³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

Press notices were placed in the Scotsman on 17 August 2010 and in the Dundee Courier and Edinburgh Gazette on 17 August 2010 and 24 August 2010 advising members of the public of the submission of the application. These notices advised members of the public to submit representations to [email protected], which is the enquiries email address for the Energy Consents and Deployment Unit (ECDU). The second press notices for this development were placed in The Scotsman on 9 November 2010 and in The Courier and Edinburgh Gazette on 9 November 2010 and 16 November 2010. These notices advised members of the public to submit representations to the dedicated Dundee Biomass email address [email protected], which had been implemented to deal with the level of representations being received. The biomass section of the ECDU website quoted the dedicated email address as the point of contact during the consultation. The ECDU enquiries email address is quoted elsewhere on the website as general point of contact, hence no amendment or correction was required.

All representations received to either email addresses have been collated and logged.

There is no requirement under legislation to acknowledge, either in writing or electronically, representations received.

Due to the excessive cost, both in postage and in staff time, it is no longer the policy of the Energy Consents and Deployment Unit (ECDU) to respond in writing to representations received. Should the representation have been submitted by email, to the email address stated in the press notices, [email protected], the author will receive an automatic acknowledgement. All representations received are collated and logged and form part of the final determination process for the application.

Financial information relating to those costs is commercially confidential and cannot be released. In any event, the actual costs cannot be determined in the abstract and will depend on the particular facts and circumstances.

During 2008, Transport Scotland considered a number of alternative options for the southern connecting roads. An assessment of the options and the reasoning for their rejection is provided in the DMRB Stage 2 Corridor Report. The location of the BP pipeline was considered in this assessment. This is outwith the remit of the Environmental Statement.

The sum is typical of these types of arrangements in the Oil and Gas industry and was arrived at following negotiation with BP. The number represents the maximum potential liability under the Agreement and BP will bear any losses which exceed that amount.

Transport Scotland will continue to operate in the event of any damage to the pipeline.

The works undertaken during the Forth Replacement Crossing works will ensure further routine and other maintenance on the pipeline does not disrupt the Southern Approach Roads. Any future work on the pipeline after completion of the road will be carried out within BP''s risk assessments and at BP''s cost.

Financial information relating to those costs is commercially confidential and cannot be released.

While the volume has been calculated for designing suitable mitigation measures it would be inappropriate to release this information.

The Project Insurance Programme includes provision for third party damage. There are no Third Party Contingent Liabilities.