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Although winter wheat is grown on more land than any other crop in England and Wales, it is not usually grown continuously, because of problems from pests and diseases. Break crops are grown to interrupt the build-up of these problems, so we need to look at the behaviour of nitrogen under these and other crops, but much less information is available than for winter wheat. 

Figure 7 The estimated eontribution of nitrate from ploughed-up old grassland to eoneentrations of nitrate-nitrogen leaving soils in England and Wales in 1945. The EC limit is 11.3gm of nitrate-nitrogen. (Taken from Whitmore et...

Table 4 Fate of nitrogen fertilizer applied in exeess of erop uptake in England and Wales, 1977-1986. Caleulated using the assumptions listed in the text...

Figure 3 Loads of simazine, trifluralin, and j -HCH (tonnes/year) entering the North Sea from England and Wales during 1990-94...

NRA (national RIVERS AUTHORITY) The National Rivers Authority were the body responsible for the management of water resources and the control of water pollution in England and Wales. They are now part of the Environment Agency. 

SI 2000/1460 The Sulphur Content of Liquid Euels (England and Wales) Regulations... 

SI I988/1199 Town and Country Planning, England and Wales - The Town and Country Planning (Assessment... 

SI I990/1187 Water, England and Wales - Agriculture - The Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Designation) (Amendment) Order 1990... 

Dearli rate m England and Wales K Tobacco consumed (UK)... 

These Regulations came into force on 1 April 1990 and apply to England and Wales only. It is the government s intention that these levels be incorporated into the regulations for Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

New Building Regulations for the Conservation of Fuel and Power for England and Wales came into operation on 1 April 1990. The new maximum U values of the elements (W/m K) are shown in Table 27.4. 

The Audit Commission for England and Wales promotes proper stewardship of public finances and helps local authorities and the NHS to deliver economic, efficient and effective public services. The Commission also owns District Audit, which it appoints to carry out many of the audits for which the Commission is responsible. District Audit operates as an arm s-length agency. 

Nichols G, Lane C, Asgari N et al (2009) Rainfall and outbreaks of drinking water related disease in England and Wales. J Water Health 7 1-8... 

Kerr, J. F. (1963). Practical work in school science An account of an inquiry into the nature and purpose of practical work in school science teaching in England and Wales. Leicester, UK Leicester University Press. 

Meester, M. A. M., Maskill, R. (1994). Secondyearpractical classes in undergraduate chemistry courses in England and Wales. London Royal Soeiety of Chemistry. 

Environment Agency (1997) Use category document— metal finishing. Report prepared by the Building Research Establishment, Watford, for the Environment Agency for England and Wales. 

Blackburn, M.A. and Waldock, M.J. (1995). Concentrations of aUcylphenols in rivers and estuaries in England and Wales. Water Research 29, 1623-1629. 

IPPC is based on EC directive 96/61 and is the successor to the UK Integrated Pollution Control Act (IPCA), the important difference being the prevention aspect. In England and Wales the EA is responsible for the implementation of IPPC (Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland). In summary, the aims of IPPC may be expressed as ... 

Fig. 16.1 Reported incidence of paralytic poliomyelitis in England and Wales during the 1950s and 1960s. After introduction of vaccination programmes the incidence of disease dropped from an endemic incidence of ca. 5000 cases per year to fewer than 10.

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