{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-248/annex/part-E/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-248/annex/part-E/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/248",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/248 of 21 February 2020 laying down technical guidelines for inspections in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2020) 889) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-248",
  "path": "annex/part/E/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Inspection of dams of Category A waste facilities containing tailings",
  "text": "In addition to the relevant elements listed in Part D, the following shall be taken into consideration by the inspector where the inspection concerns dams of Category A waste facilities containing tailings:\n(a)type and condition of erosion protection;\n(b)adequacy of the hydrological design, such as water balance, available free-board (vertical distance (height) between the normal maximum operating level of a pond and the crest of the dam);\n(c)composition, status and structural integrity of the beach, such as presence of depressions, tailings density, dust control;\n(d)changes of the dam’s crest and slope comparing the current state versus the design state;\n(e)functioning and condition of the drainage system and its state and geotechnical structures (such as geomembranes, dams) and equipment (such as dam structure monitoring);\n(f)leakage and seepage areas, and amount of material leaked;\n(g)any detected damages;\n(h)trees and vegetation on the dam.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/248/annex/part/E/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:22.808630+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}