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+===== Dredging Operation EIR Requests =====
 ===== Background ======
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 In 2008 Defra developed the maintenance dredging protocol (MDP) approach ([[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110318125620/http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/protect/bird-habitat/mdpe.htm|EU birds: Maintenance Dredging Protocol for England]]).  Representatives of the ports and marine leisure industries have agreed to work in co-operation with Defra, the Marine & Fisheries Agency, the Department for Transport and Natural England to develop an approach which allows the effect of maintenance dredging on European sites to be assessed without placing a disproportionate burden on those who commission or approve maintenance dredging operations. The Protocol sets out the process by which this is achieved.
-The MMO continued this approach with the 'Baseline Document' produced as part of the MDP process being produced for all English ports.  The current approach is described in "[[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140108121958/http://marinemanagement.org.uk/licensing/documents/guidance/03.pdf|Marine licensing guidance 3 Dredging, disposal and aggregate dredging April 2011]]".  Little information on the maintenance dredge protocol is available as current information on the MMO website, with just 3 paragraphs onn the [[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dredging#maintenance-dredge-protocol|MMO's / Marine / Marine Licences / Guidance Dredging page]].
+The MMO continued this approach with the 'Baseline Document' produced as part of the MDP process being produced for all English ports.  The current approach is described in "[[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140108121958/http://marinemanagement.org.uk/licensing/documents/guidance/03.pdf|Marine licensing guidance 3 Dredging, disposal and aggregate dredging April 2011]]".  Little information on the maintenance dredge protocol is available as current information on the MMO website, with just 3 paragraphs on the [[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dredging#maintenance-dredge-protocol|MMO's / Marine / Marine Licences / Guidance Dredging page]].
 The Baseline Documents developed first to fullfill this requirement have been revised as part of the SHA's operation, but the revisions appear to have been prompted in a large part by the need for the inclusion of the MDP in any marine disposal licences.
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 ===== Process =====
-The process is summarised below:
+The process is summarised below from 2010 [[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20100713165615/http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/protect/bird-habitat/mdpe.htm|Maintenance Dredge Protocol for England]]:
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+Defra's 2007 document [[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20121031094143mp_/http://archive.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/protect/documents/mdp-cap.pdf|Maintenance Dredging and The Habitats Regulations 1994 - A Conservation Assessment Protocol for England]], defines the consultation processes that need to be in place for maintenance dredging protocols to provide a simplified methods for Statutory Harbour Authorities to obtain maintenance dredging licences.
+In April 2026 the MMO produced, [[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69f46f16ab602a88957eefa2/20260408_Ports_Sandbox_Top_Tips_v3_Final.pdf|Marine Licencing Top Tips - Ports Regulatory Sandbox]], while this removes explicit references to agencies apart from Natural England, it reinforces that without endorsement by Natural England the MDP is not legitimate.
+The [[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69f46f16ab602a88957eefa2/20260408_Ports_Sandbox_Top_Tips_v3_Final.pdf|Marine Licencing Top Tips - Ports Regulatory Sandbox]] appears to create a regulation gap, as MMO have a number of statutory consultees on any licences they grant, but the MDP appears to have removed the need for consultations on maintenance dredging.  This makes no sense as dredging carried out by an SHA present identical risks to dredging carried out by any other organisation.
 ===== EIR Requests =====
-The current baseline documents do not appear to expose these steps outlined above for the actual operation of maintenance dredging, rather they focus on the disposal of dredged material.
+The current baseline documents do not appear to expose the steps outlined above for the actual operation of maintenance dredging, rather they focus on the disposal of dredged material.
 ==== Harwich Haven Authority ====
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 [[260406Harwich Haven Authority EIR Request - Maintenance Dredging]]
+==== PD Teesport ====
+[[251205PD Teesport EIR Request - Maintenance Dredging and Disposal]]
+[[260303PD Teesport EIR Request - Maintenance Dredging]]
+==== Environment Agency ====
+[[260304Environment Agency EIR Request - Tees Maintenance Dredging]]
+==== Natural England ====
+[[260308Natural England EIR Request - Tees Maintenance Dredging]]
+[[260906Natural England EIR Request - Tees Maintenance Dredging Protocol Consultation]]
+==== Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) ====
+[[260906 Cefas EIR Request - Maintenance Dredging Protocol Consultations]]