asked Her Majesty's Government:
Who are the members of the consortium to manage an environmental assessment of the proposed Severn barrage. [HL3792]
The members and roles of the consortium to manage the strategic environmental assessment of proposals for tidal power development in the Severn estuary are listed below:
Organisation Key Roles Parsons Brinckerhoff Overall study management, project manager for options comparison, and technical delivery of engineering and terrestrial ecology/landscape. Black and Veatch Deputy study manager, project manager for SEA studies and technical delivery of energy capture and SEA. ABPmer Member of study senior management team, technical delivery of appropriate assessment and marine studies including geomorphology and hydraulics. The Environment Council Member of study senior management team and responsible for stakeholder engagement and public consultation activities. Hartley Anderson Co-ordination with BERR Offshore Energy SEA team and peer review. George Corderoy Construction costs HR Wallingford Geomorphology and hydraulics APEM Ltd Fish British Trust for Ornithology Birds Wessex Archaeology Archaeology Risk and Policy Analysts Decision-making framework Osborne Clark Legal assurance of SEA process SQW Consulting Socio-economic inputs EMU Ltd Call-off services METOC Ltd Call-off services Environ UK Ltd Call-off services
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the likely cost of the two-year environmental assessment of the proposed Severn barrage. [HL3793]
The total cost of the contract to manage the two-year strategic environmental assessment of proposals for tidal power development in the Severn estuary is £3.634 million, though there may be some additional costs if the scoping phase identifies a need for further work, such as extra environmental research studies and field surveys.