Tay
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 Tay AAG
is:
Name: Lynda Gairns
Email: lynda.gairns@sepa.org.uk
Office: Corporate
Tel.: 01786 452581
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 Tay area management plan, providing local detail on the
health of the water environment in the Tay and how it can be
maintained, and where necessary, improved.
The draft river basin management plan and the Tay 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 Tay co-ordinator.
Membership
Membership of the Tay AAG is determined by the range and type of
pressures in the Tay area. Members include representatives
from:
- Angus Council
- Dundee City Council
- Fife Council
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- National Farmers' Union, Scotland
- Perth and Kinross Council
- RSPB
- Scottish and Southern Energy
- Scottish Government Rural Inspections and Payments
Division
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
- Scottish Water
- SEPA
- Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board
- Tay Estuary Forum
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 Tay 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 Tay AAG will be confirmed
soon.
Previous meetings
Agenda, minutes, papers and presentations from the past three
meetings of Tay AAG are available online.
Tay AAG
forum
Anyone with an interest in the water
environment of the Tay can become a member of the Tay 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) 
(1.85mb)
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
Tay (62k)
Summary table of SWMI affecting water bodies in Tay.
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.