Information to be included in a river basin management planN.I.
11.—(1) The Department shall ensure each river basin management plan and each revised river basin management plan it prepares under the provision specified in [F1paragraph] (2) includes, in relation to the river basin district—
(a)details of approved threshold values together with the information specified in Part C of Annex II to the Directive;
(b)in the case of a revised river basin management plan, details of any applicable changes to the list of threshold values since the date of publication of the previous version of the plan;
(c)a summary of each assessment undertaken for the purposes of determining groundwater chemical status, including an explanation as to the manner in which exceedences of groundwater quality standards or threshold values at individual monitoring points have been taken into account;
[F2(d)a summary of the way in which the trend assessment from individual monitoring points within a body or a group of bodies of groundwater has contributed to identifying that those bodies are subject to a significant and sustained upward trend in concentration of any pollutant or a reversal of that trend;]
(e)details of each starting point for trend reversal determined under regulation 10(1)(b) or, as the case may be, regulation 10(7), together with a summary of the reasons for each determination; and
(f)a summary of the results of any additional trend assessments carried out under regulation 10(5).
[F3(2) The provision specified in this paragraph is regulation 26 of the 2017 Regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 11(1) substituted (with application in accordance with regs. 1(b), 4(1) of the amending Rule) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/81), reg. 1(a), Sch. 4 para. 4(4) (with reg. 37)
F2Reg. 11(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/112), regs. 1(1), 7(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 11(2) substituted (with application in accordance with regs. 1(b), 4(1) of the amending Rule) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/81), reg. 1(a), Sch. 4 para. 4(7) (with reg. 37)
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