SCHEDULE 3Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions

PART 3Exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions

Discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes2

1

For the purpose of paragraphs 7(a)(i) and 8(a)(i) of Schedule 2, the description is the discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of—

a

a specified groundwater remediation scheme, or

b

a groundwater tracer test,

F1limited to the amount strictly necessary for that purpose

2

For the purpose of paragraphs 7(a)(ii) and 8(a)(ii) of that Schedule, the conditions in relation to a groundwater activity of that description are—

a

that a water features survey has demonstrated that the discharge will not cause pollution;

b

that the prior consent of every person having a right to abstract water in the vicinity of the discharge has been obtained;

c

that the exemption registration authority is notified before the commencement of the discharge;

d

that in the case of discharges as part of a specified groundwater remediation scheme, monitoring of the discharge, to determine whether pollution has been caused, is undertaken.