SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1AUTHORISED PROJECT

PART 3REQUIREMENTS

Contamination risk

schedule 1 paragraph 25 + 25.—(1) No construction works excluding onshore site preparation works may commence within the onshore Order limits in the localised areas identified within the preliminary risk assessment (desk study) included in chapter 25 of the environmental statement as being at risk from contamination until land contamination assessments have been undertaken for that localised area of the onshore Order limits and has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The land contamination assessments must be carried out in accordance with the Environment Agency’s Land Contamination Risk Management manual (“the LCRM”) and will include the following—

schedule 1 paragraph 25 2 a + (a)results of a site investigation scheme and quantitative risk assessment based on the findings of the preliminary risk assessment (desk study) to identify any site-specific assessment risks to receptors that may require a remediation strategy described in sub-paragraph (b);

schedule 1 paragraph 25 2 b + (b)where unacceptable risks are identified based on the results of the site investigation and risk assessment referred to in sub-paragraph (a), a remediation strategy giving full details of the remediation measures required and how they are to be undertaken;

schedule 1 paragraph 25 2 c + (c)a verification plan providing details of the data that will be collected in order to demonstrate that the works set out in the remediation strategy secured by sub-paragraph (b) are complete and have been effective; and

schedule 1 paragraph 25 2 d + (d)provision of a verification report in line with the verification plan referred to in sub-paragraph (c) prior to completion of the works.

(3) If, during the course of construction, previously unidentified contamination is discovered, construction must cease on that localised area of land within the onshore Order limits (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the relevant planning authority) and the contamination reported to the relevant planning authority within 10 working days. Construction must not recommence on that localised area of land within the onshore order limits until a remediation strategy (including a verification plan) detailing how this contamination will be dealt with has been submitted to, and approved by, the relevant planning authority. The remediation strategy is to be developed in accordance with LCRM, which may include further site investigation and risk assessment, and must then be implemented as approved by the relevant planning authority.