# The Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2017, Paragraph 3: Construction Environmental Management Plan

Extent: E+W

(1) No part of the authorised development is to commence until a CEMP for that part has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority.
(2) The CEMP submitted under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the draft CEMP.
(3) The construction of the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the CEMP approved under sub-paragraph (1).
(4) The CEMP must include mitigation measures in accordance with those set out in chapters 7 to 14 inclusive, 18, 19 and 22 to 25 inclusive of the environmental statement.
(5) The CEMP must incorporate the following plans and programmes–
(a) landscaping and visual impacts plan;
(b) surface and ground water management plan;
(c) soil management plan;
(d) sediment control plan;
(e) site waste management plan;
(f) biodiversity management plan;
(g) noise and vibration management and monitoring plan;
(h) air quality and dust management plan;
(i) archaeological management plan;
(j) traffic management plan;
(k) lighting plan; and
(l) construction phasing plan.
(6) Each of the plans and programmes detailed in sub-paragraph (4)(a)-(l) must incorporate the following–
(a) responsibilities;
(b) consent requirements;
(c) general control measures;
(d) specific control measures;
(e) monitoring and measurement; and
(f) actions to be taken in the event of an emergency.
(7) The CEMP must require adherence to working hours of 07:00 and 19:00 on Mondays to Fridays and 07:00 and 14:00 on Saturdays except for–
(a) noisy construction operations which will take place between 08.00 and 18.00 on Mondays to Fridays and 08.00 to 14.00 on Saturdays; and
(b) continuous construction operations, including–
(i) drilling;
(ii) weld testing or pipeline testing;
(iii) concrete pour;
(iv) commissioning; and
(v) solution mining.
(8) The CEMP must require that construction operations at the Runcorn site (Work No.10) shall take place between April and September except for limited scrub clearance activities which shall take place between August and September.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/433/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/keuper-underground-gas-storage-facility-order-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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