# The Water Framework Directive (Classification, Priority Substances and Shellfish Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 9: Monitoring


Where a potential risk to, or via, the aquatic environment from acute exposure to one of the substances listed in Table 47 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 has been identified as a result of measured or estimated environmental concentrations or emissions, and where a biota or sediment environmental quality standard is being applied, the Department must—
(a) monitor the surface water; and
(b) where such environmental quality standards have been established, apply the MAC-EQS laid down in that Table.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/351/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-framework-directive-classification-priority-substances-and-shellfish-waters-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-9
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