![]() If an application for a marine licence is submitted without sediment sample analysis and the MMO considers that this evidence is required, the application will be placed on hold and the applicant directed to request a sample plan. The sample plan must be requested through the MMO’s Marine Case Management System as a sample plan request. The sample plan will set out the sample locations as well as the specific biological, chemical and physical analysis requirements. Sample plansīefore you apply for a marine licence, a sediment sampling plan must be agreed with the MMO in consultation with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). The assessments required will depend upon the specific details of the proposed activities, although characterisation of a standard set of physical and chemical determinands within the sediments is often necessary. The OSPAR guidelines recommend a tiered approach to assess the sediments, if sufficient information is not already available from existing sources. A marine licence to dispose of dredged materials to sea requires the sediments to be characterised to allow the potential adverse environmental effects of disposing of the material to be considered. MMO licenses disposing of dredged materials at sea and uses guidelines produced by OSPAR to regulate this activity. ![]() The UK is signed up to the London Protocol and OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, both of which address preventing marine pollution from disposal at sea.
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