Hazardous Installation Ordinance.

Country/Territory: Germany
Territorial subdivision: Niedersachsen
Document type: Regulation
Date: 1997 (2006)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Long title: Ordinance on plants dealing with water-polluting substances and on specialized enterprises.

Subject: Water
Keyword: Pollution control Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater pollution Hazardous substances Monitoring Offences/penalties Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area: Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe

Abstract: The purpose of the present Ordinance is, inter alia, to implement, the Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources of 12 December 1991. In particular, the text lays down provisions relating to facilities and plants handling water-polluting substances. Article 3 establishes that installations for the loading and unloading of substances constituting a hazard to water and installations for the storage and filling of liquid manure, slurry and silage seepage must be designed, installed, erected, maintained and operated in such a way that the best possible level of protection of waters from pollution or other detrimental changes to their properties is achieved. The text consists of 22 articles and 2 Annexes.
Full text: German
Website: www.niedersachsen.de

References - Legislation

Implements

Lower Saxony Water Law.

Legislation | Germany | 2010 (2019)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Groundwater, Surface water, Thermal and medicinal waters, Coastal zone management, Water supply, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX