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Shauna Corr

Environment Agency 'not advised of proposed policy to stop treating sewage' by Infrastructure chiefs

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency was not “advised of any proposed plan to stop treating sewage” by the Department for Infrastructure, we can reveal.

We reported last week how DfI put the proposal, which could see raw sewage discharged into our seas, out to public consultation.

DfI said in its equality impact assessment on the suggestion that it was “initiated” by Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris.

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