Regulation 6 Amendment to regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt facilities)

in the definition of “exempt groundwater activity”, in paragraph (b)(i), omit “as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 3”;

after the definition of “exempt water discharge activity” insert—

• ““groundwater tracer test” means a study of—

  1. (a)

     the behaviour or movement of water, or

  2. (b)

     a contaminant below ground,

  which involves the addition to groundwater of a distinguishable material which has nearly identical properties to the contaminant or water being studied;”.