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2009-12-23ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995TSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk1005755

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995

THE RIVER BASIN DISTRICTS TYPOLOGY, STANDARDS AND GROUNDWATER THRESHOLD VALUES (WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE) (ENGLAND AND WALES) DIRECTION 2009

RIVER BASIN DISTRICT SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER CLASSIFICATION (WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE) (ENGLAND AND WALES) DIRECTION 2009

Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State and National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of powers under section 40(2) of the Environment Act, have given Directions to the Environment Agency in relation to the criteria and methods to be used in the assessment of ecological and chemical status of surface water bodies and the quantitative and chemical status of groundwater bodies as required by the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC.

The Directions are available on Defra’s website at:

www.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/water/wfd/index.htm

and on the Welsh Assembly Governments website at:

www.wales.gov.uk/legislation/subordinate/nonsi/epwales/2009/?lang=en

Mark Rosenberg, Water Quality Division

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs