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These interim measures did not apply to existing farms who were not making any changes to their use of emamectinbenzoate; in its written evidence, SEPA set out that, out of 332 farms permitted to discharge emamectinbenzoate at the pre...
This interim standard will set a limit so low that it will, effectively, mean EmamectinBenzoate can only be discharged in very limited quantities at any new site.
Farms authorised to discharge emamectinbenzoate No. of farms that have No. of authorised farm used emamectin locations permitted to benzoate at least once discharge emamectin between 2017 and June benzoate 2024* Regulated against previous environmental 332 196 standard (763 ng/kg of wet weight sediment).
Farms authorised to discharge emamectinbenzoate No. farms No. farms that have used emamectinbenzoate at least once between 2017 and 2024 Regulated against previous environmental standard (763 ng/kg of wet weight sediment). 332 1...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2022
In the meantime the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) updated its interim regulatory position on emamectinbenzoate, to apply the new standard when determining new applications to discharge emamectinbenzoate.