SCHEDULE 1SPECIAL SITES

Regulation 3(c)

1

The families and groups of substances relevant for the purposes of regulation 3(c)(i) are—

a

organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment;

b

organophosphorus compounds;

c

organotin compounds;

d

substances which possess carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic properties in or via the aquatic environment;

e

mercury and its compounds;

f

cadmium and its compounds;

g

mineral oil and other hydrocarbons;

h

cyanides.

2

The formations of rocks relevant for the purposes of regulation 3(c)(ii) are—

a

Pleistocene Norwich Crag;

b

Upper Cretaceous Chalk;

c

Lower Cretaceous Sandstones;

d

Upper Jurassic Corallian;

e

Middle Jurassic Limestones;

f

Lower Jurassic Cotteswold Sands;

g

Permo-Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group;

h

Upper Permian Magnesian Limestone;

i

Lower Permian Penrith Sandstone;

j

Lower Permian Collyhurst Sandstone;

k

Lower Permian Basal Breccias, Conglomerates and Sandstones;

l

Lower Carboniferous Limestones.