| Title: |
Groundwater regulations Northern Ireland
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| Resource Type: |
document --> regulations
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2009 |
| Availability: |
European Communities Environmental Protection Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009; Statutiry Rules of Northern Ireland 2009 No. 254
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Dept Environment Northern Ireland
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->policy and regulatory
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Soil and groundwater processes overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
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| Short description: |
New Groundwater Regulations, taking into account responses to the consultation, will come into force on 10 August 2009.
The new regulations will:
* protect groundwater by preventing the direct discharge of certain hazardous substances
* require anyone wishing to discharge other substances to go through an authorisation procedure
* provide a more flexible risk-based approach
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 04/08/2009
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