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Installing small-scale monitoring instruments and associated equipment alongside in main river watercourses: RPS 333
Environment Agency regulatory position on installing small-scale equipment for monitoring in a river and for associated equipment such as instrument cabinets located alongside.
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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to obtain and comply with an environmental permit for the flood risk activity of physically installing small-scale monitoring equipment in or near a statutory main river.
However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with this legal requirement if you meet the requirements in the RPS.
The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements.
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Published 11 March 2025