11.—(1) When the Agency receives an application for a permit that might lead to the discharge of a pollutant, it must ensure that all necessary investigations have been carried out to ensure that it grants any permit in accordance with regulation 8 or 9.
(2) If it grants a permit, it must include conditions requiring all necessary technical precautions to be observed to ensure the objectives of regulations 8 and 9 are achieved.
(3) A permit may not be granted without examination of—
(a)the hydrogeological conditions of the area concerned,
(b)the possible purifying powers of the soil and subsoil, and
(c)the risk of pollution and alteration of the quality of the groundwater from the discharge,
and without establishing whether the input of pollutants into groundwater is a satisfactory solution from the point of view of the environment.
(4) A permit may only be granted if the Agency has checked that the groundwater (and, in particular, its quality) will undergo the requisite surveillance.