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3. Regulation through CAR
Since 1 April 2006, activities in Scotland which pose a risk to the water environment, including abstractions, impoundments and discharges as well as engineering works in freshwater, must be authorised under CAR. SEPA will use the WFD environmental standards to support the setting of conditions for CAR licences and to assess the capacity of the water environment to accommodate new water use activities without harming the ecology.
Review of existing licences SEPA aim to begin a prioritised review of licences issued under CAR from January 2007. This review will consider the type of activity, its impact and the licence conditions that were initially applied. The review will aim to prevent deterioration in water status and where necessary, to drive improvement, although it may of course not always be possible to achieve 'good' ecological status in a given water body. |
SEPA will manage pressures on the water environment with two key aims in mind: to prevent deterioration of status and to deliver improvements. Use of the proposed standards to work towards these two aims is discussed in more detail in section C.
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