The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014

Construction Environment Management Plan

9.—(1) Prior to the commencement of licensed activities on a site the licence holder shall submit to the MMO, for approval in accordance with the procedure in Part 3, those parts of a Construction Environment Management Plan for that site (prepared pursuant to the COCP Part A as modified by the COCP Part B for that site) which relate to construction in the marine environment for that site.

(2) The relevant parts of the Construction Environment Management Plan which relate to construction in the River environment shall include details (inter alia) of the following—

(a) how the lighting and marking of the licensed activities at that site will mitigate impact on the marine environment;

(b) measures to protect the River environment from pollutant effects of materials used for or associated with the licensed activities at that site, including methods to mitigate the effects of re-suspension of sediment;

(c) measures to protect the River environment from the impact of piling associated with the licensed activities at that site;

(d) mitigation methods to protect the foreshore from damage associated with the licensed activities at that site;

(e) a pollution incident response plan to include details of how impacts on the River environment will be mitigated in the event of accidental spillage or other pollution event; and

(f) measures for the clearance of the site of equipment, temporary structures (other than those which will remain to mitigate environmental and navigation impacts), waste and debris associated with the licensed activities on the completion of licensed activities at that site.