# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 7: References to releases into water


References in Part 2 to, or to the release into water of, a substance listed in this paragraph or to its release in a quantity which, in any period of 12 months, is greater than the background quantity by an amount specified in this paragraph are to the following substances and amounts—
Table
Substance
Amount greater than the background quantity (in grammes) in any period of 12 months
Where both Altrazine and Simazine are released, the figure for both substances in aggregate is 350 grammes.
Mercury and its compounds
200 (expressed as metal)
Cadmium and its compounds
1,000 (expressed as metal)
All isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane
20
All isomers of DDT
5
Pentachlorophenol and its compounds
350 (expressed as PCP)
Hexachlorobenzene
5
Hexachlorobutadiene
20
Aldrin
2
Dieldrin
2
Endrin
1
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
1
Dichlorvos
0.2
1, 2—Dichloroethane
2,000
All isomers of trichlorobenzene
75
Atrazine
350
Simazine
350
Tributyltin compounds
4 (expressed as TBT)
Triphenyltin compounds
4 (expressed as TPT)
Trifluralin
20
Fenitrothion
2
Azinphos-methyl
2
Malathion
2
Endosulfan
0.5

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/schedule/1/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-7
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