- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the issue of the BP Forties pipeline system was not raised during consideration of the Forth Crossing Act 2011.
Answer
The Forth Replacement Crossing Team has been in lengthy and detailed engagement with BP and the worldwide insurance market seeking the best possible solution for the public interest. The meeting with the Finance Committee on 22 February 2011 was the first opportunity to speak meaningfully with the Parliament on the issue.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the actual cost to BP will be if the Forties pipeline system is damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the £100 million contingency liability cap to BP in relation to any damage caused to the Forties pipeline system during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing has been calculated and for what reason this was not included in the environmental statement for the Forth Crossing Act 2011.
Answer
The cap was set following negotiation with BP. The Environmental Statement does include the cost of mitigation measures.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are insurance policies or contingency liabilities in place for local residents and businesses for any damage incurred to them in the event of the BP Forties pipeline system being damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
The Project Insurance Programme includes provision for third party damage. There are no Third Party Contingent Liabilities.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has acknowledged receipt of every objection letter that its Energy Consents Unit has received in relation to Forth Energy’s proposals for a biomass power station at Dundee.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken an assessment of the geographical area likely to be affected by any damage to the BP Forties pipeline system during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it will take to shut down the BP Forties pipeline system manually if it is damaged during construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40177 on 14 March 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans have been put in place to carry out routine or other maintenance to the BP Forties pipeline system where the Southern Approach Road crosses it; who will bear the cost, and whether a risk assessment has been carried out.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of fire risk is posed by construction work on the Forth Replacement Crossing being carried out close to the BP Forties pipeline system.
Answer
The fire risk to the Forties Pipeline has been assessed as minimal in relation to the Forth Replacement Crossing works.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in relation to the BP Forties pipeline system, Transport Scotland investigated whether it would be safer to move the Southern Approach Road to link directly from the new Forth Bridge on the west side of Dundas Castle to the M9 at Winchburgh and, if so, for what reason the report of that investigation was not made available as part of the environmental statement for the Forth Crossing Act 2011.
Answer
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.
