Following its consultation held between November 2017 and February 2018, the Environment Agency (EA) has updated its Enforcement and Sanctions Statement and Enforcement and Sanctions Guidance so that the two […]
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Category: Env. Permitting
Environment Agency consultation on its enforcement and sanctions policy
The Environment Agency’s consultation on updating its enforcement and sanctions policy documents closed on 15 January 2018. This article considers the proposed changes.
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Changes to CAR Licencing Regime in Scotland, Implications for the Construction Industry
As of the 1st of January 2018 any construction site: • Of 4 Ha or greater; • With a construction access road of 5 km or more; or • Containing […]
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Contractors Fined Over Diesel Leak at Christchurch Hospital
Two contractors have been ordered to pay more than £180,000 in fines and costs for polluting groundwater with over 11,000 litres of diesel during the re-development of Christchurch Hospital, Dorset.
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Plans for single Scottish environmental permitting framework published for consultation
Plans to replace Scotland’s four environmental permitting regimes with a single, consolidated framework have been published for consultation by the Scottish Government and Scottish Environmental Protection Authority (SEPA).16 Jan 2017
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Imerys Minerals Fined £100,000 after hazardous chemicals enter St Austell River
A clay company has paid a heavy price for a toxic discharge which saw a hazardous chemical enter a river near St Austell. In a case brought by the Environment […]
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Lincolnshire firm to pay £24,300 for polluting local watercourse
A Skellingthorpe business has been fined £15,300 and ordered to pay more than £9,000 in costs for polluting 3.5km of local watercourse.
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Beach Pollution Southern Water fined £2 Million Pounds
A water company has been fined £2m for polluting beaches after a pumping station failed during heavy storms. More than 20 Kent bathing beaches were closed to swimmers after a […]
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Three fined in oven cleaner hazardous waste case
The final stage of a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency, over illegal management of hazardous waste, has seen three companies fined a total of £354,000.
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Dorset man narrowly escapes prison for running illegal waste oil site
Rogue waste operator Stuart Allen has received a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £20,000 costs for running an illegal waste cooking oil storage and processing plant in the […]
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