environmental compliance

SEPA take action…!

July 21, 2011

Together with Crimestoppers, SEPA have just announced that they intend to target those rogues who flout the WEEE regs. Does this concern the contaminated land folk…well probably not.  So why am i writing about this…?  Well I reckon that a load of fly tipped contaminated soils, or site investigations ste-up to ‘miss’ expected hot spots in order [...]

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Remediation and EIA’s

June 29, 2011

Save Britain’s Heritage –v- Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – 25 March 2011 Court of Appeal [Civil Division] EWCA CIV 334 A recent landmark ruling of the Court of Appeal in the above case determined that demolition of buildings is considered to be a “project”, for the purposes of EIA Directive 85/337/EEC, and hence, an Environmental Impact Assessment [...]

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New NICOLE Report on Environment Liability Transfer in Europe

June 3, 2011

The Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe (NICOLE), Brownfields Working Group has just released a report titled “Environmental Liability Transfer in Europe: Divestment of Contaminated Land for Brownfield Regeneration”. I’ve just had a read of the downloadable document click here>> and cannot see how it lives up to it’s claims…! 1. To provide a Road Map which illustrates the issues for [...]

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Waste Regulations 2011 – Scotland

March 29, 2011

  The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 and the Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 came into force on the 27th March 2011, click NetRegs.   What are they and do they apply to you…?   The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 This reg consolidates the existing Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 and the numerous [...]

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New guidance on remediation and decontamination for contingency planning

March 2, 2011

“The decontamination of buildings, infrastructure and open environment exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials.” Another snappy title produced by the Food and Environment Research Agency which you can download as a PDF here So what’s it all about and does it concern you…? Well, if you are responsible for contingency planning…i.e. if the [...]

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Be prepared for an oil spill! Protect your environmental risks.

February 18, 2011

  Anyone can make a mistake, like me for saying I’d help write the company blogs however I’m lucky, if you’re not interested then you may not read the next one, the company below found themselves in an environmentally damaging and financially expensive position.  In November 2010 an insulation firm was fined after accidentally letting spilt oil pour [...]

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To key to maintaining Environmental Compliance

December 21, 2010

I don’t know about you but I know little about what’s in these books, luckily we have resources on-hand to keep us informed.   With the recent announcement that netregs.gov.uk is closing, we had to adapt immediately to keep our environmental compliance in order. While the snow was falling before Christmas, and the ice on the roads [...]

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