Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7138
Sewage: Waste Disposal
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 24 October 2024
Question
Caroline Voaden
Liberal Democrat — South Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency guidance entitled Water companies: environmental permits for storm overflows and emergency overflows, published on 13 September 2018, how excep
Answer
Emma HardyThe guidance document referred to in the question does not define ‘exceptional circumstances’ for storm overflows. ‘Exceptional circumstances’ were not referenced in either the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive or the regulations which transposed this...
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