The Associated British Ports (Immingham Eastern Ro-Ro Terminal) Development Consent Order 2024

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SCHEDULE 3 DEEMED MARINE LICENCE

PART 1 GENERAL

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act;

“2021 sediment sampling plan” means—

(a)

the plan approved by the MMO on 24 September 2021, which details—

(i)

a detailed dredging methodology;

(ii)

dredge locations;

(iii)

dredge amounts (total and annual, if applicable);

(iv)

dredge depths;

(v)

duration of dredging activities;

(vi)

whether the dredge is a capital dredging activity or a maintenance dredging activity; and

(vii)

specific gravity of the material or material type; and

(b)

any further sediment sampling analyses which may be approved by the MMO in accordance with condition 18(2) prior to the expiry of the 2021 sediment sampling plan;

“alluvial materials” means dredged unconsolidated material of alluvial origin;

“the authorised development” means the construction, operation and maintenance of a Roll on Roll off facility on the River Humber as described in Schedule 1 to this Order and has the meaning given in paragraph 3(2);

“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or a bank holiday in England and Wales under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;

“business hours” means the period from 09:00 until 17:00 on any business day;

“capital dredge” means the dredging to a depth not previously dredged, or to a depth not dredged within the last 10 years and is generally undertaken to create or deepen navigational channels, berths or to remove material deemed unsuitable for the foundation of a construction project and “capital dredging” shall be construed accordingly;

“Chart Datum” means 3.9 m below ordinance datum (Newlyn), corresponding with a depth of 7.6m of the outer sill of the Port of Immingham;

“cold weather construction restriction strategy” means the strategy of that description referred to in condition 8 of Part 2 of this Schedule 3;

“commence” means beginning to carry out any part of a licensed activity and “commenced” and “commencement” are to be construed accordingly;

“condition” means a condition in Part 2 and Part 3 of this licence and references in this licence to numbered conditions are to the conditions with those numbers in Part 2;

“the environmental statement” means the document of that description certified under article 33 (certification of plans and documents etc.) of the Order, certified by the Secretary of State as the environmental statement for the purposes of the Order;

“existing marine licence” means licence L/2014/00429 or any subsequent equivalent successor licence as may be granted that permits the disposal of dredged arising from the Port of Immingham;

“future sediment sampling plan” means—

(a)

any further sediment sampling plan approved by the MMO in accordance with condition 18(2) which details—

(i)

a detailed dredging methodology;

(ii)

dredge locations;

(iii)

dredge amounts (total and annual, if applicable);

(iv)

dredge depths;

(v)

duration of dredging activities;

(vi)

whether the dredge is a capital dredging activity or a maintenance dredging activity; and

(vii)

specific gravity of the material or material type;

“glacial clay” means consolidated dredged materials laid down during the last glaciation;

“high water” means daily high tides in every lunar day;

“HU056” means the area bounded by co-ordinates (53°39.3000’N, 00°10.4898’W), (53°39.0499’N, 00°10.4700’W), (53°38.8201’N, 00°09.4398’W), (53°39.3000’N, 00°10.4898’W);

“HU060” means the area bounded by co-ordinates—

(53°38.7439’N, 00°10.4434’W), (53°38.7499’N, 00°10.4536’W), (53°38.7575’N, 00°10.4677’W), (53°38.7648’N, 00°10.4823’W), (53°38.7718’N, 00°10.4974’W), (53°38.7784’N, 00°10.5128’W), (53°38.7847’N, 00°10.5287’W), (53°38.7906’N, 00°10.5450’W), (53°38.7962’N, 00°10.5617’W), (53°38.8013’N, 00°10.5787’W), (53°38.8061’N, 00°10.5960’W), (53°38.8105’N, 00°10.6136’W), (53°38.8145’N, 00°10.6315’W), (53°38.8181’N, 00°10.6496’W), (53°38.8213’N, 00°10.6679’W), (53°38.8240’N, 00°10.6864’W), (53°38.8264’N, 00°10.7051’W), (53°38.8283’N, 00°10.7239’W), (53°38.8298’N, 00°10.7428’W), (53°38.8309’N, 00°10.7618’W), (53°38.8315’N, 00°10.7809’W), (53°38.8317’N, 00°10.8000’W), (53°38.8315’N, 00°10.8191’W), (53°38.8309’N, 00°10.8382’W), (53°38.8298’N, 00°10.8572’W), (53°38.8283’N, 00°10.8761’W), (53°38.8264’N, 00°10.8949’W), (53°38.8240’N, 00°10.9136’W), (53°38.8213’N, 00°10.9321’W), (53°38.8181’N, 00°10.9504’W), (53°38.8145’N, 00°10.9685’W), (53°38.8105’N, 00°10.9864’W), (53°38.8061’N, 00°11.0040’W), (53°38.8013’N, 00°11.0213’W), (53°38.7962’N, 00°11.0383’W), (53°38.7906’N, 00°11.0550’W), (53°38.7847’N, 00°11.0713’W), (53°38.7784’N, 00°11.0872’W), (53°38.7718’N, 00°11.1026’W), (53°38.7648’N, 00°11.1177’W), (53°38.7575’N, 00°11.1323’W), (53°38.7499’N, 00°11.1464’W), (53°38.7439’N, 00°11.1567’W), (53°38.7438’N, 00°11.1564’W), (53°38.5320’N, 00°10.8000’W), (53°38.7438’N, 00°10.4436’W), (53°38.7439’N, 00°10.4434’W)

“intertidal mudflat” means exposed mud between mean high water springs and mean low water springs;

“licensable activity” means an activity licensable under section 66 of the 2009 Act;

“licensed activity” means any activity authorised in paragraph 3 of this Schedule;

“local planning authority” means North East Lincolnshire Council;

“maintenance dredge” means a dredge undertaken to keep channels, berths and other areas at their designed depths, involving removing recently accumulated sediments such as mud, sand and gravel to a level that is not lower than it has been at any time during the past 10 years;

“marine piles” means piles that will be in a free water condition during construction;

“marine written scheme of investigation” means the marine archaeological written scheme of investigation contained in appendix 15.3 to the environmental statement;

“MCMS” means the Marine Case Management System provided by the MMO;

“mean high water springs” means the average of high water heights occurring at the time of spring tides;

“mean low water springs” means the average of low water heights occurring at the time of spring tides;

“the MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“named vessel” means a vessel whose name and type has been notified to the MMO in writing;

“Natural England” means the adviser to the Government for the natural environment in England;

“Notice to Mariners” means any notice to mariners which may be issued by the Admiralty, Trinity House, the Statutory Conservancy and Navigation Authority, government departments or harbour and pilotage authorities advising mariners of important matters affecting navigational safety;

“outline offshore construction environmental management plan” means the document of that description certified under article 33 (certification of plans and documents etc.) of the Order, certified by the Secretary of State as the outline offshore construction environmental management plan for the purposes of the Order;

“the Order” means the Associated British Ports (Immingham Eastern Ro-Ro Terminal) Order 20[ ]; and

“percussive piles” means driven piles but excludes the handling, placing and vibro-driving of piles;

“percussive piling” for the purposes of this licence means the driving of piles by percussive means but does not include the handling, placing or vibro-piling of piles;

“the Port of Immingham” means the statutory port estate including the Port of Immingham statutory harbour authority area;

“the River Humber” means the tidal estuary from its mouth at the Spurn Peninsula to its confluence with the rivers Ouse and Trent;

“sea bed” means the ground under the sea;

“undertaker” means Associated British Ports (“ABP”) company number ZC000195 registered at 25 Bedford Street, London, WC2E 9ES and any agent, contractor or sub-contractor acting on its behalf; and

“vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved and includes a non-displacement craft, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for movement through, in, on or over water and which is at the time in, on or over water.

(2) Unless otherwise specified, all geographical co-ordinates given in this Schedule are in latitude and longitude degrees and minutes to four decimal places.

(3) Tonnages of dredged materials are expressed in wet tonnes.

Contacts

2.—(1) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the address for postal correspondence with the MMO for the purposes of this licence is the Marine Management Organisation, Marine Licensing Team, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH, telephone [phone] and, unless otherwise advised in writing, where contact to the local MMO office (local office) is required, the following contact details must be used: Marine Management Organisation, The MMO District Office – Crosskill House, Mill Lane, Beverley, HU17 9JB, telephone [phone], Email – [e-mail].

