The Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996

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(1) Subject to regulation 4, an application for—

(a) a discharge consent or the variation of a discharge consent;

(b) a consent for the purposes of section 89(4)(a) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (consents for the deposit of solid refuse from mines or quarries on land near inland freshwaters); or

(c) a consent for the purposes of section 90(1) or (2) of that Act (consents for the removal of deposits or for the cutting or uprooting of vegetation in or near inland freshwaters),

shall be advertised in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation and regulation 3.

(2) Notice of the application shall be published—

(a) in one or more newspapers circulating in—

(i) the locality in which the activities which are the subject matter of the application are proposed to be carried on; and

(ii) the locality in which the controlled waters which may be affected by the proposed activities are situated; and

(b) in the London Gazette.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below, the notice shall—

(a) state the name of the applicant;

(b) specify where the activities which are the subject matter of the application are proposed to be carried on;

(c) describe briefly the nature of the proposed activities;

(d) state where the register containing information about the application may be inspected, the times at which the register is open for inspection and that the register may be inspected free of charge; and

(e) explain that any person may make representations in writing to the Agency, specify when the period allowed for making representations ends and give the address of the Agency to which representations are to be sent.

(4) Nothing in paragraph (3) above shall require the disclosure of any information which is not to be included in a register by virtue of section 191A or 191B of the Water Resources Act 1991(1) (exclusion from registers of information affecting national security and of certain confidential information).

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Inserted by paragraph 170 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995.