Paragraph 10 Offshore safety managementI1

Offshore works must not commence until the MMO, in consultation with the MCA, has given written approval for an Emergency Response and Co-operation Plan (“ERCoP”) which includes full details of the ERCoP for the construction, operation and decommissioning phases of the authorised scheme in accordance with the MCA recommendations contained within MGN371 “Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREIs) – Guidance on UK Navigational Practice, Safety and Emergency Response Issues”. The ERCOP must include the identification of a point of contact for emergency response.

The ERCoP must be implemented as approved.

No authorised development seaward of MHWS must commence until the MMO, in consultation with the MCA, has confirmed in writing that the undertaker has taken into account and adequately addressed all MCA recommendations as appropriate to the authorised scheme contained within MGN371 “Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREIs) – Guidance on UK Navigational Practice, Safety and Emergency Response Issues” and its annexes.