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Environment Agency: business impact target

When the Environment Agency assesses its regulatory impact on businesses using business impact target (BIT) assessments.

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Published 30 May 2017
Last updated 12 January 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated the 'Business impact target assessments' - added to bottom of the validated BIT assessments table 'Water Abstraction E-Alerts (RPC-DEFRA-EA-5232(1))'.

  2. Added 'Non-qualifying regulatory provisions under the business impact target: 2021 to 2022'.

  3. Added 'Non-qualifying regulatory provisions under the Business Impact Target (BIT): 2020 to 2021'. Updated the 'Business impact target assessments' - added to bottom of the validated BIT assessments table 'Further extension of incinerator bottom ash aggregate – regulatory position statement 247'.

  4. Added 'Non-qualifying regulatory provisions under the Business Impact Target (BIT): 2019 to 2020'. Updated the 'Business impact target assessments' - added to bottom of the validated BIT assessments table 'Further extension of incinerator bottom ash aggregate – regulatory position statement 206'.

  5. Added the Non-qualifying regulatory provisions summary report for 21 June to 12 December 2019. Updated the Business impact target (BIT) assessments: added 2 entries to validated BIT assessments table relating to incinerator bottom ash aggregate when regulation changed September 2017.

  6. We have published the non-qualifying regulatory provisions summary report for 21 June 2018 to 20 June 2019.

  7. New html published: Non-qualifying regulatory provisions under the Business Impact Target (BIT). It lists the excluded categories in the BIT reporting period 9 June 2017 to 20 June 2018.

  8. Published the validated BIT score for the revised fire prevention plan guidance.

  9. We've published our non-qualifying regulatory provisions summary for 2015 to 2017.

  10. First published.

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