(2) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, the address for electronic communication with the MMO for the purposes of this licence is [e-mail] or where contact to the local MMO office is required is [e-mail].

(3) Unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO, MCMS must be used for all licence returns or applications to vary this licence. The MCMS address is: https://marinelicensing.marinemanagement.org.uk/mmofox5/fox/live/MMO_LOGIN/login.

(4) Unless otherwise stated in writing by the MMO, all notifications required by this licence must be sent by the undertaker to the MMO using MCMS.

Licensed marine activities

3.—(1) Subject to the licence conditions in Part 2, this licence authorises the undertaker to carry out licensable marine activities under section 66(1) (licensable marine activities) of the 2009 Act which—

(a) form part of, or are related to, the authorised development; and

(b) are not exempt from requiring a marine licence by virtue of any provision made under section 74 (exemption specified by order) of the 2009 Act.

(2) For the purposes of this licence “the authorised development” means the construction operation and maintenance of a Roll on Roll off facility on the River Humber—

(a) comprising—

(i) an open piled approach jetty with abutments carrying on its surface a roadway, a footway, utilities, lighting and environmental screens, rising from ground level to cross over existing landside infrastructure and then extending from the shore in a north easterly direction (Work No.1);

(ii) a single linkspan bridge carrying on its surface a roadway and footway together with lighting and utilities, extending from the approach jetty to the innermost floating pontoon (Work No.1);

(iii) two floating pontoons connected by a linkspan, each with lighting, power, cable management system, utilities and a small crew shelter, secured in position by restraint dolphins, each located about a finger pier to accommodate the loading and unloading ramps of berthed ro-ro vessels (Work No.1);

(iv) two finger piers of open piled construction each with navigation markers, lighting, shore power infrastructure and connections for berthed vessels and water bunkering facilities—

(aa) the northern finger pier to be constructed with berthing faces on both its northern and southern elevations equipped with mooring infrastructure (Work No.1);

(bb) the southern finger pier to be constructed with a berthing face only on its northern elevation equipped with mooring infrastructure (Work No.1);

(v) piling works and construction operations within the River Humber (Work No.1);

(vi) related capital dredging works within the River Humber for the above and the disposal of any arisings from such dredgings (Work No.2);

(vii) the construction of—

(aa) a vessel impact protection barrier formed of a single row of tubular piles with a reinforced concrete capping beam, the outer facing elevation of the beam may be equipped with fendering units and panels (Work No.3(a)); and

(bb) a piled dolphin structure with a capping slab, with piles installed at each corner of the dolphin structure equipped with donut roller fenders (Work No.3(b)); and

(viii) the continued use of two existing surface water outfalls;

(b) activities which will include works to—

(i) clean, refurbish, re-construct, strengthen or maintain any work or structure; and

(ii) place and maintain works and structures including jetty furniture, fenders and impact protection; and

(c) such other incidental works as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of, or in connection with or in consequence of, the construction, maintenance, operation or use of the authorised development, including works for the accommodation or convenience of vessels (including but not limited to berthing and mooring facilities, ladders, buoys, bollards, dolphins and fenders) and lighting.

Licence to dredge and deposit

4.—(1) Capital dredge – Subject to paragraph 5, the undertaker is permitted to undertake a capital dredge to a depth of -9 metres Chart Datum (with an allowance for the tolerances of the dredging equipment) of the berth pocket the grid coordinates for which are specified in paragraph 5(2) .

(2) The materials must be dredged in the approximate quantities and deposited at the locations according to the following table—

Material	Volume (m3)	Specific gravity	Maximum tonnage (wet tonnes)	Disposal site
Alluvial materials	150,000	1.35	202,500	HU060
Glacial clay	40,000	2.26	90,400	HU056

(3) Maintenance dredge – the undertaker is permitted to carry out maintenance dredging within the statutory harbour authority area of the Port of Immingham for the purposes of maintaining the authorised development under section 75 of the 2009 Act in accordance with the existing marine licence.

