Rheinland-Pfalz Hazardous Installation Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Rheinland-Pfalz Document type Regulation Date 1996 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on plants dealing with water-polluting substances and on specialized enterprises. Subject Water, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Monitoring Offences/penalties Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater pollution Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Rheinland-Pfalz Water Law in its version of 14 December 1990. The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to installations handling substances being a hazard to water. 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 29 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Installation for the storage, filling and transhipment of substances being a hazard to water (II); Operation of plants (III); Monitoring (IV); Specialized industries (V); Penalties (VI); Transitional and final provisions (VII). Two Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.rheinland-pfalz.de References - Legislation Implements Rheinland-Pfalz Water Law. Legislation | Germany | 2004 (2011) Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Groundwater, Surface water, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Water supply, Flood, Monitoring, Registration, Rainwater, Offences/penalties, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX