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Regulations Concerning Treated Sewage Sludge on Agricultural Land (SLU Series)

Catalogue reference: MAF 689

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MAF 689

All records preserved relate to the review and revision of regulations regarding the use of sewage sludge in agriculture.

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Reference
MAF 689
Title
Regulations Concerning Treated Sewage Sludge on Agricultural Land (SLU Series)
Date
1998-2002
Description

All records preserved relate to the review and revision of regulations regarding the use of sewage sludge in agriculture.

Related material

The SLU series has been opened in retrospect and papers removed from the DETR (WS) series and re-registered into this series in order to isolate papers relating to the revision of regulations regarding use of sewage sludge in agriculture on a Defra file series whilst revision is ongoing. HLG 127

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
SLU
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
  • Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
Physical description
7 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

from 2015 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Accumulation dates
1998 to 2002
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Selection and destruction information
Policy and administrative processes of the State: the formulation of policy and its execution.
Administrative / biographical background

Created in 1997 in the DETR from the previous functions of the Dept of Environment, the Water Quality Division was responsible for matters relating to the treatment of sewage sludge on the WS file series. On the creation of Defra in 2001 this function transferred into Defra, retaining the name of the responsible branch as Water Quality Division. Responsibility now lies with Water Quality Ongoing Branch of Water Availability and Quality Division.

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Regulations Concerning Treated Sewage Sludge on Agricultural Land (SLU Series)