Annex 2 - Activities concerning groundwaters and/or the protective zones of abstraction areas according to annex 1 of the government order no. 20/2001 (11. 14.) Korm. on the environmental impact assessment (extract)

Guide - Groundwaters in Hungary

Annex 2

Activities concerning groundwaters and/or the protective zones of abstraction areas according to annex 1 of the government order no. 20/2001 (11. 14.) Korm. on the environmental impact assessment (extract)

Chapter "A"

Activities and/or facilities necessary for their realisation that can be granted an environmental permit only after having performed a detailed environmental impact assessment

29.	Groundwater use from one abstraction object or object group from 5 million m³/year (13,7 thousand m³/d)
49.	Artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual volume of water recharged is equivalent to or exceeds 3 million m³/year (10,0 thousand m³/d)

Chapter "B"

Activities and/or facilities necessary for their realisation and major modifications where the necessity of performing a detailed environmental impact assessment depends on the decision of the inspectorate

2.	Shift to intensive agricultural land use/farming on areas classified as "cultivation ceased" from 50 ha, or
	in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site, in a protected nature reserve or in its protective zone from 1 ha
3.	Improvement of flat land from 500 ha or of hilly land from 300 ha, or in case the area to be improved covers a protected nature reserve or its protective zone, or the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site on at least 5 ha
6.	Livestock installations from 100 standard animals/ha (projects not included in Chapter "A"); in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site, in a protected nature reserve or in its protective zone, on a nature area, on a sensitive nature area in case of poultry from 5 standard animals, in other cases from 24 standard animals
14.	Petroleum and natural gas extraction (projects not included in Chapter "A"); test drillings only in a protected nature reserve or in the hydrogeological protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site
72.	Hydroelectric power stations from 20 MW electric output; in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site and in a protected nature reserve with no size limitation
73.	Geothermal power stations from 20 MW electric output; in the protective zone of a mineral water, medicinal water and drinking water abstraction site and in a protected nature reserve with no size limitation
80.	Groundwater use (projects not included in Chapter "A") if the daily abstraction from one object or object group exceeds
	1 000 m³	from	shallow ground water
	1 000 m³	from	karstic thermal water
	5 000 m³	from	deep groundwater and karstic water
	10 000 m³	from	bank filtration water
	2 000 m³	from	confined thermal water
	100 m³ and 33% of the current yield of the spring
95.	Storage of natural gas from 20 000 m³ total storage capacity (projects not included in Chapter"A"); underground storage of other combustible gases from 10 000 m³; in a protected nature reserve in both cases from 5 000 m³
108.	Establishing of a new permanent flood-control work in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site or in a protected nature reserve
109.	Waste water treatment plants with a capacity from 20 000 population equivalent (projects not included in Chapter "A"); in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site, in a protected nature reserve or in its protective zone with no size limitation
111.	Independent sewage sludge deposition sites from 100 tlyear dry matter; in a protected nature reserve or in its protective zone, or in the hydrogeological protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site with no size limitation
112.	Sites depositing sewage by irrigation from 50 ha; in a protected nature reserve or in its protective zone, on a nature area, or in the "B" hydrogeological protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site with no size limitation
113.	Filtration-field drying systems from 15 ha; in a protected nature reserve or in its protective zone, on a nature area, or in the hydrogeological protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site with no size limitation
126.	Deep drillings with an established drilling facility from 650 m drilling depth (unless being part of another activity under Chapters "A" and "B") in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction site or in a protected nature reserve
131.	Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or permanent storage of water, where the amount of water held back or stored is at least 2 million m³ (projects not included in Chapter "A"); in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction, in a protected nature reserve or on a nature area with no size limitation
132.	Artificial groundwater recharge schemes (not included in Chapter "A")
133.	Local water regulation on a land not planned to be developed
	from 500 ha plain land, from 300 ha hilly land, in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction, in a protected nature reserve, on a nature area, on a sensitive nature area, in an ecological (green) corridor outside inhabited areas with no size limitation
134.	Fish pond or a system of fish ponds from 30 ha; in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction, in a protected nature reserve or in its protective zone, on a nature area or on a sensitive nature area with no size limitation
135.	Standing water and backwater (oxbow) regulation from 5 ha surface size to be regulated or from 1 km shore length; in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction, in a protected nature reserve, on a nature area, on a sensitive nature area or in an ecological (green) corridor with no size limitation
136.	River regulation or canalisation from 3 km river length; in case of curve cutting or in the protective zone of a groundwater abstraction, in a protected nature reserve, on a nature area, on a sensitive nature area or in an ecological (green) corridor with no length limitation
137.	Water course regulation (except for removal of silt and management of the bank for maintenance and for restoring the original draining capacity) from 1 km current length; in the *protective zone of a groundwater abstraction*, on a nature area, on a sensitive nature area, in an ecological (green) corridor from 200 m current length, in a protected nature reserve with no size limitation

The significant alterations of the environment requiring EIA are specified by Paragraph 2 of Government Decree No. 20/2001 (H. 14.) Korm.