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37.—(1) No operations consisting of piling are to commence until a piling method statement has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the MMO, following consultation with the Environment Agency and Natural England, such statement to include the following—
(a)the use of pile pads and pile shrouds at all times;
(b)the maximum pile diameter to be 2.1 metres unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, following consultation with Natural England and the Environment Agency;
(c)soft start procedures to be followed to include a requirement for a soft start of at least 180 seconds for percussive piling of marine piles;
(d)marine mammal observation (within 100 metres of the pile being driven) and the cessation of piling while any marine mammals are within this zone;
(e)implementation of an active monitoring scheme under paragraph 39; and
(f)details of the anticipated spread of piling activity throughout a working day.
(2) Percussive piling must only be carried out in accordance with the relevant piling method statement.
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