Environment Agency

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991 (AS AMENDED BY THE WATER ACT 2003)

THE WATER RESOURCES (ABSTRACTION AND IMPOUNDING) REGULATIONS 2006

IMPORTANT NOTICE, NOTICES OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES TO ABSTRACT OR IMPOUND WATER, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (ALL REGIONS)

As a result in changes in legislation, all future notices of applications for licences to abstract or impound water required under section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended) will now be published on the Environment Agency’s web site at: www.environment-agency. gov.uk (see—Subjects > Water Resources > Abstraction Licensing > Abstraction Licence App’s > Notices). Details of notices published on the Environnent Agency’s web site can be viewed, free of charge, for 28 days following the date of publication. Summary details of any application can also be found on the Public Register held by the Environment Agency at its local Area Offices and may be inspected, free of charge, during normal office hours. Notice of any applications for Drought Orders or drought permits will continue to be published in The London Gazette . If you require further information about this change, please contact our National Customer Contact Centre by email at alr@environment-agency.gov.uk, or telephone 08708 506 506. A Dacey, Water Resources Change Programme Manager, on behalf of the Environment Agency. 2 June 2006.