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Paragraph 7 References to releases into water

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(1)

References in Part 2 of this Schedule to a substance, or to the release into water of a substance, listed in this sub-paragraph or to its release in a quantity which, in any 12-month period, is greater than the background quantity by an amount specified in this sub-paragraph are references to the following substances and amounts—

Table

SubstanceAmount greater than the background quantity (in grams) in any 12-month period
(*)

Where both Atrazine and Simazine are released, the figure for both substances in aggregate is 350 grams.
Mercury and its compounds200 (expressed as metal)
Cadmium and its compounds1,000 (expressed as metal)
All isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane20
All isomers of DDT5
Pentachlorophenol and its compounds350 (expressed as PCP)
Hexachlorobenzene5
Hexachlorobutadiene20
Aldrin2
Dieldrin2
Endrin1
Polychlorinated Biphenyls1
Dichlorvos0.2
1, 2-Dichloroethane2,000
All isomers of trichlorobenzene75
Atrazine350f1
Simazine350
Tributyltin compounds4 (expressed as TBT)
Triphenyltin compounds4 (expressed as TPT)
Trifluralin20
Fenitrothion2
Azinphos-methyl2
Malathion2
Endosulfan0.5
(2)

In sub-paragraph (1), “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.

Annotations

Footnotes

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(*)

Where both Atrazine and Simazine are released, the figure for both substances in aggregate is 350 grams.