ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the
Water Act 2003) Notice of application for a transfer licence to abstract (take) water. Imerys Minerals Limited has 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 6 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006. The application is for a licence to abstract water from underground strata at Povington Pit, Steeple, nearWareham at National Grid Reference SY 89426 82780, to transfer it to two unnamed streams at National Grid Reference's SY 89510 82860 and SY 89280 82870, without intervening use. Discharge of the water to the streams is already authorised through an existing Permit to Discharge. The abstraction however is not, but a change in legislation means that this previously exempt activity needs now to be regulated through an abstraction licence in a process called New Authorisations (NA). A separate application for historic levels of abstraction to be considered has been made in accordance with the NA process, but this application relates to quantities in excess of those taken historically These are as follows:
? 170 cubic metres an hour ? 4,080 cubic metres a day

? 86,400 cubic metres a year ? At an instantaneous rate not exceeding 80.6 litres per second ? Between 1 April and 31 March inclusive in each year.

This is an existing operation where abstraction for the purpose of dewatering at the ball clay site under the licensing exemption has been undertaken since 1999. This application then seeks to permit an increase in dewatering capacity at the site above historic abstraction rates by the quantities shown above. A Transfer Licence will be required for this additional amount.
You can view the application and documents submitted with it at the Environment Agency: Rivers House, Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford, Dorset DT11 8SA during normal office hours (Monday to Friday except bank holidays).
You can see a summary of the application from the Public Register also at Rivers House, Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford, Dorset DT11 8SA during normal office hours. Send any representations about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and Reference Number NPS/WR/033351 to the Environment Agency, at Permitting and Support Centre, Water Resources Team, Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield S9 4WF or by email to

by 23rd April 2020.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.