SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 11DEEMED MARINE LICENCE UNDER THE 2009 ACT—GENERATION ASSETS
PART 2CONDITIONS
Chemicals, drilling and debris
schedule 11 part 2 paragraph 9 9.—(1) Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO all chemicals and substances including paints and coatings used below the MHWS for the undertaking of the licensed activities must be approved in writing by the MMO prior to use. Submission for approval to the MMO must take place no later than ten weeks prior to use, unless otherwise agreed to by the MMO in writing.
(2) The undertaker must ensure that any coatings/treatments are suitable for use in the marine environment and are used in accordance with guidelines approved by Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency Pollution Prevention Control Guidelines.
(3) The undertaker must ensure that only inert material of natural origin, drilling mud and dredged material, produced during the drilling installation of or seabed preparation for foundations, and sandwave clearance works is disposed of within the extent of the offshore Order limits. Any material of anthropogenic origin will be screened out and disposed of at an appropriate waste facility onshore. The undertaker must inform the MMO of the location and quantities of material disposed of each month under the Order by reference to the disposal site identifier agreed with the MMO, by submission of a disposal return by 15 February each year for the months August to January inclusive, and by 15 August each year for the months February to July inclusive.
(4) The undertaker must ensure that any rock material used in the construction of the authorised scheme is from a recognised source, free from contaminants and containing minimal fines.
(5) In the event that any rock material used in the construction of the authorised scheme is misplaced or lost below MHWS, the undertaker must report the loss to the MMO Local Office within 48 hours and if the MMO reasonably considers, following consultation with the MCA and Trinity House, such material to constitute a navigation or environmental hazard (dependent on the size and nature of the material) the undertaker must endeavour to locate the material and recover it.
(6) The undertaker must ensure that no waste concrete slurry or wash water from concrete or cement works are discharged into the marine environment. Concrete and cement mixing and washing areas should be contained to prevent run off entering the water through the freeing ports.
(7) The undertaker must ensure that any oil, fuel or chemical spill within the marine environment is reported to the MMO, Marine Pollution Response Team in accordance with the marine pollution contingency plan approved under condition 11(1)(d)(i).
(8) All dropped objects must be reported to the MMO using the dropped object procedure form as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 24 hours following the undertaker becoming aware of an incident. On receipt of the dropped object procedure form, the MMO may require relevant surveys to be carried out by the undertaker (such as side scan sonar) if reasonable to do so and on receipt of such surveys the MMO may require obstructions which are hazardous to other marine users to be removed from the seabed at the undertaker’s expense if reasonable to do so.