<sod >â Duncan McGinty, head of Sedgemoor District Council, said: âOur pleas for funding from the Environment Agency have fallen on deaf ears.< eod>< sod > " Duncan McGinty, head of Sedgemoor District Council, said: "Our pleas for funding from the Environment Agency have fallen on deaf ears." Defra is responsible for setting the budgets of its Environment Agency subsidiary, with the agency responsible for allocating that funding.< eod>