Environment Agency

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991, SCHEDULE 10 (AS AMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CONSENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 88

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Schedule 10 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Environment Act 1995) that an application has been made to the Environment Agency by Yorkshire Water Services Ltd, Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford BD6 2LZ, for consent to discharge sewage effluent under emergency conditions from Balaclava Sewage Pumping Station, Norton, North Yorkshire, into the Priorpot Beck at National Grid Ref SE 7986 7187. The application is in respect of an existing sewage pumping station which has recently been upgraded and which is fitted with an alarm, standby pump, (for use in times of mains electricity supply failure) and which will provide 1 hour’s storage at dry weather flow; in order to minimise the frequency of any emergency discharge. Any person who wishes to make representations or objections with respect to the application should do so in writing to the Environment Agency, Coverdale House, Aviator Court, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4GZ, for the attention of Peter Baker, quoting Ref No 27/27/0107, not later than 16 April 2003. A copy of the application may be inspected, free of charge, at the local Environment Agency Office at Phoenix House, Global Avenue, Leeds LS11 8PG, on weekdays between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm up to 16 April 2003.