Water Act 2003) Notice of application for a full licence to abstract (take) water for a previously exempt abstraction. Tarmac Trading Limited have applied to the Environment Agency for a licence.

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the

Water Act 2003) Notice of application for a full licence to abstract (take) water for a previously exempt abstraction. Tarmac Trading Limited have applied to the Environment Agency for a licence.

The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application (in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 8 of The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017. The application is for a full licence to abstract water from underground strata comprising limestone at Stainton Quarry, Dalton-in-Fumess, Cumbria at National Grid Reference SD 24661 72870.

The application is to abstract water as follows:

? 4 cubic metres an hour ? 95 cubic metres a day



? 20,000 cubic metres a year



The water will be used for process water and dust suppression all year round.

Further details are: this existing abstraction was previously exempt from the need for a licence under the Water Resources Act 1991.

You can see the applications and documents submitted with them at the Environment Agency: We are following Government advice to manage the risks of Coronavirus to our organisation, to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and sustain our critical operations. As a result, please contact us via e-mail or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.

Send any representation about this application by email, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/NA/000629 to the Environment Agency at

by 16th July 2021.

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