Paragraph 15 Disposal at seaI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where dredged materials arising from a capital dredging activity or a maintenance dredging activity are intended to be disposed of at sea by the licence holder, the licence holder must submit to the MMO for its approval a sediment sampling plan request prior to the commencement of the capital dredging activity or maintenance dredging activity.

(2)

A request for a sample plan under sub-paragraph (1) must include—

(i)

a detailed dredging methodology;

(ii)

dredge locations;

(iii)

dredge amounts (total and annual, if applicable);

(iv)

dredge depths;

(v)

duration of dredging activities;

(vi)

whether the dredge is a capital dredging activity or a maintenance dredging activity; and

(vii)

specific gravity of the material or material type.

(3)

Where dredged materials arising from a maintenance dredging activity are intended to be disposed of by the licence holder, a sediment sampling plan is not required where valid analyses (carried out in accordance with an MMO-approved sample plan and undertaken by a laboratory validated by the MMO) is obtainable via the MMO's Public register.

(4)

Any sediment sampling analyses undertaken by a laboratory validated by the MMO and approved by the MMO under sub-paragraph (1) is valid for a period of 3 years from the date when those analyses were undertaken.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 12 para. 15 in force at 21.5.2020, see art. 1