The Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2006

Regulation 3(c)

SCHEDULE 1 SPECIAL SITES

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.