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ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Act 2003) Notice of application for a transfer licence to abstract (take) water for a previously exempt abstraction Canal and River Trust has applied to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract water. The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 8 of The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017. The application is for a licence to abstract (take) water from the Rising Brook in Rugeley, Staffordshire at National Grid Reference SK 04686 18183 to transfer water via a piped feeder without intervening use into the Trent and Mersey Canal for the purpose of supporting navigation. Abstraction will take place all year at the abstract rates of 106,696 cubic metres per year, 9,211 cubic metres per day, 385 cubic metres per hour, and 107 litres per second You can see the application and documents submitted with it at the Environment Agency: We are following Government advice to manage the risks of Coronavirus to our organisation, to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and sustain our critical operations. As a result, please contact us via e-mail or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents. Send a representation about this application by email, quoting the name of the applicant and Reference Number NPS/NA/000535 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk by 29th July 2020. For advice about how to make a representation, please call 03708 506 506.