UXO and the Construction Cycle
Despite more than seventy years passing since the UK was a target for mass bombing raids, not a month seems to go by without another story of UXO being discovered . ‘Undetonated bombs from World […]
CIRIA Launch Contaminated Land Guidance Tool
Whilst the www.gov.uk website may have tried to pare guidance on land contamination to the essentials to support policy those in the industry regularly will be reaching for a wealth of guidance published by a […]
Mind the Gap between Asbestos in Soils Guidance and Training!
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012), Regulation 10 requires every employer to ensure that adequate information, instruction and training is given to their employees who are,or who are liable to be, exposed to […]
British Drilling Association Urges Main Contractors to Ensure Subcontractor Drilling Compliance
Following in the wake of recent survey findings indicating lack of knowledge of relevant Technical Standards for the drilling industry (EC7), The British Drilling Association (BDA) is urging main contractors to check and ensure compliance […]
S4ULs and US EPA’s Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene
Although some months have passed since the US EPA published online their finalised toxicological review dated 19 January 2017 it is only recently that LQM have provided an update as to what effect, if any […]
Landfill Tax Rate Increase but legislation to simplify disposal is still draft
From the 1st April 2017 the standard rate of Landfil, Tax for the UK is £86.10 and the lower rate is £2.70. Whilst Landfill tax has been devolved to Scotland since 1st April 2015 the […]
Updated_Guidance: sewage sludge on farmland:code of practice
DEFRA on 30 March 2017 updated their online guidance on their code for producing, supplying and using sewage sludge on farmland. From a land quality perspective the key changes was to add “The increased permissible […]
Have you seen an Asian Hornet?
This recently arrived non-native invasive species, whilst not posing a threat to human health is a predator to insects including the honey bee. According to the British Bee Keeper’s Association website “In the UK about […]
Groundwater activity exclusions from environmental permits
On 14 March 2017 the Environment Agency added to their suite of online Guidance by publishing information on those extremely low-risk discharges which are not considered groundwater activities but are considered exclusions and as such […]
Online Groundwater protection technical guidance published 14 March 2017
In essence this online guidance published by the Environment Agency (EA) assists in understanding the risks, implications and legalities of undertaking activities which may give rise to substances entering the groundwater with respect to groundwater […]