AQW 9047/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline the Northern Ireland Environment Agency's policy in relation to the responsibility of an off-mains sewage system.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 19 December 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 19 December 2016
- Answer due by
- 6 January 2017
- Answered
- 10 January 201722 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Under the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, the consent of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is required to make a discharge of sewage effluent from an off mains sewage system into a waterway or water contained in underground stratum.
The responsibility for obtaining such consents lies with the individual(s) making the discharge in question, and once, consent has been issued responsibility for compliance rests with the holder of said consent.