(4) Deposit of dredged arisings—

(a) The capital dredge will create arisings of glacial clay and alluvial materials which must be deposited at deposit grounds HU056 and HU060;

(b) The maintenance dredge will create arisings of alluvial materials which must be deposited at the licenced deposit ground HU060 in accordance with the existing marine licence.

Details of licensed marine activities

5.—(1) The grid coordinates within the UK Marine Area within which the undertaker may carry out a licensed activity (save for the capital dredge and disposal) are specified below—

Point reference	Latitude	Longitude
1	53.62711082	-0.179454009
2	53.62748148	-0.179008789
3	53.63004695	-0.178898384
4	53.63198621	-0.176987837
5	53.62889877	-0.168536653
6	53.62874293	-0.168641588
7	53.62841556	-0.167318049
8	53.62814789	-0.166235931
9	53.62796289	-0.166266125
10	53.62773154	-0.166760098
11	53.62716945	-0.168370825
12	53.62528877	-0.1723239
13	53.62449396	-0.17508587
14	53.62512213	-0.1750807
15	53.62520845	-0.175123251
16	53.625269	-0.175226494

(2) No capital dredging may be carried out by the undertaker other than within the area within the grid coordinates for the area of the River Humber specified below and more particularly identified as the berthing pocket under Work No. 2 on sheets 1 and 2 of the works plans—

Point of reference	Latitude	Longitude
17	53.626229	-0.17082
18	53.629182	-0.178936
3	53.630047	-0.178898
19	53.631567	-0.1774
20	53.628371	-0.168614

PART 2 CONDITIONS APPLYING TO ALL LICENSABLE ACTIVITIES

Before Licensed Activities

Notifications regarding licensed activities

6.—(1) The undertaker must inform the MMO—

(a) at least 5 business days prior to the commencement of the first licensed activity; and

(b) within 5 business days following the completion of the final licensed activity,

of the commencement or the completion (as applicable).

(2) The undertaker must provide the following information to the MMO—

(a) the name and function in writing of any agent, contractor or sub-contractor that will carry on any licensed activity on behalf of the undertaker; and

(b) such notification must be received by the MMO in writing not less than 24 hours before the commencement of the licensed activity.

(3) The undertaker must ensure that a copy of this licence and any subsequent revisions or amendments has been provided to, read and understood by any agents, contractors, and sub-contractors that will be carrying out any licensed activity on behalf of the undertaker.

(4) The undertaker must keep a copy of this licence and any subsequent revisions or amendments available for inspection at its registered address and any site office location at or adjacent to a construction site.

(5) Any changes to details supplied under sub-paragraph (2) must be notified to the MMO in writing no less than 24 hours prior to the agent, contractor or named vessel engaging in the licensed activity in question.

(6) Only those persons notified to the MMO in accordance with this condition are permitted to carry out a licensed activity.

(7) Copies of this licence must be available for inspection at the following locations—

(a) the undertaker’s office at the Port of Immingham; and

(b) during the construction of the authorised development only, at any site office which is adjacent to or near the River Humber and which has been provided for the purposes of the construction of the authorised development.

(8) The undertaker must request that the masters responsible for the named vessels that will be carrying out any licensed activity on behalf of the undertaker as notified to the MMO under condition 6(5) make a copy of this licence available for inspection on board such named vessels during the carrying out of any licensed activity.

Agents / contractors / sub-contractors

7.—(1) The undertaker must notify the MMO in writing of any agents, contractors or sub-contractors that will carry on any licensed activity listed in paragraph 3 of this licence on behalf of the undertaker. Such notification must be received by the MMO no less than 24 hours before the commencement of the licensed activity.

(2) The undertaker must ensure that a copy of this licence and any subsequent revisions or amendments has been provided to, read and understood by any agents, contractors or sub-contractors that will carry on any licensed activity listed in section 3 of this licence on behalf of the undertaker.

