CAR GBRs

Controlled Activity Regulations General Binding Rules; diffuse pollution rules often referred to as DP GBRs

DP GBRs

Diffuse Pollution General Binding Rules

FMP

Fixed Monetary Penalty – on the spot fines issued by SEPA for non-compliance with regulations

Groundwater

Water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil

IACS

Integrated Administration and Control System

FSMMP

Farm Slurry and Manure Management Plan – previously known as a Farm Waste Management Plan

 PEPFAA Code

Scottish Executive Code of Good Practice for the Prevention of Environmental Pollution from Agricultural Activity

RAMS

Risk Assessment for Manure and Slurry

SRDP

Scotland Rural Development Programme

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

Surface water

Inland water (other than groundwater), transitional water and coastal water

Water environment

All surface water, groundwater and wetlands.

Wetland

An area of ground the ecological, chemical and hydrological characteristics of which are attributable to frequent inundation or saturation by water and which is directly dependent, with regard to its water needs, on a body of groundwater or a body of surface water

This information is updated and abridged from The 4 Point Plan (2003)

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