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ACTION PLANObjectives• To significantly reduce the environmental contamination and damage caused by sheep dip• On farms (from what to what…stakeholder group to identify some targets and indicators )• From the sewage works receiving wool textile effluent (from what to what… stakeholder group to identify some targets andindicators)• To ensure sheep dip is not responsible for river catchments failing to meet ‘good ecological status’ under the Water FrameworkDirectiveWithin the plan, actions are grouped into those of a short, medium and long term nature. Within each of these groups there isfurther categorisation of actions, signalling the type of activity (e.g. raising user awareness, product review, regulatory action etc.).The order in which the individual actions are listed within the short, medium and long term groups should not be taken to reflecttheir relative priority within that group, or the order in which they should be implemented.Description of ActionCategory ofactionSHORT TERM ACTIONS – over the next 12 months1 Publish poster on sheep dip for distribution to Raising usersheep dip merchants.awareness2 Publish and circulate A4 laminated guidancesheets to farmers, contractors and relevantregulatory staff.3 Produce interim guidance for contractors andfarmers on the use of showers and jetters.Raising userawarenessWho leads?CommentsVMDTo have in place for main purchasingof dip next taking place early Spring2006.EA To have in place for early Spring2006.Raising userawarenessNAACInterim guidance is possible butNAAC indicate further work is neededto provide definitive guidance (alsosee Action 25 and 37).4 Ensure ‘suitably qualified persons (SQPs) at Raising user AMTRA This programme of training will take
merchant outlets are trained (via existingroutes) on the environmental toxicity of sheepdip.5 Update HSE’s leaflet on how to dip sheepsafely, enhancing environmental messagesconsistent with Defra CoP on Sheep Dipping.6 Conduct targeted environmental monitoringoutside of Wales to better identify scope andmagnitude of sheep dip impacts elsewhere inthe UK.7 Establish a network of UK monitoring sitesthat can be used to provide base linechemical and biological data on sheep dipimpacts, and track trends over time (i.e. asheep dip indicator).8 Identify whether monitoring data collected bythe wool textile industry can be used as anadditional sheep dip indicator.9 Review EQSs for cypermethrin and diazinonin light of new information on ecotoxicity.10 Identify additional scientific research (beyondAction 9 and 26) needed to better understandimpacts of sheep dip on the environment,such that risk management actions arecorrectly targeted.11 Review existing flock management andbiosecurity initiatives and how these might beexpanded to all sheep farming areas in theUK.awarenessRaising userawarenessUnderstandingimpactsUnderstandingimpactsUnderstandingimpactsUnderstandingimpactsUnderstandingImpactsUsing existinginitiativesHSEUK envregulatorsUK envregulatorsCBWTUK envregulatorsStakeholder subgroup?Government /UK Regulatorsplace over the next 3 years, and thusspans the short and medium termperiods of this planThis data should also be used forWFD risk mapping for sheep dip.This data should also be used forWFD risk mapping for sheep dip.Discussion and agreement on theneed for any further scientificresearch, its nature, funding etc.could be taken forward by astakeholder sub group.Such initiatives should reduce sheepscab. Review:• Scottish initiative• Existing sheep flock management
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