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Future Legislation

Legislation	Consultation closing date	Date expected to come into force
Consultation on the Waste Management Plan for Northern Ireland	11 December 2019	N/A
Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019	N/A	1 December 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill	N/A	N/A
Plastic packaging tax	12 May 2019	N/A
Packaging Waste: changing the UK producer responsibility system for packaging waste	13 May 2019	N/A
Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers (bottles and cans)	13 May 2019	N/A
The Common Agricultural Policy (Review of Decisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019	N/A	13 May 2019
The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2019	N/A	12 June 2019

My Year at NetRegs, A reflection on my time as an intern with the NetRegs team at SEPA. An overview of all the activities and projects I had the opportunity to participate in during my Bright Green Environmental Placement.
A day with Hydrology, SEPA's hydrometry unit is responsible for around 400 gauging stations and 350 rainfall monitoring sites. River gauging stations are important as they allow river levels to be monitored so flood events can be predicted and flood warnings sent out.

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