Groundwater Regulations 1998 (S.I. 2746 of 1998).

Materia

Tierra y suelos, Agua

Palabra clave

Conservación de suelos/mejoramiento de suelos Aguas subterráneas Recopilación de datos/informes Control de la contaminación Efluente de aguas residuales/vertido Contaminación de las aguas dulces

Área geográphica

Islas del Océano Atlántico, Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Atlántico Norte, Mar del Norte, Atlántico Nordeste, Europa Septentrional

Entry into force notes

Coming into force: regulations 1 and 16(1) on 2 December 1998; regulation 23 on 1 January 1999; all other provisions on 1 April 1999.

Resumen

These Regulations complete the implementation of the Groundwater Directive (Council Directive 80/68/EC) for England, Wales and Scotland and they supplement existing water pollution legislation. They require the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Secretary of State to use their new powers under the Regulations and their existing powers under Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974, Part III of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to prevent the direct or indirect discharge of specified substances to groundwater and to control pollution resulting from the direct or indirect discharge specified substances (regs. 3 to 13). Those new powers are conferred by regulations 14 and 18 to 21 which introduce: (a) a new requirement for an authorization for the disposal, etc. of specified; (b) a new procedure for prohibiting or regulating by notice other activities in or on land which pose an indirect threat to groundwater from specified substances. Exceptions from the main controls are made in relation to: (a) discharges to groundwater unsuitable for other uses; (b) water used for geothermal purposes or pumped out of mines, quarries or civil engineering works; and (c) artificial recharges of groundwater for management purposes (reg. 4(5) and 12).

Texto completo

Inglés

Página web

www.opsi.gov.uk

Referencias - Legislación

Revocado por

Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 2902 of 2009).

Legislación | Reino Unido | 2009

Palabra clave: Control de la contaminación, Contaminación de las aguas dulces, Aguas subterráneas, Recopilación de datos/informes, Efluente de aguas residuales/vertido, Institución, Autorización/permiso, Sustancias peligrosas, Infracciones/sanciones

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX