# The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 13


(1) References to, or to the release into water of, a substance listed in this paragraph or to its release in a quantity which exceeds, in any 12 month period, the background quantity by an amount specified in this paragraph are, in respect of the substances set out in column 1 of the following Table, the amounts specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table.
TABLE
Substance
Amount in excess of background quantity (in grammes) in any 12 month period
Mercury and its compounds
200 (expressed as metal)
Cadmium and its compounds
1000 (expressed as metal)
All isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane
20
All isomers of DDT
5
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its compounds
350 (expressed as PCP)
Hexachlorobenzene
5
Hexachlorobutadiene
20
Aldrin
2
Dieldrin
2
Endrin
1
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
1
Dichlorvos
0.2
1,2 – Dichloroethane
2000
All isomers of trichlorobenzene
75
Atrazine
350
Simazine
350
Tributyltin (TBT) compounds
4 (expressed as TBT)
Triphenyltin (TPT) compounds
4 (expressed as TPT)
Trifluralin
20
Fenitrothion
2
Azinphos-methyl
2
Malathion
2
Endosulfan
0.5
(2) In the Table in sub-paragraph (1), where both Altrazine and Simazine are released, the figure for both substances in aggregate shall be 350 grammes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/323/schedule/1/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-13
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