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New_Designation of ‘main rivers’: guidance to the Environment Agency

December 3, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

On 16 November Statutory Guidance was published setting out the basis on which the Environment Agency should decide whether or not a river or watercourse is treated as a ‘main river’.  The prinicpal cirteria in […]

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Updated_ Catchment Area Co-ordinators for England

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

There are 100 catchments across England and Wales.  This month the Environment Agency have posted updated contact details for catchment co-ordinators in England with an accompanying map showing all catchment areas across England and Wales, […]

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New_Interaction between Environmental Permitting and Local Authorities’ Statutory Nuisance duties

October 8, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Clarification has just been published for England and wales over government’s interpretation of the relationship between Environmental Permitting and local authorities’ statutory nuisance duties.  It is interesting to note the attention drawn in this document […]

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CIRIA Launch Contaminated Land Guidance Tool

April 20, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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Groundwater activity exclusions from environmental permits

March 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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Online Groundwater protection technical guidance published 14 March 2017

March 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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Update to EA’s Groundwater Protection: Principles and practice (GP3)

March 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

The Environment Agency (EA) has just published “The Environment Agency’s approach to groundwater protection” March 2017 version 1.0. It contains position statements which provide information for different sectors about the Environment Agency’s approach to managing […]

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New_ CL:AIRE Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Groundwater Guidance

February 20, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Ever wondered why TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons) often are not a measure of all the hydrocarbons present in a petroleum hydrocarbon mixture? Did you know that in 2005 the Environment Agency proposed a slightly different […]

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Update_ Civil Sanctions

February 9, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

The introduction of the Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008  gave the Environment Agency the power  to impose  civil sanctions (a non -criminal penalty) for pollution offenses.  In 2011 and 2015 the scope of offenses that […]

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Emerging Contaminants and Persistence

January 20, 2017February 2, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Sediment

Persistence, according to the guidelines of the Stockholm Convention, is evident where, chemicals have a half-life in the aquatic environment of over two months (i.e. it takes over two months for the chemical to break […]

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5 Jan

Damage to the wheelhouse of a fishing vessel after inadvertent detonation of WWII UXO. See more: https://www.6alpha.com/damage-to-the-wheelhouse-of-fishing-vessel/

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29 Dec

Beachbuoy_ 6 out of last 7 days there have been releases via a #CSO into Chichester harbour - what are @SouthernWater doing to address increasing extreme 'foreseeable' weather events due to #climatechange?
https://www.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/our-bathing-waters/beachbuoy

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27 Dec

Convicted waste crime offender ordered to pay £2.1 million https://www.gov.uk/government/news/convicted-waste-crime-offender-ordered-to-pay-2-1-million

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27 Dec

North East households urged not to become ‘accidental’ waste criminals this Christmas https://www.gov.uk/government/news/north-east-households-urged-not-to-become-accidental-waste-criminals-this-christmas

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