# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025, Paragraph 33: Hazardous substances: baseline reports


(1) Authorised persons holding a deemed permit for a schedule 20 emissions activity, where the activity involves the use, production or release of relevant hazardous substances, and which was in operation before 7 January 2013 (or where a complete application was submitted before that date and operation began no later than 7 January 2014) must submit a baseline report to SEPA in advance of the next update of the permit,
(2) SEPA may, on request by the applicant, waive the requirement in sub-paragraph (1) to submit a baseline report, having regard for that purpose to the possibility of soil and groundwater contamination.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111062319/schedule/23/paragraph/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/schedule-23/paragraph-33
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