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Environmental Permits

The cost of operating illegal waste sites in England is expected to rise from 1st of April 2018

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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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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Consultation _ transposition of the public exposures and justification aspects of the 2013 Euratom Basic Safety Standards Directive

October 8, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 206 : Use of unbound IBAA in certain construction activities

September 21, 2017October 8, 2017 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

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, […]

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Are you leaving decommissioned pipes in the ground?

July 10, 2017September 6, 2017 Claire Dickinson Waste

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 […]

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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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Different Mobile Plant Standard Rules for Landspreading apply in England and Wales now!

February 23, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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/), […]

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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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Updated_Standard Rule Permits No 4, 5, 6 and 17 apply to existing permits from 6 April 2017

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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Burying non-native invasive plants – when do I need a permit?

November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
16 Oct

Working on CIRIA ‘s update of their Environment Good Practice on Site has really brought home to me the crisis facing wildlife in the UK. Thank you for sharing . https://lnkd.in/e--YdEQv

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A great evening, good to catch up with you in person! Thanks to Ben de Waal at The Fiscal Incentives Group for inviting me to join you all https://lnkd.in/e76czF59

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
11 Oct

With the change in criteria for assessing #waterquality 0% of #surfacewater bodies meet the criteria for achieving good chemical status in England see for details https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
16 Aug

Updated to correct information relating to some of the surface water statistics quoted when first published in 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drinking-water-protected-areas-challenges-for-the-water-environment?utm_medium=email

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
5 Aug

Not good news for ‘building back better,’ with recovery permits becoming a more common requirement on #brownfield sites. If you have been affected by this issue as a result of not being able to use the DoWCoP and have not filled in SiLC (Specialist in La…https://lnkd.in/d3rr2SCz

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