Cold weather construction restriction strategy

8.  No construction operations for any licensed activity are to commence until a cold weather construction restriction strategy is submitted to and agreed by the MMO in consultation with Natural England. The strategy shall include the following—

(a) a provision that no construction operations (other than to finish driving any pile that is in the process of being driven at the point that the cold weather restriction comes into force) shall take place following 7 consecutive days of zero or sub zero temperatures (where the temperature does not exceed zero degrees centigrade for more than six hours in any day) or any other formula as may be agreed with the MMO to define short periods of thaw;

(b) the establishment of three temperature monitoring points within the Humber Estuary; and

(c) a provision that, if the piling restriction specified in sub-paragraph (a) above comes into effect as a consequence of cold weather conditions, it will be reviewed as follows—

(i) after 24 hours of above freezing temperatures the restriction will be lifted on a temporary basis provided that the weather forecast relevant for the area including the Port of Immingham, (as agreed with the MMO) indicates that freezing conditions will not return within five days; and

(ii) after a further 5 clear days of above-freezing temperatures, the restrictions will be lifted entirely.

Marine Noise Registry

9.—(1) Only when impact driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed to be used as part of the foundation installation the undertaker must provide the following information to the Marine Noise Registry (MNR)—

(a) prior to the commencement of the licensed activities, information on the expected location, start and end dates of impact pile driving to satisfy the Marine Noise Registry’s Forward Look requirements; and

(b) within 12 weeks of completion of impact pile driving, information on the exact locations and specific dates of impact pile driving to satisfy the Marine Noise Registry’s Close Out requirements.

(2) The undertaker must notify the MMO of the successful submission of Forward Look requirements.

Marine written scheme of archaeological investigation

10.—(1) A final version of the marine written scheme of investigation must be submitted to and approved by the MMO in writing before any works to which the final version of the marine written scheme of investigation relate commence.

(2) The licensed activities must be carried out in accordance with the marine written scheme of investigation approved pursuant to sub-paragraph (1).

During Licensed Activities

Offshore Construction Environmental Management Plan

11.—(1) No licensed activities shall be commenced until an offshore construction environmental management plan in relation to those activities has been submitted to and approved by the MMO following consultation with the local planning authority, the Environment Agency and Natural England on matters related to their respective functions.

(2) The offshore construction environmental management plan submitted and approved under sub-paragraph (1) must be in accordance with the outline offshore construction environmental management plan, including the outline plans and skeleton management plans included in the outline offshore construction environmental management plan.

(3) The undertaker must undertake the capital dredge in accordance with the offshore construction environmental management plan approved under sub-paragraph (1).

Piling and marine construction works

12.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the piling of marine piles in connection with the authorised development shall be subject to the following conditions—

(a) There shall be at least a 20 minutes “soft start” period prior to the commencement of any piling; and

(b) The form of soft start shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the MMO in consultation with Natural England on matters related to its functions prior to the commencement of piling.

(2) An active and mobile 500 metre marine mammals observation zone, the centre point of which will be the location of the particular marine pile being driven percussively, shall be created, and 30 minutes prior to the commencement of percussive piling a search must be undertaken of the zone, with the purpose of identifying whether any marine mammals enter the zone, and if such mammals are observed within the zone, percussive piling must not be commenced until the mammals have cleared the zone or until 20 minutes after the last visual detection, subject to sub-paragraph (4).

(3) An active and mobile 500 metre marine mammals observation zone, the centre point of which will be the location of the particular marine pile being driven percussively, shall be maintained during percussive piling with the purpose of identifying whether any marine mammals enter the zone and if such mammals are observed, percussive piling must cease until the mammals have cleared the zone and there is no further detection after 20 minutes.

(4) Where percussive piling is paused for any reason other than the detection of marine mammals, then recommencement of the percussive piling shall be subject to the provisions be paragraph (2) save for where the active and mobile 500 metre marine mammals observation zone has been observed throughout the period of the pause in operations and no such mammals were observed entering the zone, in which case percussive piling may be recommenced immediately.

(5) Wherever possible the undertaker will use vibro-piling methodology whilst it is recognised that percussive piling may be required to drive the piles to their ultimately required depth.

(6) The undertaker must use a noise suppression system consisting of a piling sleeve with noise insulating properties for percussive piling.

(7) Subject to sub-paragraph (8) below, the undertaker must ensure that no marine construction activity for the approach jetty, linkspan, innermost pontoon and the inner finger pier shall take place between 1 October and 31 March inclusive in any year located within 200 metres of the exposed intertidal mudflat.

(8) During the restricted period between 1 October and 31 March inclusive in any year, marine construction activity may be undertaken provided that at distances less than 200 metres of exposed intertidal mudflat provided that an acoustic barrier/visual screening is installed on both sides of any semi-completed structure and construction activity will then be undertaken on the approach jetty itself, behind the screens, with no use of large heavy plant.

(9) During the period between 1 October and 31 March inclusive in any year, the undertaker must ensure that on all floating construction barges an acoustic barrier/screening is placed on the side of the barges closest to the foreshore, and construction activity can only be undertaken from the side of the barge facing away from the foreshore.

(10) No piling of marine piles within the waterbody is to take place between 1 March and 31 March, 1 June and 30 June and 1 August and 31 October inclusive in any one calendar year after sunset and before sunrise on any day, save for any—

(a) piling of marine piles undertaken on exposed mudflat outside the water column at periods of low water;

(b) emergency works; and

(c) piling operations that have been initiated where an immediate cessation of the activity would form an unsafe working practice.

(11) The undertaker must ensure that no percussive piling of marine piles within the waterbody shall take place between 1 April and 31 May inclusive in any one calendar year, save for any percussive piling of marine piles undertaken on exposed mudflat outside the water column at periods of low water.

(12) Percussive piling of marine piles is to be restricted at other times as follows—

(a) from 1 June to 30 June inclusive in any year, the maximum duration of percussive piling permitted within any four-week period must not exceed—

(i) 140 hours where a single piling rig is in operation; or

(ii) 196 hours where two or more rigs are in operation; and

(b) from 1 August to 31 October inclusive in any year, the maximum duration of percussive piling permitted within any four-week period must not exceed—

(i) 140 hours where a single piling rig is in operation; or

(ii) 196 hours where two or more rigs are in operation,

save for any percussive piling of marine piles undertaken on exposed mudflat outside the water column at periods of low water and save for percussive piling operations that have been initiated where an immediate cessation of the activity would form an unsafe working practice.

(13) The measurement of time during each work-block described in sub-paragraph (12) of this licence must begin at the start of each timeframe, roll throughout it, then cease at the end, where measurement will begin again at the start of the next timeframe, such process to be repeated until the end of piling works.

(14) Percussive piling must only be carried out in accordance with the cold weather construction restriction strategy.

Percussive piling reporting protocol

13.—(1) The undertaker must submit weekly reports to the MMO of the duration of percussive piling that is undertaken on any given day on which piling takes place during the construction of the authorised development, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO.

(2) The reports submitted to the MMO pursuant to sub–paragraph (1) must include a log of the number and approximate location of piling rigs which are in operation on any given day, along with the number of piles driven.

(3) The undertaker will hold fortnightly meetings with the MMO to discuss the weekly reports submitted under sub-paragraph (1) and agree any corrective action if required, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO.

(4) Subject to sub–paragraph (5), where percussive piling is paused, the recommencement of the percussive piling shall be subject to the provisions of sub–paragraph (1)(a) of paragraph 12 (“the contingency period”).

(5) The contingency period must not exceed a total of 80 minutes in any given day on which percussive piling takes place.

Concrete and cement

14.  Waste concrete, slurry or wash water from concrete or cement activities must not be discharged, intentionally or unintentionally, into the marine environment. Concrete and cement mixing and washing areas must be contained and sited at least 10 metres from any water body or surface water drain.

Coatings and treatment

15.  The undertaker must ensure that any coatings or treatments are suitable for use in the marine environment and are used in accordance with guidelines approved by the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency Pollution Prevention Control Guidelines.

Pollution and Spills

16.—(1) Bunding and/or storage facilities must be installed to contain and prevent the release of fuel, oils, and chemicals associated with plant, refuelling and construction equipment, into the marine environment. Secondary containment must be used with a capacity of no less than 110% of the container’s storage capacity.

(2) Any oil, fuel or chemical spill within the marine environment must be reported to the MMO Marine Pollution Response Team as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within 12 hours of being identified in accordance with the following, unless otherwise advised in writing by the MMO—

(a) within business hours on any business days: 0300 200 2024;

(b) any other time: 07770 977 825; or

(c) at all times if other numbers are unavailable: 0845 051 8486 or [e-mail].

(3) All wastes must be stored in designated areas that are isolated from surface water drains, open water and contained to prevent any spillage.

(4) The undertaker must comply with the existing marine pollution contingency plan in place for the Port of Immingham as detailed in the construction environmental management plan.

Disposal at Sea

17.—(1) The undertaker must inform the MMO of the location and quantities of material deposited each month under the licence. This information must be submitted to the MMO 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.

(2) The undertaker must ensure that only inert material of natural origin produced during dredging shall be deposited in the disposal sites—

(a) HU060 (alluvial materials); and

(b) HU056 (glacial clay),

or any other site approved in writing by the MMO.

Sediment sampling

18.—(1) Any sediment sampling analyses undertaken by a laboratory validated by the MMO and approved by the MMO as part of either the 2021 sediment sampling plan or any future sediment sampling plan is valid for a period of 3 years from the date when those analyses were undertaken.

(2) Where the validity period for sediment sampling analyses as set out in sub-paragraph (1) above expires, the undertaker must submit a future sediment sampling plan request to the MMO for its approval and any sediment sampling analyses from such future sediment sampling plan must be submitted to the MMO for consultation.

(3) The undertaker must undertake the capital dredge in accordance with the 2021 sediment sampling plan or the future sediment sampling plan approved under sub-paragraph (2).

19.  The material to be disposed of within the disposal sites referred to in paragraph 4(4) must be placed evenly within the boundaries of that site.

20.  During the course of disposal at sea, deposited material must be distributed evenly over the disposal site.

Dropped objects

21.—(1) The undertaker must report all dropped objects to the MMO using the dropped object procedure form as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 24 hours of becoming aware of an incident.

(2) On receipt of the dropped object procedure form, the MMO may require, acting reasonably, the undertaker to carry out relevant surveys. The undertaker must carry out surveys in accordance with the MMO’s reasonable requirements and must report the results of such surveys to the MMO.

(3) On receipt of such survey results, the MMO may, acting reasonably, require the undertaker to remove specific obstructions from the seabed. The undertaker must carry out removals of specific obstructions from the seabed in accordance with the MMO’s reasonable requirements and its own expense.

Notice to Mariners

22.—(1) Local mariners, fishermen’s organisations and the UK Hydrographic Office must be notified of any licensed activity or phase of licensed activity through a local Notice to Mariners.

(2) A Notice to Mariners must be issued at least 5 days before the commencement of each licensed activity or phase of licensed activity.

(3) The MMO and Marine Coastguard Agency must be sent a copy of the notification within 24 hours of issue. The Notice to Mariners must include—

(a) the start and end dates for the works;

(b) a summary of the works to be undertaken;

(c) the location of the works area, including coordinated in accordance with World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84); and

(d) any markings of the works area that will be put in place.

23.  A copy of the notice must be provided to the MMO via MCMS within 24 hours of issue of a notice under sub-paragraph (1).

PART 3 PROCEDURE FOR THE DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS

Meaning of “application”

24.  In this Part, “ application” means a submission by the undertaker for approval by the MMO of any document, strategy, information or plan under conditions 8 (cold weather construction restriction strategy), 9 (marine noise registry), 10 (marine written scheme of investigation), 11 (construction environmental management plan) and 18 (sediment sampling).

Further information regarding application

25.  The MMO may request in writing such further information from the undertaker as is necessary to enable the MMO to consider an application.

Determination of application

26.—(1) In determining the application the MMO may have regard to—

(a) the application and any supporting information or documentation;

(b) any further information provided by the undertaker; and

(c) such other matters as the MMO thinks relevant.

(2) Having considered the application the MMO must—

(a) grant the application unconditionally;

(b) grant the application subject to the conditions as the MMO thinks fit; or

(c) refuse the application.

Notice of determination

27.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) or (3), the MMO must give notice to the undertaker of the determination of the application as soon as reasonably practicable after the application is received by the MMO.

(2) Where the MMO has made a request under paragraph 25, the MMO must give notice to the undertaker of the determination of the application as soon as reasonably practicable once the further information is received.

(3) Where the MMO refuses the application the refusal notice must state the reasons for the refusal.