Policy paper

Urban waste water treatment: identification of sensitive areas notice 2023

Published 12 May 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

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The Secretary of State, in accordance with the duty in regulation 3(2) of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994(1) (“the 1994 Regulations”) to review the identification of sensitive areas (as defined in regulation 3(1) of the 1994 Regulations) and, in accordance with regulation 2(1) of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003(2), in relation to England gives notice to the Environment Agency as follows:

Citation and commencement

  1. — This Notice may be cited as the Urban Waste Water Treatment Identification of Sensitive Areas Notice 2023.

(1) This Notice takes effect on 13 May 2023.

Identification of sensitive areas

2. Each area of water listed in the Schedule to this Notice is—

(a) identified as a sensitive area where listed in Section A;

(b) identified as a sensitive area with modifications where listed in Section B; or

(c) no longer identified as a sensitive area where listed in Section C.

Effect of this notice

3. This Notice does not affect any earlier identification of areas of water as sensitive areas save as set out in the Schedule to this Notice.

Signature

Davide Minotti

Deputy Director Water Services, for and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

May 2023

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