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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110395905",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Samples of leachate or surface water (if present) must be collected at representative points.\n(2) Sampling and measuring of the volume and composition of any leachate must be performed separately at each point at which leachate is discharged from the site.\n(3) Monitoring of surface water (if present) shall take place at at least two points, one upstream from the landfill and one downstream.\n(4) Gas monitoring must be carried out for each section of the landfill and representative samples must be collected and analysed in accordance with Table 1.\n(5) A representative sample of leachate and water shall be taken for monitoring purposes in accordance with Table 1.\nTABLE 1\nOperational phase\nAfter-care phase1\nLeachate volume2\nMonthly1, 3\nEvery six months\nLeachate composition2, 4\nQuarterly1\nEvery six months\nVolume and composition of surface water5\nQuarterly1\nEvery six months\nPotential gas emissions and atmospheric pressure6 (CH4, CO2, O2, H2S, H2 etc)\nMonthly1, 7\nEvery six months8",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110395905/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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