Announcement of amendment to Water-Authority Regulation

The Executive Committee of Noorderzijlvest Water Authority that the water authority Bylaws 2023 have been partially amended. In addition, the Executive Committee announces that it will make other sections of the Bylaws available for public review before Board of Directors that the Board of Directors amend them. Comments on these proposed amendments may be submitted through Friday, September 13, 2024. Comments will be taken into account in due course in the decision to be made by the Board of Directors.

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Official announcements.nl: Notice of inspection of proposed amendment to water authority Regulation 2023 | Waterschapsblad , 15479

What is the Water Board Regulation?

On January 1, 2024, the Environment and Planning Act came Environment and Planning Act force, followed on January 2 by the water authority Authority Regulations of water authority . In the Water Authority Regulations, the water authority describes, water authority other things, the regulations carrying out the most common activities in our management area. We do this by regulations in the regulations when the activity is permitted. The regulations the maintenance of surface water bodies, washlands, flood defences dykes), (supporting) engineering structures (such as weirs pumping stations) and purification works are also included in the Water Authority Regulations.

Why is the Water Board Regulation being updated?

The purpose of the update is to regulations the quality of legal regulations , to correct minor (linguistic) errors, and to simplify the regulations obligations for our customers and the implementation process. 

What is being changed?

The changes that take effect immediately are mainly textual and editorial improvements and corrections of errors. Minor substantive changes that will have little or no negative impact are also included. In addition, there are a number of changes that will only take effect when the Bestuur of Directors adopts Bestuur of Directors later this year. These are changes that may have more substantive consequences, such as reintroducing a permit requirement (instead of a notification requirement) for filling in and digging ditches. 

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The Water Board Regulations contain regulations your living environment in our region. Our Water Board Regulations