Following a consultation that ended in June 2012, UKTAG has finalised Phase 3 of its review of environmental standards.
The Environmental Standards Phase 3 Final Report (including zinc) was published in November 2013. Some minor amendments have been made since November, detailed in the change log.
The Interim Final Environmental Standards Phase 3 Report (not including zinc) was published in February 2013 following consultation feedback.
UKTAG produced a response to the consultation comments explaining how feedback has been incorporated into the final recommendations.
A detailed table listing all submissions also contains links to other documents/papers that stakeholders submitted as part of their review. These are summarised below, categorised by organisation/named individual.
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Ref |
Name |
Organisation |
Subject of comments |
Attached files |
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2 |
Grant Stark |
Chemicals Regulation Directorate |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
3 |
Hazel Doonan |
Agricultural Industries Confederation |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater |
see main submission doc |
|
4 |
Doreen McGough |
International Manganese Institute |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
5 |
Wieslaw Piatkiewicz |
Non-Ferrous Alliance |
Specific pollutants, length of consultation |
|
|
6 |
Tony Marsland |
Independent Consultant |
Groundwater |
see main submission doc |
|
7 |
Anonymous |
|
Not to be published |
|
|
8 |
Stuart Rolley |
The Coal Authority |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
9 |
Jim Haughey |
Ulster Angling Federation |
Water resources |
|
|
10 |
Emily Payne |
Anglian Water |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater, Water resources, Non-native invasive species, intermittent discharges |
|
|
11 |
Liz English |
Association British Ports |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
12 |
Anonymous |
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Not to be published on website |
|
|
13 |
Claire Cockerill |
Northern Ireland Task Force |
Water resources, Non-native invasive species |
|
|
14 |
Caroline Price |
Royal Yachting Association |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
15 |
Fiona Bowles |
Wessex Water |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater, Water resources, Non-native invasive species, intermittent discharges |
|
|
16 |
Jonathan Smith |
Shell Global Solutions |
Groundwater and length of review |
see main submission doc |
|
17 |
William Adams |
Rio Tinto on behalf of Iron Platform |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
18 |
Bethan Emmanuel Akgun |
Scottish Water |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater, Water resources, Non-native invasive species, intermittent discharges and length of review |
|
|
19 |
Katrien Delbeke |
European Copper Institute |
Specific pollutants |
FW essentiality and homeostasis
|
|
20 |
Frank Van Assche |
International Zinc Association |
Specific pollutants |
|
|
21 |
Peter Vale |
Severn Trent Water |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
22 |
Luke Pearson |
United Utilities |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater, Water resources, Non-native invasive species, intermittent discharges, acidification |
see main submission doc |
|
23 |
Jennifer Hodges |
Tata Steel |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
24 |
Morag Garden |
Scotch Whisky Association |
Specific pollutants |
see main submission doc |
|
25 |
Victoria Hunter |
SSE |
Water Resources, Groundwater |
|
|
26 |
Andy Limbrick |
Energy UK |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater, Water resources |
|
|
27 |
Jonathan Westlake |
Thames Water |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater, Water resources, Non-native invasive species, intermittent discharges, acidification and length of review |
|
|
28 |
Kate Hand |
Wildlife and Countryside Link |
Specific pollutants, wetlands, Groundwater, Water resources, Non-native invasive species, intermittent discharges, acidification, one out all out, N2K |
|
|
29 |
John Heathcote |
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd |
Groundwater |
see main submission doc |
|
30 |
Michael Payne |
National Farmers Union |
Specific pollutants, Groundwater, Wetlands |
|
|
31 |
R.C.A Barrington |
Iron Platform Services Ltd |
Specific pollutants |
|
|
32 |
Anonymous |
|
Not to be publised on website |
|
|
33 |
Pamela Moult |
BASF |
Specific pollutants |
|
|
34 |
Stephen Marsh |
Wye and Usk Foundation |
Water resources |
|
|
35 |
Paul Henderson |
Welsh Water |
Phosphorus, Water Resources, Intermittent discharges, N2K |
see main submission doc |
|
36 |
Annick Bonneure |
Cefic/ Cyanides Sector Group |
Specific pollutants |
You can access the draft report that went out to consultation here: UK Recommendations for Environmental standards and conditions - April 2012
Background documents that support the stakeholder review are detailed below:
GENERAL
- UK Environmental Standards and Conditions Phase 1 – final report (SR1 – 2006) April 2008
- UK Environmental Standards and Conditions Phase 2 – final report (SR1 – 2007), March 2008
- Proposals for a Groundwater Classification System and its Application in Regulation: Final report (SR1– 2007), October 2007
- Proposals for Environmental Quality Standards for Annex VIII Substances. Final Report (SR1-2007) January 2008 (revised June 2008)
- Classification of Surface waters. Final report December 2007 (alien species list updated – June 2009)
GROUNDWATER
- Peer review of updated groundwater classification guidance and stakeholder consultation work. March 2012
- Groundwater Quantitative Classification. February 2012
- Groundwater Chemical Classification. February 2007
- Groundwater Chemical Classification. February 2012
- Application of Groundwater Standards to regulation. November 2012
- Groundwater trend assessment. February 2012
- Nitrate threshold. February 2012
- Characterisation of risks to groundwater. March 2011
- Defining & Reporting on Groundwater Bodies. March 2012
- Technical report on Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystem (GWDTE) Threshold Value. March 2012
- Draft Protocol for determining “Significant Damage” to a “Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystem” (GWDTE). December 2005
ALIEN SPECIES
RIVER FLOW
- A proposal for amending the poor and bad status environmental river flow standards at medium and high flows. April 2012
- A proposal for amending the hydrology environmental standards for lakes. April 2012
SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS
- Using biotic ligand models to help implement environmental quality standards for metals. February 2009
- Proposed EQS for Water Framework Directive Annex VIII substances: diazinon. February 2007
- Prioritising chemicals for standard derivation under Annex VIII of the Water Framework Directive. April 2007
- Tiered approach to the assessment of metal compliance in surface waters. September 2008
- Proposed EQS for Water Framework Directive Annex VIII substances: toluene. February 2007
- Scoping Study for Dangerous Substances Directive List II Chemicals. April 2012
- ISO 5667-20 Guidance on the use of sampling data for decision making. March 2008
- Estimation of background reference concentrations for metals in UK freshwaters. May 2012
- Proposals for further EQSs for specific pollutants. April 2012
- Cyanide. April 2012
- Benzyl butyl phthalate. April 2012
- Pendimethalin. April 2012
- Iron. April 2012
- Tetrachloroethane. April 2012
- Manganese. April 2012
- Carbendazim. April 2012
- Methiocarb. April 2012
- Chlorothalonil. April 2012
- 3,4-dichloroaniline. April 2012
- Zinc. April 2012
- Tricolosan. April 2012
- 2,4-dichlorophenol. May 2012
- Permethrin. May 2012
- Glyphosate. May 2012
- Copper (Saltwater). May 2012
- Development and use of the copper bioavailability assessment tool (Draft). May 2012
- Development and use of the manganese bioavailability assessment tool (Draft). May 2012
- Dissolved organic carbon in the assessment of environmental quality standard compliance for copper and zinc. May 2012
- Evaluation of the use of bioavailability corrections for zinc under low pH and low calcium conditions. May 2012.
- Desk top study to evaluate options outside BLM thresholds (low pH and low calcium issues). May 2012.
ACIDIFICATION
The revised environmental standards and conditions will feed into the River Basin Management plans for 2015 to 2021.
