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2021-06-17 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
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Press release
Enforcement Undertaking accepted from Essex farmAn Essex farm has donated £25,000 to a wildlife charity after abstracting water during a period of dry weather. ![]() An Essex farm has donated £25,000 to a wildlife charity after abstracting water during a period of dry weather. Strutt and Parker (Farms) Limited, of Whitbread Farm Lane, Chatham Green, Chelmsford, abstracted water outside the terms of its licence in May 2019, just days before the area moved into drought status. The suspected offence under the Water Resources Act 1991, Section 24(1) & 24(4), came to light following an unannounced inspection of the abstraction point in Landermere Road, Beaumont cum Moze, in Clacton on Sea, by Environment Agency officers. Strutt and Parker (Farms) Limited holds a water abstraction licence, which allows water to be abstracted from Beaumont Brook, downstream of Hamford Water, between 1 November and 31 March. Due to the dry weather in 2019, the farm manager applied for an extension to the licence until 30 April 2019, which the Environment Agency granted. However, during an Environment Agency inspection on 10 May 2019, it was found that water was still being abstracted. A notice was attached to the pump to notify the operator that the Environment Agency was investigating. Following this, the farm manager emailed the Environment Agency to seek a further ‘extension’ of the licenced abstraction period, in an attempt to legitimise the abstraction that had taken place. The investigation found that 420 cubic metres of water had been abstracted outside the terms of the licence, but no environmental harm was caused in this instance. The company accepted there was a breach of licence but stated that the farm manager had acted ‘unacceptably against clear company policy and procedure’ and had been sanctioned for this. Strutt and Parker (Farms) Ltd offered an enforcement undertaking, which the Environment Agency accepted due to the company’s full co-operation with the case, the lack of environmental harm and the measures taken to prevent a reoccurrence of the incident. Environment Agency officer, Gavin Senior, said:
The amount offered to Essex Wildlife Trust as part of an enforcement undertaking offer is said to be 1 of the largest ever donations in a water resources case. The money will go towards 3 projects: wetland restorations at Fobbing Marsh and Blue House Farm, and a nature nursery at Abbots Hall Farm. Other actions that have been since completed by the company as part of the enforcement undertaking offer include:
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Published 17 June 2021
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来源平台 | UK Environment Agency |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/330546 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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