§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 15 February 1993]: The urban waste water treatment directive requires member states to identify sensitive areas, in accordance with criteria set out in the directive, by 31 December 1993. The river purification authorities are jointly compiling a list of "candidate" sensitive areas in Scotland which they will submit to the Scottish Office Environment Department for consideration. Similar exercises are being carried out in the remainder of the United Kingdom. An announcement of the areas to be formally identified as sensitive will be made before the directive's deadline.