-paragraph (1) above expires, the undertaker must submit a future sediment sampling plan request to the MMO for its approval and any sediment sampling analyses from such future sediment sampling plan must be submitted to the MMO for consultation.

The undertaker must undertake the capital dredge in accordance with the 2021 sediment sampling plan or the future sediment sampling plan approved under sub-paragraph (2).