SCHEDULE 3Exempt facilities: descriptions and conditions

PART 3Exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions

Discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes2

1

For the purpose of paragraph 5(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.

2

For the purpose of paragraph 5(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.