Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 164 of 2003).

These Regulations complete the implementation, in relation to water management projects for agriculture in England and Wales, of Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment The Regulations impose procedural requirements in relation to the consideration of applications or proposals for an abstraction or impounding licence under Chapter II of Part II of the Water Resources Act 1991 and require consent in other cases. The Environment Agency is the competent authority in England and Wales for these Regulations. Part I of the Regulations contains general provisions. Part II of the Regulations provides the procedure for an EIA. Part III of the Regulations provides for relevant projects which require consent under these Regulations. Part IV of the Regulations applies the Regulations with modifications to licence applications called in by the appropriate Minister and proposals for modification of abstraction or impounding licences. Part V of the Regulations requires determinations of whether a project requires EIA, and environmental statements or further information provided under these Regulations, to be kept in the Agency's register of abstraction and impounding licences.