§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the sites proposed to him for classification as sensitive areas under the EC directive on urban waste water treatment, including the proposing body, by reason of(a) eutrophication and (b) inland water with a nitrate concentration greater than 50 mg/l.
§ Mr. MacleanThe urban waste water treatment directive requires member states to identify sensitive areas, in accordance with the criteria set out in the directive, by 31 December this year. The National Rivers Authority is at present compiling final lists of "candidate" sensitive areas which it will submit to the Department for consideration. Similar exercises are being carried out in the remainder of the United Kingdom. An announcement about the location of the areas to be formally identified as sensitive will be made before the deadline imposed in the directive.