North East Scotland
The chair of each Area Advisory Group (AAG) is supported by a
river basin planning co-ordinator.
The co-ordinator and first point of contact for the North
East Scotland AAG is:
Name: tbc
Email:
Office
Tel.:
Getting involved
The consultation on the draft river basin management plan will
begin on 22 December 2008.
This is your opportunity to get involved in the basin planning
process in your area. Of particular relevance to you will be
the North East Scotland area management plan, providing local
detail on the health of the water environment in North East
Scotland and how it can be maintained, and where necessary,
improved.
The draft river basin management plan and the North
East area management plan can be viewed on the RBMP home page
Please note that the deadline for responding to the consultation
is 22nd June. Where possible, please respond by 22 March 2009
either in full or at least in the form of a summary setting out
your principal comments and suggestions. This will help us plan the
work we need to do to finalise the plan during the spring and
summer of next year
Any queries, please contact the North
East co-ordinator.
Membership
Membership of the North East Scotland AAG is determined by the
range and type of pressures in the North East Scotland area.
Members include representatives from:
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeen Harbour Board
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Cairngorms National Park Authority
- Dee Catchment Partnership
- Dee District Salmon Fishery Board
- East Grampian Coastal Partnership
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- Highland Council
- Malt Distillers Association / Scottish Whisky Association
- Moray Council
- Moray Firth Partnership
- National Farmers' Union, Scotland
- RSPB
- Scottish & Southern Energy
- Scottish Government Rural Inspections and Payment Division
- Scottish Natural Hetitage
- Scottish Rural Property & Business Association
- Scottish Water
- SEPA
- Spey District Salmon Fishery Board
Membership is flexible. It will be possible for additional
members to be co-opted for agreed periods to assist with the
preparation of particular aspects of river basin planning. Such
members can be co-opted onto the AAG for single meetings, to cover
specific agenda items or for a short period to advise on a
particular issue. They will not be full members and therefore will
not determine quorum or vote.
Meetings and minutes
The North East Scotland AAG meets regularly and provides a
mechanism to support the production of a river basin management
plan (RBMP) for the Scotland river basin district, and its
co-ordination with other plans and programmes.
Future meetings
The date for the next meeting of North East Scotland AAG will be
confirmed soon.
Previous meetings
Agenda, minutes, papers and presentations from the previous
meetings of North East Scotland AAG are available online.
North East Scotland AAG forum
Anyone with an interest in the water environment of North
East Scotland can become a member of the North East Scotland
advisory group forum.
Presentations and proceedings from previous AAG forum
conferences are available from the river basin planning
co-ordinator.
Further information
Significant
water management issues (SWMI) 
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Published in 2007, the report provides a comprehensive assessment
of the threats to Scotland’s water and identifies the actions and
improvements that are necessary to protect the water
environment.
SWMI in North
East Scotland (62k)
Summary table of SWMI affecting water bodies in North East
Scotland.
Early basin planning work
Information on early river basin management planning work, such as
environmental and economic characterisation and Plan of Action.
Monitoring and classification
Information on how monitoring and classification are linked to
basin planning can be found on the monitoring and classification
pages.
Use the links on the left to visit other AAG pages.