Petroleum Operations Notice 15 (PON 15) in Word
formatPON 15 - requests for direction
PON 15a - alerting the Department to the arrival of an environmental statement
PON 15b - seeking a direction for a proposed well
PON 15c - seeking a direction for a proposed pipeline
PON 15d - seeking a direction for a proposed development
PON 16 - application for a consent
Use of the PON 16 Example application for consent
Guidance notes on the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipelines Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
Please see the revisions first.
Contents
Schedule 1 Introduction The directives
Scope of the regulations Guidance notes
Schedule 2 Summary of the environmental statement process
Directions for pipelines, wells and field developments Further points in relation to wells Directions for extended well tests Directions for incremental projects Petroleum Operations Notice 15 (PON 15)
Requests for direction Composite projects Other projects Decommissioning Floating installations Exempt projects
Schedule 4 The Environmental statement
Scope and purpose of the environmental statement Advice on good practice Administrative procedure
Schedule 5 Consultation
Informal consultation
Consultation with the environmental authorities Public consultation
Schedule 6 The Secretary of State's decision
Schedule 7 Enforcement
Application to the courts by aggrieved parties Court orders Criminal offences
Annexes
A. Flow charts: How the regulations will operate
C.
Petroleum Operations Notice 15 (PON 15) in Word
format
D. Example application for consent (PON 16)
E. Guidelines for exploration, appraisal and development wells
F. Schedule to the regulations: Contents of environmental statements
G. Environmental statement: Standard information sheet
I. Sample notice for publication
Oil and Gas Directorate
Department of Trade and Industry Edition 2 March 1999
The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
Revisions to guidance notes
Further experience of administration of the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe -lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 and discussions with operators have indicated that certain changes need to be made to the March 1999 edition of the Guidance Notes. These are set out below and should be instituted immediately.
This form is used to alert the Department of Trade and Industry to the imminent arrival of an environmental statement for a new field, exploration well etc. Completed PON 15As are sent to Graeme Cobb in 1 Victoria Street. Letters of acknowledgement sent by Barrie Comber give the project number and indicate to whom the ensuing PON 16 and four copies of the environmental statement should be sent.
As from now, the PON 15A is scrapped. This means that in future operators will need to submit the PON 16 and the four copies of the environmental statement as follows:
The letter currently sent out by the OG giving details of who the environmental authorities are following receipt of the four copies of the environmental statement will now include the project number.
The PON 15B, PON 15C and PON 15D remain unchanged - both in title and in content.
A completed PON 16 should accompany any PON 15B, PON 15C or PON 15D submitted to the Department. The PON 16 is the application for consent which by virtue of the wording of the Directive should be submitted at the same time as the submission of the "appropriate particulars" (i.e. the PON 15B, PON 15C or PON 15D). In future the Department will accept the submission of a PON 16 in these circumstances if the wording of the PON 16 is incorporated in the covering letter for the PON 15B, PON 15C or PON 15D.
Forms
The blank PONs in Annex C to the Guidance Notes contained some minor errors which have now been corrected in the new version of Annex C to be found in the Guidance Notes on the Oil and Gas Directorate website. The only significant changes are deletion of the PON 15A and to "Residual Current" in the PON 15B and the addition of "Anticipated date of commencement of works" to the PON 15C and PON 15D. (The dates given should be accurate as far as possible at the time the PON 15C or PON 15D is completed).
Guidance notes
The first paragraph on page 2 of the March 1999 Edition of the Guidance Notes is incorrect and should be ignored. Further consideration of this point (one PON 15B covering more than one well) has led to the conclusion that a PON 15B has to be submitted for each well on the grounds that the accuracy of the environmental information in the PON 15B cannot be guaranteed for the third or sixth well (or however many wells the PON 15B covers).
1. Introduction
The directives
The carrying out of an environmental impact assessment for certain types of offshore oil and gas projects is required throughout the European Union by virtue of the 1985 Council Directive on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Public and Private Projects on the Environment (85/337/EEC) as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC. The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 (SI No. 1999/360) ("the Regulations") implement the Directive for wells, field developments and pipelines in the United Kingdom Territorial Sea and on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). The 1999 Regulations repeal the 1998 Regulations except those projects already subject to the 1998 Regulations will continue to be subject to those Regulations rather than the 1999 Regulations when these latter come into force (14 March 1999).
Scope of the regulations
The purpose of the Regulations is to require the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ("the Secretary of State") to take into consideration environmental information before making decisions on whether or not to authorise various offshore projects. The Regulations require that any Licensees † who wish to undertake a project must first prepare an Environmental Statement having made an assessment of the impact that the project would have on the environment unless the Secretary of State has given a direction that such a Statement need not be prepared.
The main change introduced apart from the requirements of the amending Directive is that the Regulations now state there are two classes of projects which no longer automatically require a PON 15 seeking a direction (see below) or EIA although the Regulations retain a power to require specific projects in any of these two classes to require a PON 15 or EIA in cases where exceptions arise. These two classes of projects are:
1. renewals of production consents where production decreases, stays the same or increases by 20% or 1,500 tonnes/day or 2.5 million cubic metres/day, whichever is the smaller and
2. the installation of a new pipe (which therefore requires a works authorisation) wholly within an area having a radius of 500 metres from a well or fixed installation.
As to PON 15s seeking a direction, the Department will accept PON 15s seeking a direction covering more than one well over a twelve month period starting with the spud date of the first well. For example, if it is planned to drill three wells from the same platform, then these three wells could be covered in the same PON 15. The PON 15 seeking a direction for such wells must be comprehensive. This means that it will need to be completed on a "worst case scenario" taking into account the type of rig, the time of year, the maximum duration of the stay and the maximum amount of cuttings to be produced and chemicals to be used and discharged not just from the wells but also from any planned sidetracks however contingent they may be. What needs to be avoided is the likelihood of the environmental data relating to the last well being deficient. If such data were deficient, then further information might be required. This might require re -submission of a PON 15.
PON 15s are not required for the three consents - dumping, discharge and variation - arising out of the conditions in a pipeline works authorisation. Assuming a proposed pipe is not subject to EIA, the PON 15 seeking a direction for the pipe should cover - again on a "worst case scenario" - the environmental effect of dumping material on the seabed and discharging the contents of a pipe.
