Water Quality Exemptions Public Register Online

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA208. Certain activities are exempt from the need to have an environmental permit. In order to qualify for an exemption, the discharge or activity must meet certain criteria. If the criteria cannot be met the customer will need to apply for a permit.  There is no fee for registration of an exempt activity.                                                                   
 There are 7 exemptions available: Domestic discharges of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 5m3 per day or less to surface water, existing before 6 April 2010                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 2m3 per day or less to ground water, existing before 6 April 2010                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 5m3 per day or less to surface water, starting on or after 6 April 2010                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 2m3 per day or less to ground water, starting on or after 6 April 2010                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Discharge to groundwater of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a specified groundwater remediation scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Discharge to groundwater of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 Management of vegetation in or near inland freshwaters. Attribution statement: We may be able to license this dataset to you under the Environment Agency Conditional Licence https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence with the following special conditions.                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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Tags: environment, freshwater, groundwater, inlandWaters, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency