The Galloper Wind Farm Order 2013

Quality of Sizewell B cooling water intake

3.  Save for urgent reasons of vessel safety which mean there is insufficient time to comply with sub-paragraph (a), in which case the undertaker shall use its reasonable endeavours to contact EDF Energy immediately, to inform of non-compliance, by a mechanism previously agreed in writing with EDF Energy—

(a) all tug operations relating to anchor laying and barge manoeuvring carried out in water of depth less than twice the draft of the tugs being used by the undertaker west of 01° 38′ 55.478″ E, south of 52° 14′ 12.332″ N and north of 52° 11′ 15.619″ N as shown on drawing GWF 890 R3 Rev3 (BEEMS-MS0357A) will be restricted as follows—

(i) for the area south of a line starting at the Intersection Point and running to the shore through WGS84 lat/long 52° 12′ 53.086″ N, 01° 38′ 00.049″ E (the “Dividing Line”), operations shall only be undertaken within periods of flood tide and +/- 1 hour adjoining slack high and slack low water periods;

(ii) for the area north of the Dividing Line, operations shall only be undertaken within periods of ebb tide and +/- 1 hour adjoining slack high and slack low water periods;

(b) this restriction in this paragraph applies unless EDF Energy otherwise agrees in writing either a modification of the procedure described above or an alternative protective measure relating to anchor laying and barge manoeuvring within the area west of 01° 38′ 55.478″ E, south of 52° 14′ 12.332″ N and north of 52° 11′ 15.619″ N shown on the plan and that alternative method is shown to be of no greater risk to the Sizewell B intake and its function (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

(c) the “Intersection Point” means the point where the line marked B to C on drawing GWF 890 R3 Rev3 (BEEMS-MS0357A) intersects with the northern boundary of the Order limits seaward of MHWS;

(d) sub-paragraph (a) does not apply to vessels in transit.