For other projects covered by the Regulations, EIA may not be required in all cases. In some cases (e.g. developments which will produce more than 500 tonnes of oil a day) EIA will remain mandatory but for others directions can be sought.
Where an Environmental Statement is prepared it will include details of any measures which the Licensees intend to take to mitigate that impact. The Environmental Statement has to be subject to a period of public consultation during which time any person or body with an interest in the proposed development may make their views known to the Secretary of State. The Regulations also require that copies of the Environmental Statement be made available to certain Environmental Authorities and to the public at large.
In making his decision whether or not to give consent to the proposed project, the Secretary of State will take into account the Environmental Statement itself as well as any representations received. (All representations will have been copied to the Licensees for their consideration and comment.)
If the Secretary of State considers that the project would cause a significant impact on the environment, consent might be refused, conditions to mitigate or remedy any adverse effects might be imposed in the consent or consent may be granted without conditions after all aspects of the project have been considered.
The Regulations include a procedure whereby a direction can be sought from the Secretary of State that an Environmental Statement need not be prepared (referred to in these Guidance Notes as a "direction"). Licensees undertaking offshore projects in limited categories (e.g. the drilling or side -tracking of wells, construction of small pipelines and modifications to existing developments) may not be required to prepare an Environmental Statement. A direction may be given in certain cases where, after considering information about the project and its effects on the environment, the Secretary of State is satisfied that such effects are not likely to be significant or in cases where further consents are being sought in relation to a project which
† "Licensee" in the context of these Guidance Notes means any person who carries out or may reasonably be taken to propose the carrying out of a relevant project (a well, pipeline or development), referred to in the Regulations as "an undertaker". The term "Licensee" therefore includes any person who proposes to carry out a stand-alone pipeline development.
Guidance notes
These Guidance Notes are intended to assist Licensees, the environmental authorities and the public in understanding the process introduced by the Regulations and the requirements of the Environmental Statement and to provide some detailed explanation of the Regulations. To aid this understanding, flowcharts illustrating the main elements of the process are attached at Annex A and the Explanatory Note of the Regulations is reproduced at Annex B.
It should be remembered that the explanation of the requirements of the Regulations in these Guidance Notes is not comprehensive and readers must consult the Regulations themselves for a full statement of the detailed requirements that may be relevant to them. These Guidance Notes suggest that certain actions or steps may take place in advance of the timing strictly required by the Regulations in order to assist the overall process.
2. Summary of the environmental statement process
A formal application for a consent in respect of a well, field development or pipeline project must be accompanied by an Environmental Statement unless a direction has been granted or the operation falls within the categories mentioned in paragraph 1 above. For some projects an application may be made for a direction from the requirement for an Environmental Statement if the Secretary of State determines that the project is not likely to have a significant effect on the environment. Where an Environmental Statement has been prepared for a project and that Statement has been the subject of the consultation process under the Regulations, the Secretary of State may on the application of the Licensee grant a direction in respect of further applications for consents in respect of anything covered by that Statement (for example, the Statement might have indicated that a certain number of wells would be drilled as a part of a development and the Secretary of State could grant a direction in respect of applications for consent to those wells). The Environmental Statement will be the subject of formal consultation with relevant environmental authorities (the names of which will be notified to the Licensee by the Secretary of State) and must also be advertised and made available to the public. At least four weeks must be allowed for comments on the Statement to be made to the Secretary of State. Licensees or their agents preparing an Environmental Statement may seek the advice of the environmental authorities and relevant interest groups during its drafting. Operators can ask the competent authority (i.e. the Department) for a formal opinion on the scope of the information to be provided in the Environmental Statement.
The Secretary of State will consider the Environmental Statement and any comments received from the environmental authorities or the public before reaching a decision on whether or not to grant consent for a project.
The decision will be published, as will the reasons for the decision and any environmental conditions attached to any consent.
A person aggrieved by the issue of a consent may apply to the Courts for the decision to be quashed within six weeks of the decision being published on the grounds that the requirements of the Regulations were not met.
3. Requirement for an environmental statement
Application for consent (PON 16)
Where the Regulations require the submission of an Environmental Statement in respect of a project, the Licensees who wish to undertake that project (well, field development or pipeline) must first make an assessment of the impact it would have and provide to the Secretary of State a formal Environmental Statement containing a description of the project, their conclusions and any measures they would take to mitigate or remedy significant adverse effects.
A number of projects in limited categories (very small developments, the drilling of wells, extended well tests, modifications to existing developments and small to medium -sized pipelines) may not need an Environmental Statement to be prepared if a preliminary assessment demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that the project is unlikely to cause a significant adverse environmental impact. The direction process for such projects is described below.
For all project consents covered by the Regulations, whether an Environmental Statement is required or not , a new formal document - the Application for Consent (Petroleum Operations Notice 16)-is required for those types of consent covered by the Regulations. (This has to be done because the Directive requires there to be an application for consent each time. For example, a PON 15 seeking direction from EIA for the drilling of a well would be ready for submission before the PON 4, so the PON 15 has to be accompanied by the Application for Consent (i.e. the PON 16 not the PON 4).) This Application must be accompanied by the Environmental Statement where one is required and is a formal request for any consent required under a licence which is subject to the Regulations. The Application for Consent will state which consent is being applied for and describe the project in respect of which that consent is sought. Such a description may be by reference to the description of the project in any Environmental Statement accompanying the Application for Consent (i.e. the Application for Consent may briefly identify the project and contain a statement that it is more fully described in the accompanying Environmental Statement). An example of an Application for Consent is provided at Annex D.
The Application for Consent (i.e. the PON 16) and Environmental Statement may be submitted some weeks or even months prior to the final draft of the development programme, well consent application (PON 4) or Pipeline Works Authorisation application provided that it gives an appropriate description of the project and its effects on the environment. This will enable these, which will remain background documents, † to be progressed and to incorporate the impact of any changes to the project resulting from the consultation on and scrutiny of the Statement.
If the Secretary of State has directed that the Environmental Statement may be dispensed with for a particular project, the Application for Consent must still be made but must then be accompanied by a copy of the direction.
