{"id":154,"date":"2011-08-16T06:05:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T13:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2011-08-16T06:05:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T13:05:36","slug":"septic-tanks-now-have-to-be-registered-with-the-environment-agency-before-1-jan-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Septic Tanks now have to be registered with the Environment Agency before 1 Jan 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em><strong>Many Thanks to David Holland from Twinstead for the following e mail:<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Hello All,<\/div>\n<div><strong>Septic tanks now have to be registered!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>I thought you should all know about this.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span>If your home has a\u00c2\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">septic tank<\/span><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0or a package sewage treatment plant, then you need to register the system with the Environment Agency or have an environmental permit..<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Wingdings; font-size: small;\">\u00c3\u02dc<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">Registration is now required [Environmental Permitting Regulations].<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Wingdings; font-size: small;\">\u00c3\u02dc<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">Should be done this year: [before 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0January 2012]<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Wingdings; font-size: small;\">\u00c3\u02dc<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">Failure to do so could result in prosecution<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Wingdings; font-size: small;\">\u00c3\u02dc<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">Link:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environment-agency.gov.uk\/homeandleisure\/118753.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.environment-agency.gov.uk\/homeandleisure\/118753.aspx<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">There will be many people who are not aware; or will need help complying with this.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">If you have fiends or neighbours who do not &#8220;do the internet&#8221; perhaps you could bring this to their attention.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">When a Middleton parishioner challenged the Environment Agency (EA) about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153how should I have come to know about this?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: Their response was it has been in all local papers!!! Really??<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">The EA website (link above) says:-<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Registration is free<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>You only need to register once<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discharges to\u00c2\u00a0surface waters\u00c2\u00a0must be registered immediately<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discharges to ground\u00c2\u00a0should be registered any time before 1 January 2012<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\">You can register online which is simplest and there are help guides on the website.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">It would be great if the internet users of our community could help the non web savvy members register and if anyone wants my help, you know where to find me.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">I have registered my septic tank and found the on-line process acceptably straight forward though I found some terminology \u00c2\u00a0confusing. Still its easier than other web based offerings form the powers at be such as Revenue and Customs which I always find challenging.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">I did struggle to find my National Grid Number (No, not that National Grid!) using the arial photograph based grid number finder until I realised that the number in question appears bottom left of screen if you scroll down to find it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">I hope you find this useful.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">With best wishes,<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">David Holland (Cllr)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Court House<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Twinstead<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">269693<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">PS -At least this makes a change from me going on about pylons!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">PPS &#8211; We have Cllr Keith Hughes of Middleton to thank for bringing this to our attention.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Thanks to David Holland from Twinstead for the following e mail: \u00c2\u00a0 Hello All, Septic tanks now have to be registered! I thought you should all know about this. If your home has a\u00c2\u00a0septic tank\u00c2\u00a0or a package sewage treatment plant, then you need to register the system with the Environment Agency or have an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/?p=154\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Septic Tanks now have to be registered with the Environment Agency before 1 Jan 2012<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parishcouncil.pebmarsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}