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The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

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13.  References to, or to the release into water of, a substance listed in this paragraph or to its release in a quantity which, in any period of 12 months, is greater than the background quantity by an amount specified in this paragraph are to the following substances and amounts—

SubstanceAmount greater than the background quantity (in grammes) in any period of 12 months
*

Where both Altrazine and Simazine are released, the figure for both substances in aggregate is 350 grammes.

Mercury and its compounds200 (expressed as metal)
Cadmium and its compounds1,000 (expressed as metal)
All isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane20
All isomers of DDT5
Pentachlorophenol and its compounds350 (expressed as PCP)
Hexachlorobenzene5
Hexachlorobutadiene20
Aldrin2
Dieldrin2
Endrin1
Polychlorinated Biphenyls1
Dichlorvos0.2
1,2—Dichloroethane2,000
All isomers of trichlorobenzene75
Atrazine350*
Simazine350*
Tributyltin compounds4 (expressed as TBT)
Triphenyltin compounds4 (expressed as TPT)
Trifluralin20
Fenitrothion2
Azinphos-methyl2
Malathion2
Endosulfan0.5

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