† The development programme (commonly known as the "Annex B") will continue in its present form as described in the Guidance Notes on Procedures for Regulating Oil and Gas Field Developments (December 1993) and will include subsurface data and other commercial and detailed engineering data. Where subsurface information, such as fluid composition or pressure, is relevant to the environmental assessment it should be included in the Statement.
Application for a direction
Regulation 6(1) provides a mechanism for dispensing with the Environmental Statement for wells, field developments and pipelines where the initial assessment indicates an absence of significant environmental impacts. For new field developments, however, thresholds have been set which limit the application of Regulation 6(1). Any development that is expected to produce more than 500 tonnes of oil per day (some 3,750 bbls/d) or 500,000 cubic metres per day of gas (some 17.5 million scf/d) cannot be given a direction and it is anticipated that the majority of the future developments on the UKCS will fall into this category. Where there is doubt as to the production rates they will need to be discussed with the Department.
Directions for pipelines, wells and field developments
The threshold for a mandatory Environmental Statement for pipelines has been set at a length greater than 40 kilometres with an overall diameter of more than 800 millimetres. For the majority of new "stand alone" lines an Environmental Statement is therefore unlikely to be mandatory, though "in - field" lines which form part of a development project must be covered in the Environmental Statement for the whole development. There are no thresholds for the drilling of exploration, appraisal, development or side -tracked wells: the need for an Environmental Statement for any of these will be decided on a case -by- case basis. Wells which have been covered in the Environmental Statement for a development will not normally require a further Statement but they will require a direction as will new wells in a development which was consented to prior to the Regulations coming into force or wells in addition to those covered in the Environmental Statement for a new development. Workover operations which involve no new drilling and do not involve the erection of any structure in connection with a development and drilling for site surveys are not covered by the Regulations and require neither a direction nor an Environmental Statement. The application for a direction for any well should include an assessment of any side-track operation or other activity that may require the issue of a further consent.
Further points in relation to wells
Since the 1998 Regulations came into force on 30 April 1998, the submission of PON 15s in relation to wells has raised a number of points:
1. the Department's numbering system for wells should be used in all cases.
2. a further grant of well consent is not required (and therefore no PON 15 is required) for the drilling of a sidetrack where the drilling, after the side - track has been completed, is drilling which already has a consent. If, however, the sidetrack is the start of new drilling (i.e. drilling which does not already have a consent) then a further PON 4 and thus PON 15 are required for the sidetrack and the subsequent drilling.
3. all PON 15s must state as clearly as possible the spud date for the well.
4. the description of muds and chemicals to be used and their disposal must be covered as accurately as possible at the time of completion of the PON 15 as this will reduce the possibility of the Department seeking resubmission of PON 15s. If it is proposed to change any muds or chemicals after a direction has been issued, then the Department must be notified. This can be in the form of a letter if the proposed changes are not significant in environmental terms. Otherwise, it is likely that a revised PON 15 will be required, with the possibility of a further direction having to be issued. (Although not a requirement, the Department would be pleased to receive copies of audits of chemical use once drilling has been completed, where these are carried out.) Similarly, if there is a change of drilling rig, then the Department should be notified with an indication of whether any of the environmental impacts have changed. If they have, these should be described. It will not be sufficient to say solely that the drilling rig has changed.
5. PON 15s do not need to cover any nondrilling aspects.
6. answers to requests for further information or clarification arising from a submitted PON 15 can be dealt with by way of a letter if the points raised are of a minor nature. If they are substantial, then a re -submitted PON 15 is essential. This will ultimately be of benefit to the applicant as the PON 15 can be processed that much quicker. If there is little time for a re-submitted PON 15 to be dealt with, then it would be of considerable assistance if it were faxed to the Department in Victoria Street and Atholl House, JNCC and MAFF/FRS (this last as appropriate).
7. it should also be remembered that the application for a consent to drill exploration, appraisal and development wells (the PON 4) is always required either during or after the PON 15 or PON 16 process and should be sent to Branch 2 of Oil and Gas Directorate in the normal way.
Directions for extended well tests
Where a project is likely to exceed the production thresholds indicated above but the primary purpose is for the testing of a potential new development (so-called "extended well tests"), the Secretary of State will consider whether a direction from the need to prepare an Environmental Statement should be granted. It is expected that extended well tests involving substantial production with or without the evacuation of hydrocarbons will normally be subject to the full Environmental Statement process. This will be particularly true where the extended well test is to be carried out in a sensitive location such as the Moray Firth or the Atlantic Frontier.
Directions for incremental projects
Regulation 6(6) allows a direction to be made dispensing with the need for an environmental statement in respect of any application for consent or to vary the terms or conditions of an existing project consent. Such variations would include, for example, improvements to facilities, adding a single compressor, etc. A direction that a Statement need not be prepared may be sought in appropriate cases, although if the subject matter of the consent is a tieback from a separate field this will be a new project which, if it exceeds the relevant limits, will require a mandatory Environmental Statement.
If a Licensee's preliminary environmental investigation of a project in the categories for which a Statement is not mandatory shows that the project is unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment and the Secretary of State is satisfied (having consulted the relevant environmental authorities where appropriate) that the investigation is valid, a direction may be given. An application for consent in reliance on such a direction must be made within a period stipulated in the direction which, if not so stipulated, is two years. In the case of consents to vary projects which have already been authorised, the significance of the incremental project on the overall and cumulative environmental impact will be considered in deciding whether or not to grant a direction. The Secretary of State may grant a direction subject to conditions which require modification to the project.
Each case for a direction will be considered in the light of its circumstances. To aid the Licensees' assessment of the environmental impact of exploration and appraisal wells, the Department, together with the statutory environmental authorities, has produced guidelines on the criteria which need to be assessed (Annex E). These guidelines also apply to template and satellite development wells.
For all projects where a direction is sought, the submission of a second new Petroleum Operations Notice, PON 15, is required, with the covering letter confirming that direction is being sought. The PON 15 must contain sufficient information about the proposed project ("appropriate particulars" as described in Regulation 3 is the legal minimum), its expected location and an environmental assessment to provide a basis for a determination to be made.
The PON 15 is divided into four separate parts:
The PON 15d is unlikely to be used for a new development, since a new development would normally exceed the criteria whereby EIA is mandatory. Blank versions of these forms are shown at Annex C.
The essence of the PON 15 is a summary of the environmental impact of the proposed project making the case for a direction. The summary should, as far as possible, be a stand - alone document. The factual data presented is to support this case and is not a substitute for it.
The Licensees may choose to submit their PON 15 at the same time as their Application for Consent if they consider the likelihood of a significant environmental impact arising as very low. However, should the Secretary of State decide that an Environmental Statement is required then the project will face delay as the Environmental Statement is prepared and consultations take place. The Environmental Statement may result in a grant or refusal of consent or of a consent subject to conditions which require modification to the project.
The Department will always aim to give decisions on PON 15s seeking a direction within 28 days of their receipt.
All PON 15s-whether alerting the department to an Environmental Statement or seeking direction -must be sent to:
Environmental Management Team
Oil and Gas Directorate
Department of Trade and Industry
4th Floor Atholl House
86 -88 Guild Street
Aberdeen AB11 6AR
Fax: 01224 254019
E -mail: EnvironmentalManagementTeam@dti.gsi.gov.uk
Electronic transmission of PON 15s is not essential but it will expedite handling. A blank PON 15 in electronic format is available from the Department at the above address and on the Department's Web site at http://www.og.dti.gov.uk/regulation/pons/pon_15.doc. Receipt of PON 15s will be acknowledged.
General enquiries about PON 15s should be addressed to:
Elaine McLaughlin
EIA Co-ordinator
Tel: 01224 254102
E -mail: Elaine.McLaughlin@dti.gsi.gov.uk
Enquiries about the progress of PON 15s seeking direction should be addressed to:
Megan Douglas
EIA Administrator
Oil and Gas Directorate
Department of Trade and Industry
4th Floor Atholl House
86 -88 Guild Street
Aberdeen AB11 6AR
Tel: 01224 254014
Fax: 01224 254019
E -mail to: Megan.Douglas@dti.gsi.gov.uk
Composite projects
Many large projects will be composed of a number of elements for which consent might be sought at different times. Examples might be a phased development of an extensive oil field or a combined field development and trunk pipeline.
Where there is sufficient definition of the full project to identify its likely environmental impacts and determine their significance, a comprehensive Environmental Statement may be prepared at the outset and a direction for up to two years may be sought from the requirement to prepare further Statements once any consent initially sought has been granted, but in such cases subsequent consents sought must be covered by the Statement. If such a direction were granted, any subsequent Application for Consent in respect of other elements of the project would not have to be accompanied by an Environmental Statement. The Secretary of State would take account of the initial Environmental Statement and any representations originally made by the Environmental Authorities or the public without the need for further consultation. Where a direction has been granted on the grounds that an environmental assessment of the project has already been carried out, any Application for Consent should be accompanied by a copy of the direction and an indication of how the consent sought is covered by the Statement originally submitted.
Where the entire project is not defined well enough at the outset to enable a reliable assessment of its environmental impact to be made, separate Environmental Statements may have to be prepared to accompany each Application for Consent. Alternatively, it may in some circumstances be possible for an application for a direction to be made on the grounds that the project is not likely to have a significant effect on the environment. The Department will not be able to provide any advance assurances as to the outcome of such phased applications.
Other projects
While it is not mandatory, it is suggested as good practice that a PON 15 be submitted for all projects even if a direction from the requirement for an Environmental Statement is not sought or not permitted. The submission of a PON 15 in these cases will enable the Department to gain early notice of anticipated work, to inform Licensees of the environmental authorities to be consulted and to identify where there may be environmental interaction between two or more prospective projects.
Decommissioning
Decommissioning is subject to control under the Petroleum Act 1998 but is not subject to the Regulations so an Environmental Statement does not need to be submitted for this activity. However, the Regulations require Environmental Statements to cover indirect and secondary, short-, medium - and long-term, and permanent and temporary effects. An Environmental Statement for a proposed new development should, therefore, cover any likely significant impacts at decommissioning to the extent that it is possible to identify these at the time of writing the Environmental Statement for the development.
Applications for the decommissioning of wells and removal of well heads are not subject to the Regulations but, again, any PON 15 seeking a direction or Environmental Statement in respect of their drilling should include the impacts during, and any remaining after, decommissioning.
Exempt projects
Regulation 13 confers powers on the Secretary of State to exempt the whole or part of a relevant project from the requirements of the Regulations. It is not intended that he will exercise this power other than in exceptional circumstances, such as those relating to national security, and it can be exercised only if a justification is made to the Commission of the European Communities and if some other form of assessment is undertaken. Such an assessment would be designed to ensure that, when making his decision on whether or not to issue a consent, the Secretary of State was aware of all significant environmental impacts of the project. It should be noted that this process is unlikely to be used frequently, if at all, and is not an alternative to the direction process described above.
Floating installations
Attention is drawn to Regulation 4(4)(a). Specific consent under the Regulations is required to use a floating installation, since consent for them is not required under the Model Clauses. It will be sufficient to say in an Application for Consent where it is proposed to use a floating installation that application for consent for that installation is being sought under Regulation 4(4)(a).
4. The environmental statement
Scope and purpose of the environmental etatement
The required contents of Environmental Statements are specified in Schedule 2 to the Regulations, which is reproduced for convenience at Annex F. It is not the intention of these Guidance Notes to provide a detailed description of the content of a Statement but, rather, to provide some general guidance on key elements it should cover. Guidance documents issued by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions for use in the preparation of environmental statements for land -based projects † are relevant to many aspects of offshore Environmental Statements and it is recommended that they are consulted to complement the guidance below.
† Environmental Assessment: a guide to the procedures (ISBN 0 11 75225449) and Preparation of Environmental Statements for Planning Projects that Require Environmental Assessment: a good practice guide (ISBN 0 11 753207 X).
Advice on good practice
a. It is desirable that the Statement includes the standard front page (Annex G) providing, at a glance, the basic facts about the project.
b. The environmental impact of the project should be a consideration from its inception and this should be evident from the Environmental Statement. However, the Statement should not be compiled until there is sufficient project engineering detail to enable the environmental impact of the project to be assessed and potential significant impacts to be identified. Where appropriate, variations in performance of specific processes, etc. (e.g. due to differences in supplier specifications) should be covered by providing an envelope of performance within which the project will operate.
c. The description of the project should be sufficiently detailed to enable the reader to understand its essentials and the source of any discharges to the environment or other environmental impacts. Where the project is a field development, the description should encompass all its elements, such as platforms, production vessels, sub-sea structures, the means of hydrocarbon transportation and intrafield pipelines, and the envelope of fluid processing, production and emission rates. Where it is envisaged that the project may expand with time, the full extent should be considered where known.
d. The data provided to identify and assess any significant effects which the project is likely to have on the environment should be presented as interpreted (rather than raw) data † with sources referenced. Care must be taken to ensure the information is up- to-date and relevant to the geographic area of the project.
† If possible, all data should be provided in metric units accompanied, where appropriate, by non -metric units in common use. To avoid confusion, ambiguous terms such as "billion" and "billionth" should be avoided, as should abbreviations such a "m" and "mm". Where possible, scientific notation should be adopted.
e. The discussion of the likely significant effects should be accompanied by an indication of the criteria by which "likely" and "significant" are categorised. It is expected that these criteria will normally consider the significance of an impact under a number of headings including: extent and magnitude; duration; reversibility; sensitivity of the receptor; species rarity, etc.; and compatibility with standards and policy. Detailed quantification of adverse effects should be made and include, where possible, estimates of the costs resulting from them. Systems involving weighting together of the qualitative scoring or rankings of various effects are unlikely to improve the analysis where there is no general consensus as to relative values.
f. Where a project is liable to give rise to effects which of themselves are not significant but which, when compounded with existing or expected effects from other sources, will have a significant adverse effect, then these should be described.
g. The description of the likely significant effects should encompass at least the aspects listed in paragraph (c) of the Schedule to the Regulations (Annex F) to the extent that they are relevant. The environment considered should be that currently existing or expected as a result of approved projects. Not all the aspects listed will be applicable to all projects: e.g. "landscape" is more likely to be relevant to projects near to land while "architectural and archaeological heritage" is likely to apply to projects near to land or in close proximity to archaeological sites (wrecks). The description of the impact on "climate" and "air" should include consideration of the impact on global warming and the ozone layer and include the quantities of emissions over the life of the project. Emissions should be characterised into chemical species important in global warming/ozone layer depletion.
h. The opportunity should be taken to mitigate (i.e. avoid, reduce or remedy) adverse environmental effects in the design and operation of the project. The Environmental Statement should identify where and how this will be done. The performance parameters of processes and procedures adopted, such as separation of water from oil, should be described.
i. Many of the potential significant adverse effects will have been eliminated or reduced by the processes and procedures adopted and these will have been described as explained above. Consent may be refused in cases where the project does not make provision for a comprehensive externally verifiable Environmental Management System to be established for the lifetime of the project and for a mechanism for its periodic review in the light of experience and technological advances. Where such a system is intended its essentials should be described in the Environmental Statement and include provision for monitoring the actual impact of the project on the environment and for auditing of the System's effectiveness .
j. The Statement should also address the risk and potential impact of failure, accident or malfunction of the procedures and processes (including those related to the reservoir), the precautions to be taken and how these will be incorporated into the project's Environmental Management System.
k. The non -technical summary should aim to provide an informed lay reader with an accurate account of the development and its impact on the environment. It is recommended that this should precede the more technical sections of the Environmental Statement.
l. Where significant adverse environmental impacts are identified, a more detailed explanation should be given where any alternatives which might have mitigated or avoided these impacts are not being adopted.
m. It is desirable that the Environmental Statement should include a brief explanation of the techniques and methods, organisation and timetable, informal consultation, events and published guidance used in its preparation.
n. For some projects, a number of the processes may take place on facilities owned or operated by third parties. It is the responsibility of the Licensees proposing the project to ensure that their environmental assessment and Statement address the incremental impact due to the project on the environment of these host facilities and to undertake that any control, management, mitigation or review of these will be provided for and enforceable via contractual arrangements which should be outlined in the Statement . Where a development includes elements which are under the control of a number of different Licensees, an Environmental Statement covering the totality of the development is acceptable provided this clearly establishes the sources of impacts and the responsibility for their control and mitigation.
o. Any cumulative effects of the proposed development should be addressed, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Where there are gaps in data or understanding of environmental processes these should be explained and provision made to fill and act on these, usually in an Environmental Management System.
p. It is desirable that the Environmental Statement should incorporate the Licensees' stated environmental policy.
It is recognised that Licensees may employ independent specialist contractors to aid in the collation of environmental information and preparation of the Statement. As with all development activity, however, the Department regards it as highly desirable for Licensees to retain sufficient in -house expertise to be able to direct, understand and assure the quality of the work being done on their behalf and to ensure that the steps described in the Statement are compatible with the actual project as it is implemented.
Administrative procedure
The Department will respond to a PON 15 announcing EIA by giving the project number. The Environmental Statement submitted with the Application for Consent, which will need to incorporate the project number, will be regarded as the final, complete document. Where, on consideration, the Statement is considered to be incomplete or in need of verification, the Secretary of State may call for further information from the Licensees under Regulation 10. This may be required to be subject to the same publicity requirements as the original Environmental Statement. Where the Secretary of State considers that the Statement is unsatisfactory, consent will not be granted.
The Department would normally prefer that it should be sent 4 copies of the Environmental Statement and of any additional material called for under Regulation 10. The Department will aim to have completed the administration of the Environmental Statement within 28 days of the close of public consultation on it.
5. Consultation
Informal consultation
In order to ensure that the environmental assessment underlying the Environmental Statement is adequate, the Licensees are advised to consult informally with interested parties such as local authorities, conservation groups, naturalists, special interest groups, users of the sea and, where appropriate, the interested public during its preparation. The relevant environmental authorities should also be involved in this process. Where there is information held by Government or an environmental authority which would assist in the preparation of an Environmental Statement but, for some reason, this is not reasonably obtainable via the normal published sources or commercial channels, then Regulation 8 allows the Licensees to gain access to this information provided it is not confidential.
Consultation with the environmental authorities
All Environmental Statements will be required to be sent by the Licensees to the JNCC and to SOAEFD or MAFF as appropriate. If the subject of the Environmental Statement is within 40 kilometres of the coast, the Environmental Statement will be required to be sent to the Environment Agency and the relevant Sea Fisheries Committee for English or Welsh waters; the Scottish Environment Protection Agency for Scottish waters or the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and the Water Quality Unit for Northern Irish waters. (Addresses are given in Annex H.) They will also be required to be sent to relevant local authorities in each case. The Department will give the Licensees guidance as to the environmental authorities to whom they will have to send copies of their Environmental Statement as required by regulation 9(1).
