The Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014

Capital dredging and disposal conditions

50.  The licence holder must ensure that during the course of disposal, non-erodible material is placed in the depressions of HU082, and that the site is filled to a gradient in keeping with the surrounding bathymetry and ensure that no depths within the disposal site are reduced to less than 5.3 metres below admiralty Chart Datum at its shallowest point.

51.  The licence holder must undertake regular bathymetric surveys to ensure that the disposal of dredged material at site HU082 has been undertaken in line with the requirements of this licence.

52.—(1) The licence holder must ensure that no gravel is disposed of to HU080 until sampling of the existing seabed has been undertaken and an assessment made which demonstrates that disposal of gravel to the site is acceptable.

(2) The assessment must be submitted to and agreed by the MMO, prior to disposal activity being undertaken.

(3) If following the assessment gravel is found not to be suitable to disposal to site HU080 the gravel material must be reused or disposed of elsewhere.

53.  The licence holder must ensure that during the course of disposal, material is distributed evenly over disposal site HU080.

54.—(1) The licence holder must employ methods to minimise resuspension of sediment during the construction and dredging operations.

(2) The methodology must be submitted to the MMO at least 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the works.

(3) Written approval by the MMO is required prior to works commencing.