Details of dredge material disposal operations within the Firth of Forth thathave been licensed over the past three years are given in the following table: Starting Date of Licence Licensee/ Applicant (if Different) Place of Production Licensed -Actual Tonnage Nature of Dredge Spoil Disposal Site Name 01-08-2003 Buchanan Laird Ltd/ Forth Ports Granton Harbour 311,383- 91585 Capital dredgings Oxcars 10-10-2003 Forth Ports Grangemouth 1,150,000- 850,309 Maintenance dredgings Bo’ness 01-02-2004 Forth Ports Leith 531,750- 47,576 Maintenance dredgings Narrow Deep 17-05-2004 Forth Ports Rosyth 130,000- 114,297 Maintenance dredgings Oxcars 17-08-2004 Fife Council Anstruther 42,638- 29,434 Maintenance dredgings Anstruther 10-10-2004 Forth Ports Grangemouth 1,150,000- 1,139,967 Maintenance dredgings Bo’ness 01-05-2005 Forth Ports Leith 425,400- Nil Maintenance dredgings Narrow Deep 10-10-2005 Forth Ports plc Grangemouth 1,150,000- 250,510 Maintenance dredgings Bo’ness 01-05-2005 Buchanan Laird Ltd/ Forth Ports Granton 100,000- 86,638 Capital dredgings Oxcars 17-05-2005 Forth Ports Rosyth 260,000- 32,988 Maintenance dredgings Oxcars 28-02-2006 Briggs Marine/ RNAD Crombie Crombie 3,700- current licence Maintenance dredgings Blae Rock 01-04-2006 Royal Forth Yacht Club Granton 9,999- current licence Maintenance dredgings Oxcars In addition, following extensiveconsultation with interested stakeholders, the Crown Estate granted WestminsterGravels Ltd a 10 year Aggregate Production Licence commencing in January 2001 forthe extraction of up to 6,000,000 cubic metres of aggregates from within the “MiddleBank” area of the Firth of Forth.