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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "References to releases into water",
  "text": "(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—\nTable\nSubstance\nAmount greater than the background quantity (in grams) in any 12-month period\n(*)Where both Atrazine and Simazine are released, the figure for both substances in aggregate is 350 grams.\nMercury and its compounds\n200 (expressed as metal)\nCadmium and its compounds\n1,000 (expressed as metal)\nAll isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane\n20\nAll isomers of DDT\n5\nPentachlorophenol and its compounds\n350 (expressed as PCP)\nHexachlorobenzene\n5\nHexachlorobutadiene\n20\nAldrin\n2\nDieldrin\n2\nEndrin\n1\nPolychlorinated Biphenyls\n1\nDichlorvos\n0.2\n1, 2-Dichloroethane\n2,000\nAll isomers of trichlorobenzene\n75\nAtrazine\n350\nSimazine\n350\nTributyltin compounds\n4 (expressed as TBT)\nTriphenyltin compounds\n4 (expressed as TPT)\nTrifluralin\n20\nFenitrothion\n2\nAzinphos-methyl\n2\nMalathion\n2\nEndosulfan\n0.5\n(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—\n(a) water supplied to the site where the activity is carried on,\n(b) water abstracted for use in the activity, and\n(c) precipitation onto the site on which the activity is carried on.",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(*)Where both Atrazine and Simazine are released, the figure for both substances in aggregate is 350 grams."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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