# Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, Paragraph 24


(1) Quarries, open-cast mining and peat extraction.
(2) Underground mining.
(3) Extraction of minerals by marine or fluvial dredging.
(4) Deep drillings, in particular—
(a) geothermal drilling;
(b) drilling for the storage of nuclear waste material;
(c) drilling for water supplies,
except drillings for investigating the stability of the soil.
(5) Surface industrial installations for the extraction of coal, petroleum, natural gas and ores (including bituminous shale).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/15/schedule/1/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-act-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-24
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