Welsh Office

SECTION 194(5) OF THE WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991 ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

An application having been received from the Environment Agency for the variation of the main river map of their area the Secretary of State for Wales, in pursuance of the powers conferred by section 194(5) of the Water Resources Act 1991, hereby gives notice of his intention to vary the said main river map in accordance with the proposals described below. The effect of the proposals will be to confer on the Environment Agency alone the power to exercise certain land drainage and flood prevention functions (including maintenance) in relation to the added watercourses and to release the Agency from such functions in relation to the deleted watercourse. Additions 1. Finchett’s Gutter, Abbot’s Mead, Bache and Upton-by-Chester Parishes, Chester Borough, Cheshire. Deletions 2. Finchett’s Gutter, Abbot’s Mead, Bache and Upton-by-Chester Parishes, Chester Borough, Cheshire. Plans bearing the reference DCA 24 on which the proposals are more precisely defined by lines in green colour (additions) and purple colour (deletions) have been deposited for public inspection at the offices of Chester City Council, The Forum, Chester CH1 2HS, at the offices of the Environment Agency, Llwyn Brain, Ffordd Penlan, Bangor, at the offices of the Environment Agency, Rivers House, St. Mellons Business Park, Cardiff, and at the Welsh Office, Environment Division, Cathays Park, Cardiff, during normal office hours within the period of 31 days from the date of publication of this notice. A copy of the existing main river map may also be inspected at the last 2 places of deposit. Any objections to the proposed variations should be made in writing and sent to the Secretary of State, Welsh Office, Environment Division, Cathays Park, Cardiff, within the period mentioned above, quoting Ref. PAE 37-03-017). R. D. Macey, Head of Environment Division 4th February 1999.