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To: Mr. John Tuckett, CEO Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

Stop using Whitsand Bay as a Dumpsite

Whitsand Bay in South East Cornwall is NOT a Dump Site.

STOP issuing licenses to allow the dumping of dredged silt - containing elevated levels of contaminants - in Whitsand Bay, S.E. Cornwall.

CLOSE the Rame Head South dumpsite, which is too close to shore and right next to a newly created Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).

Why is this important?

The environment needs our protection for the future, for generations to come. If you can't explain to a child why it is OK to continue to dump contaminated silt into a pristine sand and sea shell bedded bay, smothering wildlife including protected creatures like the Pink Sea Fan, then it is time to stop trying to justify these actions.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has been given a great responsibility - on behalf of us, the environment and future generations. Despite years of campaigning and despite being taken to the High Court resulting in no dumping taking place for the last 13 months, the MMO is about to issue new licenses again. We call upon the Marine Management Organisation to use their responsibility wisely.

Would the Rame Head South site - an inherited 100 year old ammunitions dumpsite - ever be taken into consideration as a new dumpsite if an application was put forward now to start using it for the first time in 2016? Of course not! Why? Because it would be ridiculous to do so: too close to shore, devastating sea life, right next to a Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) with many protected species, very near to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and in an area of outstanding beauty - the Rame Peninsula.

Do the right thing: STOP dumping in Whitsand Bay - CLOSE the Rame Head South dumpsite.

Whitsand Bay in South East Cornwall is NOT a Dump Site.

Recent demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_gAcoYGVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccnl5L-g1as

Licence application and option to directly object: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmnb-devonport-maintenance-dredging
Whitsand Bay, S.E. Cornwall

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Updates

2016-01-07 11:44:10 +0000

700+ signatures in a few days time; thanks a lot! However, while consultations are still ongoing for licenses to be issued imminently, it has come to light that the MMO has agreed to already start using Rame Head again as a Dumpsite by simply issuing a 'variation' on an old license!! - see below - and all this without informing the local population of course.

Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
Decision Report
Title: Dredge at CorporationWharf, Plymouth and disposal of material to Lantic Bay and Ramehead disposal site.
Applicant: VictoriaWharf Ltd
Reference No: MLA/2013/00180
Address of applicant: VictoriaWharf Ltd, Victoria Wharf, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 0RF
Date: 23 December 2015
Location: The proposed works are dredging at CorporationWharf, Plymouth and disposal of material at Lantic Bay and Ramehead disposal sites.

For more info go to: https://marinelicensing.marinemanagement.org.uk/mmofox5/fox/live/MMO_PUBLIC_REGISTER/search?area=2
Then look for : MLA/2013/00180/4

2016-01-05 11:46:50 +0000

500 signatures reached

2016-01-03 17:44:43 +0000

100 signatures reached

2016-01-02 08:46:14 +0000

50 signatures reached

2016-01-01 20:11:29 +0000

25 signatures reached

2016-01-01 15:07:02 +0000

10 signatures reached