Environment Agency—North East Region

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991 (AS AMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CONSENT UNDER SCHEDULE 10

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Schedule 10 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Environment Act 1995), that the following application (Ref 225/1047) has been made to the Environment Agency, North East Region.
Northumbrian Water Limited has applied for a consent to discharge at Cleasewell Hill Sewage Pumping Station, Sheepwash, Northumberland.
The nature of the discharge is screened sewage in an emergency from a refurbished sewage pumping station. The discharge from the pumping station will only occur in the event of total electrical or mechanical failure when the storage capacity is exceeded. Standby pumping equipment and a telemetry warning system will be provided at the station.
The effluent will discharge into the River Wansbeck (saline estuary) at National Grid Ref NZ 2565 8581 through the existing outfall.
A copy of the application may be inspected, free of charge, at all reasonable hours at the Agency’s Northumbria Area Office, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Anyone who wishes to make representation about this application should do so in writing to the Environment Planning Manager, Environment Agency, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AR, quoting Ref 225/1047, not later than 26 September 2002.