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Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 45 of 2015).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea, Water, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Inland waters Freshwater pollution Classification/declassification Water quality standards Groundwater Pollution control
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 and by adding a new Schedule. Schedule 1 requires the Department to assign a type or types and to apply environmental standards and biological boundary values in respect of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters. Schedules 2 and 3 require the Department to classify surface waters and groundwater. The new Schedule 5 concern standards for shellfish waters, i.e. any water classified under the Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 10 of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011

Keyword: Marine pollution, Inland waters, Freshwater pollution, Classification/declassification, Standards, Monitoring, Environmental planning, Pollution control, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX