# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this Schedule, “background quantity” means, in relation to the release of a substance resulting from an activity, such quantity of that substance as is present in—
(a) water supplied to the site where the activity is carried on;
(b) water abstracted for use in the activity; and
(c) precipitation onto the site on which the activity is carried on.

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