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CDOIF
Chemical and Downstream Oil
Industries Forum
CDOIF is a collaborative venture formed to agree strategic areas for
joint industry / trade union / regulator action aimed at delivering
health, safety and environmental improvements with cross-sector
benefits.
Row
DETR
Table Ref
Receptor Type
MATTE
threshold
Credible MATTE Scenarios
10
7
Soil or
sediment
(i.e. as
receptor
rather
than
purely a pathway)
Contamination
leading
to
environmental damage
(as
per ELD), or
significantly
affecting overlying water
quality.
11
8
Built environment
Damage above a
level at
which designation of
importance would be
withdrawn.
12
9
Various
receptors.
Not used
to
identify and assess
MATTE.
13
10
Particular
species
(Note Ͳ these
criteria apply
nationally Ͳ i.e. England, Wales,
Scotland)
Loss of >1% of animal or
>5% of plant ground
cover
in a habitat.
14
11
Marine
>2ha
littoral or
subͲlittoral
zone, >100ha of open
sea
benthic
community, >100
dead
sea birds
(>500 gulls),
>5 dead/significantly
impaired
sea mammals
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