Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. No. 389 of 2017).

Subject

Environment gen., Sea, Water, Wild species & ecosystems

Keyword

Marine pollution Freshwater resources management Freshwater pollution Authorization/permit Groundwater Monitoring Certification Standards Pollution control Ecosystem preservation Wetlands

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations amend the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 with respect to binding rules as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3. They also amend Part 2 of that Schedule with respect to definitions and inserts a new Part (3) on mutual recognition of standards of EEA countries by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. The Regulations revoke the Water Environment (Oil Storage) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and amend the Water Environment (River Basin Management Planning: Further Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2013. Amendments are also made to regulation 8 (on conditions that must be imposed by SEPA on water licences) and regulation 15 (determination of application). A new paragraph is inserted in section 13 of the 2013 regulations on obligations of the Scottish Ministers in respect of freshwater and marine water pollution in relation with implementing any measure pursuant to paragraph 13(4). Binding rules concern, among other things, protection of wetlands, discharge of (agricultural) water run-off, storage and application of pesticides that are plant protection products, and construction, extension or operation of any well, borehole or other works by which water may be abstracted.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. No. 209 of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011

Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Authorization/permit, EIA, Potable water, Groundwater, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX