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SCHEDULEMITIGATION MEASURES

Restrictions on construction

4.—(1) Impact piling and blasting shall not take place outwith the following hours:-

(a)Monday to Friday 7 am to 7 pm;

(b)Saturday 9 am to 4 pm,

and those activities shall not take place on Sundays.

(2) Impact piling and blasting shall not take place on any part of the seabed unless that part of the seabed lies to the landward side of a partially or wholly constructed breakwater or other effective acoustic barrier capable of providing underwater noise attenuation from impact piling and/or blasting activities.

(3) The construction of any breakwaters comprised within the works shall not commence between 1st June and 31st August in any year without the prior written consent of Scottish Natural Heritage and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.