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S TA T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S

1992 No. 339

WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Trade Effluents (Prescribed Processes

and Substances) Regulations 1992

Made - - - - 20th February 1992

Laid before Parliament 28th February 1992

Coming into force - - 20th March 1992

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly inexercise of the powers conferred on them by section 138(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991(1) andof all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Trade Effluents (Prescribed Processes and Substances)Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 20th March 1992.

Trade effluent derived from prescribed processes

2. Trade effluent which derives from any process which occasions liquid discharges containingtrichloroethylene or perchloroethylene in quantities of thirty kilogrammes per year or more shall bespecial category effluent for the purposes of Chapter III of Part IV of the Water Industry Act 1991.

19th February 1992Michael Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

20th February 1992David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

(1) 1991 c. 56. See the definition of prescribed in section 219(1).

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/56

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The discharge of special category effluent is subject to control by the Secretary of State under theprovisions of Chapter III of Part IV of the Water Industry Act 1991.

These Regulations provide that trade effluent derived from any process which occasions liquiddischarges of trichloroethylene or perchloroethylene in quantities of thirty kilogrammes or more peryear shall be special category effluent for the purposes of that Chapter.

The Regulations are made in order to implement Council Directive 90/415/EEC(2) in relation to thedischarge to sewer of trichloroethylene or perchlorethylene.

Council Directive 90/415/EEC amends Annex II to Council Directive 86/280/EEC(3) on limit valuesand quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annexto Council Directive 76/464/EEC(4).

(2) OJ No. L 219, 14.8.90, p.49.(3) OJ No. L 181, 4.7.86, p.16.(4) OJ No. L 129, 18.5.76, p.23.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/european/directive/1976/0464http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/european/directive/1986/0280http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/european/directive/1990/0415http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/european/directive/1990/0415