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Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part1: A Practical Guide: Central Control

Annex B

PRESCRIBED SUBSTANCES

Release to air: Prescribed substances

Oxides of sulphur and other sulphur compounds Oxides of nitrogen and other nitrogen compounds Oxides of carbon Organic compounds and partial oxidation products Metals, matalloids and their compounds Asbestos (suspended particulate matter and fibres), glass fibres and mineral fibres Halogens and their compounds Phosphorus and its compounds Particulate matter.

Release to water: Prescribed substances

Mercury and its compounds
Cadmium and its compounds
All isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane
All isomers of DDT
Pentachlorophenol and its compounds
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Aldrin
Dieldrin
Endrin
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Dichlorvos
1, 2-Dichloroethane
All isomers of Trichlorobenzene
Atrazine
Simazine
Tributyltin compounds
Triphenyltin compounds
Triflurahn
Fenitrothlon
Azinphos-methul
Malathion
Endosulfan

Release to land: Prescribed substances

Organic solvents Azides
Halogens and their covalent compounds Metal carbonyls
Organo-mettalic compounds
Oxidising agents
Polychlorinated dibenzofuran and any congener thereof
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and any other congener thereof Polyhalogenated biphenyls, terphenyls and naphthalenes
Phosphorus

Pesticides, that is to say, any chemical substance or preparation prepared or 'used for destroying any pest, including those used for protecting plants or wood or other plant products from harmful organisms; regulating the growth of plant; giving protection against harmful creatures; rendering such creatures harmless; controlling organisms with harmful or unwanted effects on water systems, buildings or other structures, or on manufactured products; or protecting animals against ectoparasites.

Alkali metals and their oxides and alkaline earth metals and their oxides.

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