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Whiteness Marina Company Limited have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964^f1 (“the Act”);

The Scottish Ministers^f2 having, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 (“the Schedule”) to the Act^f3, determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to Council Directive 85/337/EEC^f4 (“the Directive”) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and whose characteristics require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment, have directed the applicant to supply them with the information referred to in Annex IV to the Directive;

Notices have been published by the Company in accordance with paragraph 10 of the Schedule^f5;

The Scottish Ministers have in accordance with paragraph 15 of the Schedule^f6, furnished bodies appearing to them to have environmental responsibilities with the information supplied to them under paragraph 8 of the Schedule and have consulted such bodies;

No objection was made to the application and no representations relating to the environmental statement have been made pursuant to paragraph 10(2)(f) of the Schedule. In accordance with paragraph 19(1)^f7 of the Schedule they have considered the information supplied under paragraph 4 of the Schedule, the environmental statement supplied under paragraph 8(1) of the Schedule^f8, the further information falling within paragraph 10A(2)^f9 and the result of consultations under paragraph 15 of the Schedule and are satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of the Act;