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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order confirms (with modifications) a Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency for the abolition, on a date one month after the confirmation of this Order, of the Alderton, Hollesley and Bawdsey Drainage Board, the River Deben Internal Drainage Board, the River Gipping Internal Drainage Board and the Lower Alder Internal Drainage Board.

A new board, known as “the East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board” replaces these boards. The four former drainage districts are amalgamated with four drainage districts, the River Blyth Internal Drainage District, the Fromus, Alde and Thorpeness Internal Drainage District, the Minsmere Internal Drainage District and the Upper Alde Internal Drainage District, formerly administered by the Environment Agency, to form a new internal drainage district known as “the East Suffolk Internal Drainage District”.

A map of the eight drainage districts amalgamated by virtue of the Scheme is available for inspection during office hours at the offices of the Environment Agency at Kingfisher House, Goldhay Way, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough PE2 5ZR.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.