Public consultation
The public are made aware of the intentions of the Licensees by public notices in newspapers. The newspapers to be used would be those local ones circulating in the vicinity of the coast nearest the development and the Guardian. It would be appropriate to check with newspapers that notices are published in the correct place. There is no requirement to publish notices in the Gazettes. Any person may make representations to the Secretary of State as described in Regulation 9. The Secretary of State is required to be satisfied that the requirements as to consultation and publicity have been substantially met.
A description of the location and brief general description of the application in the notice should be sufficient to indicate the form, purpose and location of the project and should state that it is accompanied by an Environmental Statement. Example notices - one for developments and the other for wells - are provided at Annex I.
Licensees are permitted to levy a fee not exceeding £2.00 to defray production costs of the Statement. Where such a fee is imposed, details must be included in the public notice. Licensees should remember that the copy of the Application for Consent must be available for public inspection together with the Environmental Statement for a period of at least 4 weeks after the date of the last publication of the notice referred to above. The selection of the location where the public may inspect these documents must take account of the general whereabouts of persons likely to be interested in or affected by the project. Thus, for example, it will not be acceptable to have as the place of inspection a place in Cornwall in respect of a project close to the Scottish coast. Licensees are also required to supply copies of papers in which the advertisements appeared to the Secretary of State.
PON 15s seeking a direction are not subject to the requirements of Regulation 9. However, it is intended that a list of such applications received will normally be available here together with details of the Secretary of State's decisions on such applications.
6. The Secretary of State's decision
The Regulations ensure that the Secretary of State, when taking a decision whether or not to consent to a project, is aware of any significant effects on the environment and he is required to take these into consideration in his decision as to whether or not to grant consent. For a number of projects, the environmental assessment will have shown that there are no such effects likely as the processes and procedures of the project will have been designed to prevent them. For some, however, likely significant effects may remain. Where such effects could be further mitigated or removed by the application of practicable available technology or management procedures, these will normally be required as a condition of the consent.
Any remaining cases will be considered in the light of their particular circumstances. The Secretary of State will normally form a view of the overall balance of advantage between any potential effects on the environment and any positive benefits to the interests of the nation of proceeding with the project. In reaching this view the Secretary of State will usually consider, amongst other matters, the severity, extent, understanding and duration of the significant adverse effects, the Government's overall energy and environmental objectives, and the potential economic and other advantages of the project proceeding.
A consent will not be refused without prior discussion with the Licensees. As a result of this dialogue, it may become apparent that deficiencies in the Environmental Statement can be rectified or mitigation of significant impacts can be achieved by modifications to the project and the submission of further information under Regulation 10. Wherever possible, this approach will be adopted. Where the obstacles to consent are significant, however, a more fundamental reconsideration of the project may be required and the withdrawal of the Application for Consent may be a more appropriate action.
7. Enforcement
Application to the courts by aggrieved parties
The Regulations include a provision with regard to applications to the Court by parties who are aggrieved by the Secretary of State's decision to grant a consent. The Court may quash the consent if it finds that the Secretary of State contravened Regulation 5 or if the applicant's interests were substantially prejudiced by a failure to comply with any other requirement of the Regulations. An aggrieved party must make an application within six weeks of the consent being published in the Gazettes.
Court orders
If the Secretary of State finds that a project is being carried out without consent or in breach of any conditions set, a Court Order may be sought to prevent these actions and an Order may also be sought requiring the removal of the project and the re -instatement of the site.
Criminal offences
In certain circumstances it will be an offence if a Licensee submits false material to the Secretary of State or omits material information or carries out a relevant project without the consent of the Secretary of State or in breach of the terms of a condition of the consent.
Dispensation Procedure (for projects for which an ES is not mandatory)
Dispensation Procedure (for projects for which an ES is not mandatory)
(wells, well tests, small developments, some pipelines, projects covered in an earlier Environmental Statement)
Notes:
(1) Where the undertaker wishes to submit an ES with the project Application for Consent this process is not required
(2) The undertaker may submit PON 15 at the same time of application for consent (PON 16). However, should the SoS decide that an ES is required then the project will face delay as the ES is prepared and consultations take place. This may result in refusal or modifications to the project.
Consent Procedure (for projects where an ES is mandatory or where dispensation has not been sought or has been refused
These Regulations implement Council Directive 85/337/EEC ( OJ No. L175, 5.7.1985, p.40) as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC ( OJ No. L73, 3.3.1997, p.5) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment in so far as it relates to the effects on the environment of certain offshore oil and gas projects.
Directive 85/337/EEC in its unamended form applies to the European Economic Area ("EEA") (see Article 74 of, and paragraph 1 of Annex XX to, the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Cm 2073) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993 (Cm 2183) - the Annexes to the Agreement have from time to time to time been amended by the EEA Joint Committee established under Article 92) with the result that there is only a requirement to provide a member of the EEA which is not a member of the European Union with information in respect of projects likely to have significant trans -boundary effects. Member States, however, are given rights to participate in the decision making process (regulation 12).
These Regulations revoke the Offshore Petroleum and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/968) subject to savings in respect of applications for consent which are received prior to 30 April 1998. The 1998 Regulations implemented the 1985 Directive in its unamended form and these Regulations substantially remakes the provisions of those Regulations with the amendments necessary to implement the 1997 amending Directive
Provision is made requiring the Secretary of State where he grants licences pursuant to the Petroleum Act 1998 to include in such licences requirements to obtain his consent to the drilling of a well, the getting of petroleum (where the amount exceeds 500 tonnes per day in the case of oil and 500,000 cubic metres per day in the case of gas) and to the erection any structure in connection with a development. Provision is also made requiring, subject to an exception in respect of the use of floating installations which commenced prior to 4th April 1998 (the date of the coming into force of the 1998 Regulations), the obtaining of the consent of the Secretary of State to the use of a floating installation in connection with a relevant project comprising a development (regulation 4).
