S.L. 549.15 Art. 3Limit value for cadmium discharges. S.L. 549.10 S.L. 549.10

(1) The limit values, the time limits by which they shall be complied with and the monitoring procedure for discharges are laid down in Annex I hereof.

(2) The limit values shall normally apply at the point where waste waters containing cadmium leave the industrial plant. When waste waters containing cadmium are treated outside the industrial plant at a treatment plant intended for the removal of cadmium, the competent authority may permit the limit values to be applied at the point where the waste waters leave the treatment plant.

(3) The authorizations referred to in regulation 4 of the Pollution Caused by Certain Dangerous Substances discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations shall contain provisions at least as stringent as those in Annex I to these regulations, except where the competent authority is complying with regulation 7(3) of the Pollution caused by Certain Dangerous Substances discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations, on the basis of Annex IV to these regulations. Authorizations shall be reviewed at least every four years.

(4) Without prejudice to their obligations arising from subregulations (1), (2) and (3) and to the provisions of the Pollution caused by Certain Dangerous Substances discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations, the competent authority may grant authorizations for new plants only if those plants apply the standards corresponding to the best technical means available when this is necessary for the elimination of pollution in accordance with regulation 3 of the said regulations or for the prevention of distortion of competition.

(5) The reference method of analysis to be used in determining the presence of cadmium is given in Annex III (1). Other methods may be used provided that the limits of detection, precision and accuracy of such methods are at least as good as those laid down in Annex III (1). The accuracy required in the measurement of effluent flow is given in Annex III (2).