Regulation No. 86 of the Minister of Environment validating the Procedure for Marking Environmental Monitoring Stations and Environmental Monitoring Sites

Procedure for Marking Environmental Monitoring Stations and Environmental Monitoring Sites Regulation No. 86 of 14 September 1999 of the Minister of Environment This Regulation has been established pursuant to subsection 12(4) of the Environmental Monitoring Act (RT (State Gazette) I 1999, 10, 154; 54, 583). I Marking 1. The outer boundaries of permanent national monitoring sites shall be marked with white notice boards indicating the name of the permanent monitoring site, where: 1. font of the text is 50 mm; 2. line spacing is 30 mm; 3. colour of the text is black; 4. space between the upper and lower edges of the notice board and the text is 90 mm; 5. space between the left and right edges of the notice board and the text is 50 mm. 1. National environmental monitoring stations shall be marked with white notice boards with the text “Environmental Monitoring Station”, where: 2.1. font of the text is 30 mm; 2. line spacing is 18 mm; 3. colour of the text is black; 4. space between the upper and lower edges of the notice board and the text is 60 mm; 5. space between the left and right edges of the notice board and the text is 30 mm. 2. The outer boundaries of monitoring sites shall be marked with white notice boards with the text “Environmental Monitoring Site” which must comply with the requirements set out in clause 2 of this Procedure. 3. The notice boards marking environmental monitoring stations or environmental monitoring sites may also indicate the location of the station or site, and the type of monitoring, taking account of the requirements established by clause 2 of this Procedure. II Marking Procedure 4. All markings listed in clauses 1 – 3 of this Procedure may be reduced in size in order to use them on larger information boards located on the boundaries of (permanent) national environmental monitoring sites and environmental monitoring stations. 5. Marking of environmental monitoring stations and monitoring sites is mandatory. As an exception, the following sites shall not be marked: 6.1. drilled wells used for carrying out monitoring, if the drilled wells are concurrently used for extraction of drinking water; 2. monitoring sites of habitats or permanent habitats of species included in I and II protection categories; 3. environmental monitoring sites, if the outer boundaries of these sites are not permanent. 6. Marking of environmental monitoring stations and sites shall be co-ordinated with land owners and arranged by responsible implementers of subprogrammes. 7. The permanent national environmental monitoring sites, environmental monitoring stations and monitoring sites established before this Regulation takes effect, shall be marked by 1 September 2000. Heiki Kranich, Minister of Environment Sulev Vare, Secretary General