Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 7(2)

In sub-paragraph (1), “background quantity” means, in relation to the release of a substance resulting from an activity, such quantity of that substance as is present in— water supplied to the site where the activity is carried on, water abstracted for use in the activity, and precipitation onto the site on which the activity is carried on.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30