Shell public notice re Corrib

Shell publishes public notice of application for a foreshore licence

Shell has published a public notice as part of its application for a Foreshore Licence in respect of the revised Corrib Gas pipeline route in the Examiner 18th August 2009, p.33. Public submissions are allowable for a period of 2 months from this date.

The notice informs members of the public that Shell seeks permission to occupy the foreshore area (a) from the 12 mile limit through Broadhaven Bay to landfall at Glengad and (b) Sruwaddacon Bay east of Glengad. According to the 1933 Foreshore Act, the word "foreshore" means the bed and shore, below the line of high water of ordinary or medium tides, of the sea and of every tidal river and tidal estuary and of every channel, creek and bay of the sea or of any such river or estuary.

For those interested, the application can be viewed online at http://www.corribgaspipeline.com/index.php?page=foresho...ation and I would hope that this does not go unnoticed and unchallenged, especially in view of the fact that An Bord Pleanala has yet to make its decision on the recent oral hearing.