Provision is made requiring subject to certain exceptions the Secretary of State not to grant -
(a) any consent required pursuant to the provisions of a licence granted under the 1998 Act in respect of the commencement or re - commencement of the drilling of an exploration well
(b) any consent required pursuant to the provisions of a licence granted under the 1998 Act in connection with a development in respect of the getting of petroleum or of the erection of certain structures for the getting of petroleum or conveying petroleum to land;
(c) any consent to the use in connection with a development of a floating installation required pursuant to regulation 3(4) of the Regulations;
(d) any pipe -line works authorisation required by section 14 of the Petroleum Act 1998 in respect of the construction of a pipe-line for the conveyance of petroleum where that pipeline is a separate project or is an integral part of a project comprising a development,
unless either the appropriate application was accompanied by an environmental statement in relation to the project in respect of which the consent or authorisation is sought or he has issued a direction that no such statement is required to be so submitted. (An environmental statement is a document or documents setting out the main features of the project in question and the likely environmental consequences of that project). Where the application is accompanied by an environmental statement, the Secretary of State must be satisfied before granting a consent or an authorisation that the requirements of the Regulations as to publicity and consultation have been substantially complied with and must consider the representations of the environmental authorities which are interested in the project by reason of their environmental responsibilities and the representations of the public (regulation 5).
Provision is made for the granting of directions, subject to certain exceptions, that the submission of an environmental statement with an application for a consent or an authorisation is not required for projects not likely to have significant effects on the environment or where an environmental statement has already been submitted in respect of the project and the project has already been the subject of an assessment (regulation 6).
Provision is made requiring the Secretary of State to give an opinion as to the content of an environmental statement (regulation 7)
Provision is made to assist persons proposing to carry out certain oil and gas projects to obtain information to prepare environmental statements (regulation 8). Provision is made with regard to publicity requirements for applications for consents or authorisations that are accompanied by environmental statements (regulation 9). Power is conferred on the Secretary of State to require persons proposing to carry out oil and gas projects to provide further information in relation to applications for consents or authorisations in respect of which environmental statements are submitted and for such information to be subject to publication requirements under regulation 9 (regulation 10).
Provision is made for the carrying out of environmental assessments in relation to the exercise by the Secretary of State of powers under licences granted under the 1998 Act to require proposals to be submitted to her for her approval for the carrying out of relevant projects or to require such projects to be carried out (regulation 11).
Provision is made for other member States to participate in the decision making process in relation to projects likely to have a significant effect on their environment (regulation 12).
Power is conferred on the Secretary of State in whole or in part to exempt a relevant project from the provisions of the Regulations (regulation 13). Provision is made in relation to the service of notices and other documents pursuant to the Regulations (regulation 14).
Provision is made by the Regulations for the making of applications to the court by persons challenging certain decisions of the Secretary of State. Subject to certain exceptions, provision is also made for the Secretary of State to make applications to the court to seek remedies in respect of the carrying out of oil and gas projects without a consent, authorisation or approval granted, or a requirement imposed, in accordance with these Regulations or in breach of conditions imposed to protect the environment (regulations 15, 16 and 17).
Provision is made creating offences in respect of the intentional or reckless submission of false or misleading information pursuant to the Regulations and subject to certain exceptions, the carrying out of activities without a consent, authorisation or approval granted, or requirement imposed, pursuant to the Regulations or in breach of conditions imposed to protect the environment (regulation 18).
Application for consent under the Petroleum Act 1998
OtherOilCo/AnOilCo as operator of Licence PXXX on behalf of OtherOilCo (co -Licensees) hereby applies for consent to:
(a) the well/erection of structures/pipeline;
(b) the getting of petroleum at the rates; and/or
c) the use of a floating installation, described below and/or in the accompanying Environmental Statement.
[The application for this consent is the subject of the attached direction given on [date] under Regulation 6 of the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999.]
Wells included in the Environmental Statement accompanying an Application for Consent (PON 16) for a development do not require a further Statement if a direction has been granted under regulation 6(2). Additional development wells will require a Statement unless a direction under regulation 6(1) is granted. The following criteria apply to exploration and appraisal wells, additional satellite and template wells and to side-tracking of wells already drilled. Workover and well abandonment operations which do not require new drilling are not covered by the Regulations. When seeking a direction or preparing an Environmental Statement for a well it is advisable to include an assessment for potential side - track operations.
Criteria which indicate that an environmental statement would normally be required : [All distances are relative to the surface location of the well.]
Criteria which indicate that an environmental statement may be required :
If none of the above applies then an environmental statement is unlikely to be required .
Note: This information is given only as guidance and each well will be considered on its merits. If a direction under Regulation 6 is sought then the undertaker must submit form PON 15, which is an environmental paper supported by background data, justifying why it is considered that an Environmental Statement should not be provided for the project. Such a statement should summarise any environmental sensitivities likely to be affected by the project and the planned drilling programme (e.g. timing, location and both expected and potential discharges).
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3
CONTENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS
(a) A description of the project comprising information on the site, design and size of the project and where relevant to the particular characteristics of the project or the environmental features likely to be affected and to the extent that the undertaker might reasonably be required to compile the information having regard to current knowledge and methods of assessment such a description shall include -
(i) the land and seabed use requirements during the construction and operational phases;
(ii) a description of the main characteristics of the production processes including the nature and quantity of the materials used; and
(iii) an estimate by type and quantity of the expected residues and emissions (including water, air and soil pollution, noise, vibration, light, heat and radiation) resulting from the operation of the proposed project;
(b) a description of the measures envisaged in order to avoid, reduce and, if possible remedy significant adverse effects on the environment;
(c) the data required to identify and assess the main effects which the project is likely to have on the environment and where relevant to the particular characteristics of the project or the environmental features likely to be affected and to the extent that the undertaker might reasonably be required to compile the data having regard to current knowledge and methods of assessment such data shall include -
(i) a description of specific aspects of the environment likely to be significantly affected including in particular human population, fauna, flora, soil including the seabed and its subsoil, water including the sea and any aquifers under the seabed, air, climatic factors, the landscape or the seascape, tangible property, architectural and archaeological heritage and the interaction between any of the foregoing; and
(ii) a description of the likely significant effects on the environment arising from the existence of the project, the use of natural resources, the emission of pollutants, the creation of nuisances and the elimination of waste together with details of the forecasting methods used to assess the effects on the environment;
(d) an outline of the main alternatives (if any) studied by the developer and an indication of the main reasons for his choice, taking into account the environmental effects;
(e) a non-technical summary of the information provided under the above headings; and
(f) where relevant to the particular characteristics of the project and the environmental features likely to be affected and to the extent that the undertaker might reasonably be required to compile the information having regard to current knowledge and methods of assessment, an indication of any difficulties (technical difficulties or lack of know- how) encountered by the undertaker in compiling the required information.
