For instance, to protect groundwater from landfill leachate
contamination, risk assessment has been legislatively introduced into
the UK since 1st May 1994, through “Regulation 15 of the Waste Management
Licensing Regulations” (SI, 1994a) and the “Groundwater Regulations”
(SI, 1998). The Landfill Directive is implemented in England and
Wales through the “Landfill Regulations”