The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 2016

Further provisions about works

9.—(1) Before carrying out a relevant work the undertaker must—

(a) provide the owners and any operators of any affected asset with baseline data for any existing cathodic protection of the asset; and

(b) carry out a pipeline settlement and stress analysis to demonstrate any potential pipeline movement will not present an integrity risk to the affected asset.

(2) The pipelines must be located by hand digging prior to the use of mechanical excavation provided that any excavation outside of 2 metres of the centreline of a pipeline may be dug by mechanical means.

(3) The undertaker must engage an independent construction Quality Assurance Inspector to oversee cats pipeline critical construction activities during the construction phase.