These Regulations amend Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 and by adding a new Schedule. Schedule 1 requires the Department to assign a type or types and to apply environmental standards and biological boundary values in respect of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters. Schedules 2 and 3 require the Department to classify surface waters and groundwater. The new Schedule 5 concern standards for shellfish waters, i.e. any water classified under the Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.
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