Project Name:
Project Reference number:†
Type of Project: [e.g. Exploration/Appraisal/Development well, Field Development, Pipeline] Undertaker name: Undertaker address: Licensees/Owners:
Short description: [e.g. "Consent for the development of Tracy field by fixed platform and pipeline"]
Dates
Anticipated commencement of works:
Date and reference number of any earlier Statement related to this project: Significant environmental impacts identified: Statement prepared by:
David Simmons
JNCC
Dunnet House
7 Thistle Place
ABERDEEN AB10 1UZ
Tel: 01224 655701
Fax: 01224
621488
Derek Moore
Marine Laboratory
SOAEFD
PO Box 101
Victoria Road
Torry
ABERDEEN AB11 9DB
Tel: 01224 876544
Fax: 01224 295524
John Harte
MAFF
Room 131
Nobel House
Smith Square
LONDON SW1P 3JR
Tel: 020 -7238
5330
Fax: 020-7238 5881
The Environment Agency
Rio House
Waterside Drive
Aztec West
Almondsbury
BRISTOL BS32 4UD
Tel: 01454 624400
Fisheries Division
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
Annex 5
Castle Buildings
Stormont
BELFAST BT4 3PW
Tel: 01232 522362 or 522365
The Water Quality Unit
EHS
Calvert House
21 Castle Place
Belfast BT1 1FY
Tel:
01232 254743
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Head Office Erskine Court
The Castle Business Park
Stirling FK9 4TR
Tel: 01786 457700
Northern Region HQ
Graesser House
Fodderty Way
Dingwall IV15 9XB
Tel:
01349 862021
West Region HQ
SEPA
West 5 Redwood Crescent
Peel Park
East Kilbride G74 5PP
Tel: 01355 574200
East Region HQ
Clearwater House
Heriot-Watt Research Park Avenue
North Riccarton
EDINBURGH EH14 4AP
Tel: 0131 - 449 7296
Sea Fisheries Committees
Paul Rickard
Cornwall SFC
County Hall
TRURO TR1 3AY
Tel: 01872 322000
Susan Johnston
Cumbria SFC
The Courts
CARLISLE CA3 8LZ
Tel: 01228 606363
N J Downes
Devon SFC
Office No. 9,
Fish Market & Jetty
The Quay
Brixham
Devon TQ5 8AW
Tel: 01803 854648/882004
S C Amos
Eastern SFC
Unit 6, North Lynn Business Village
Bergen Way
King's Lynn
Norfolk PE30 2JG
Tel: 01533 775321
Mrs Joan Taylor
Kent & Essex SFC
The Ice House
Military Road
Ramsgate
Kent CT11 9LG
Tel: 01206 303261
P R Dymond
North Western and North Wales SFC
Bailrigg
University of Lancaster
LANCASTER LA1 4XY
Tel: 01524 68745
Daryl Stephenson
North Eastern SFC
County Hall
Beverley
East Riding of Yorkshire
North
Humberside HU17 9BA
Tel: 01482 884830
Sir Derek Bardbeer
Northumberland SFC
Sun Alliance House
35 Mosley Street
NEWCASTLE UPON
TYNE NE1 1XX
Tel: 0191 261 1841
P Coates
South Wales SFC
Queens Buildings
Cambrian Place SWANSEA SA1 1TW
Tel: 01792 654466
M A Whitley
Southern SFC
64 Ashley Road
Parkstone
Poole
Dorset BH14 9BN
Tel: 01202 721373
S Holman
Sussex SFC
106 Station Road
Hailsham
East Sussex
Tel: 01323 841912
P Hygate
Isles of Scilly SFC
Town Hall
St Mary's
Isles of Scilly TR21 0LW
Tel: 01720 422537
The first of these sample notices relates to developments and the second to wells.
Offshore Petroleum and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
Tracy Field
Anoilco has applied to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for consent to [ ] in relation to the Tracy gas field located 200 miles SE of Aberdeen (at coordinates [xxx]). In accordance with the above -mentioned Regulations this application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement, copies of both of which may both be inspected between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on business days at 1 New Street, Newtown NT1 1AA until close of business on dd/mm/yy. Copies of the Statement may be obtained from [the same address] [subject to a payment of £2 by P.O. or cheque made payable to [Anoilco]].
Members of the public have until dd/mm/yyyy to make representations in relation to the application to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. These should be marked "project [#]" and addressed to [xxx] at [Aberdeen/London address].]
Notes
The Department will supply Licensees with the project number (#) to use and the name and address of the relevant official to whom representations should be sent. The Department's Aberdeen office will deal with Environmental Statements for field development and pipeline projects dealt with by that office while the London office will deal with Environmental Statements for all other such projects and for all wells.
Offshore Petroleum and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
Block [ ] - Exploration Well [ ]
[ ] has applied to the Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry for consent to drill an exploration well 90km NW of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. The well will be located within a 1 km radius of [00 00'N] and [00 00'W], and will take up to an estimated maximum of 80 days including well testing, as described in the Environmental Statement. In accordance with the above mentioned Regulations, this application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement and an application for consent to the drilling of the well (PON16), copies of which may be inspected between 10 am and 4 pm on business days at:
from [ ] until close of business on [ ]. Copies of the Environmental Statement, or Non-technical Summary and PON16 may be obtained from
[ ]. Please accompany the request with a cheque for £2.00, payable to
[ ].
[ ] Library [ ] Library [ ] Council Offices [ ] Council Offices [ ] Council Offices [ ] Council Offices
Members of the public have until 17 December 1999 to make representations regarding the applications to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Comments on the statement may be sent in writing, by post only, to:
Well Consents
Oil and Gas Directorate
Department of Trade and Industry
Room 215
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H OET
All correspondence should bear the reference "Project No:W/[ ]/1999".
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