Paragraph 15 Groundwater monitoring

No stage of the onshore works for which a groundwater monitoring plan is required in accordance with the “groundwater risk assessment and monitoring plan – private water supplies and licenced abstractions”, must be commenced until, for that stage, a groundwater monitoring plan produced in accordance with the Groundwater Risk Assessment and Monitoring Plan – Private Water Supplies and Licenced Abstractions (certified in accordance with article 40) has been submitted to and approved by the discharging authority in consultation with the Environment Agency.

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to any works or surveying and investigation necessary to inform the preparation of a groundwater monitoring plan.

Any plan approved under sub-paragraph (1) must be implemented as approved.