You may think from the above statement is only of passing interest but actually operating illegally could be as simple as not being compliant with the conditions which apply to a waste exemption or not […]
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 […]
The 2013 Euratom Basic Safety Standards Directive (2013/59/EURATOM) lays down safety standards for protecting against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation. It scope includes not only medical, occupational exposure but public exposure scenarios such […]
The Environment Agency have published on-line RPS 206, which applies, if you use unbound municipal Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate (unbound IBAA) in certain construction activities. Essentially, if you comply with the conditions of the RPS, […]
If so, you might need an environmental permit. The Environment Agency’s (EA) Regulatory Position Statement 8 (RPS 8) published on-line in June states that “Old pipes that are taken out of use (decommissioned) are classified […]
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 […]
Earlier this month the Environment Agency drew attention to the fact that with the new standard rules permits launched in January 2017 (applicable to existing permits from April – see previous GEMs posting at https://geoenvmatters.com/updated_standard-rule-permits-no-4-5-and-17-apply-to-existing-permits-from-6-april-2017/), […]
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 […]
If you have not caught up with changes to the rules and associated generic risk assessments then these can be found by clicking on the links below: SR2010 No 4: mobile plant for land-spreading SR2010 […]
On 23 November Environment Agency published on-line their Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 178 for the treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants. If your proposed treatment works can comply with the conditions of RPS 178 […]