Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003) Notice of application for a transfer licence to abstract (take) water for a previously exempt abstraction. Tarmac Trading Limited have applied to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract water

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003) Notice of application for a transfer licence to abstract (take) water for a previously exempt abstraction. Tarmac Trading Limited have applied to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract water. 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 licence to abstract (take) water from underground strata comprising limestone at Stainton Quarry, Dafton-in-Fumess, Cumbria between National Grid references SD 24471 73237, SD 25122 73121, SD 24932 72605 and SD 24176 72947 to transfer it back to the limestone via a soakaway at National Grid Reference SD 24994 73116 without intervening use.

Abstraction will take place all year round.

Further details are: this existing is a transfer for the purpose

of dewatering and 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 Coronavims 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/0TJ0630 to the Environment Agency at

by 16th July 2021.

For advice about how to make a representation, please call 03708506506.