1. CEDA DREDGING DAYS 2008 ANTWERP
DEBATE ON DECISION-TAKING PROCESSES IN DREDGING and RECLAMATION PROJECTS
THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AUTHORITY By
Pascal Grégoire
Port Autonome de Dunkerque

2. Aquatic Disposal at Sea
Maintenance Dredging and Management of Dredged materials (0,5 Mm3 to 1Mm3/year) ?
Upland Controlled Disposal
Sustainable development
Intervening Parties:
Port Authority PAD
French Central Government
Departemental Authority
Local communities via Public Debate
“Police” about the “Water Act”
Treatment: Dehydratation & Reuse

3. Upland Disposal Site B
PAD, 2008

4. PLANNING IS SLOWED DOWN AND FOLLOWS A LENGTHY PROCESS, BECAUSE:
MANDATORY EIA WHICH IS A PROCESS OF YEARS
CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF NORMS & STANDARDS WRT SEDIMENT-QUALITY
LARGE NUMBER OF INTERVENANTS WITH UNPREDICTABLE REACTIONS
COMPLEX ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT DOSSIER
ITERATIVE PROCESS
URGENCY OF NAUTICAL ACCESSIBILITY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH SLOW DECISION-TAKING PROCESS >> PAD SEEKS FOR PALLIATIVE MEASURES (e.g. Bed-levelling, nautical restrictions,…)

5. SUSPICION IS GENERATED BY UNKNOWNS AND DISBELIEF IN SCIENTIST’s and ENGINEER’s COMPETENCES
SHORTAGE IN HIGH-LEVEL EXPERTISE
DECISION-TAKING IS NOT CONCERNED BY URGENCY
LIABILITY OF DECISION-TAKERS IS SLOWING DOWN PROCESS