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Map credit:   DECC Habitats Regulations Assessments of 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licencing Round
(Maps are in the Appendix E link at the bottom of the DECC page)

SK59b is part of PEDL305

Licence Operator   IGas
Partner        Total E&P Uk Ltd,  Island Gas Ltd, Egdon Resources UK Ltd

Other blocks in PEDL SK49
Licence type Shale
Commitments 1 well, new 3D seismic surveying
Drill Or Drop clause None

The licence in this area covers several blocks, including this one. The listed commitments are for the whole licence area, not per block.

Administrative areas covered by licence
Rotherham
Nottinghamshire
Doncaster

Parliamentary constituencies and MPs
Don Valley    Caroline Flint            Labour
Rother Valley            Kevin Barron Labour
Bassetlaw   John Mann   Labour
Doncaster Central   Rosie Winterton       Labour
Doncaster North       Ed Milliband  Labour

European areas overlapping with licence block       No records

European areas outside block which could be adversely affected
Thorne and Hatfield Moors SPA

Wildlife Trust sites overlapping with block
Potteric Carr (Yorkshire Wildlife Trust)
Carr Lodge (Yorkshire Wildlife Trust)

Sensitivity concerns     Birds, Vibration effects from nearby drilling
Conditions
No conditions proposed.

Advice
In some instances, bird species that are associated with SPAs and some Ramsar sites may rely on non-designated habitats beyond the European site boundaries, and so could be vulnerable to activities occurring outside the designated site itself. Land within 10kmof an SPA, or a Ramsar site designated for its bird populations, is therefore considered to be of a potentially sensitive nature (due to its proximity to the European site) such that mitigation and/or alternative siting may be required by authorities further considering HRA issues for specific project-level operations. The European sites potentially vulnerable in or near this block are Thorne and Hatfield Moors SPA.- Some of European site interest features (e.g. birds species; fish; marine mammals) are potentially sensitive to noise or vibration effects associated with Stage A activities (as well as Stage B, C and D activities). Land within approximately 1km of a European site supporting noise or vibration sensitive features is considered to be of a potentially sensitive nature (due to its proximity to the European site) such that mitigation and/or alternative siting may be required by authorities further considering HRA issues for specific project-level operations. The European sites with features potentially vulnerable to this in or near this block are Thorne and Hatfield Moors SPA.

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