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This Notice informs shipowners of the extension of strict liability for oil pollution damage to all ships.
A review into the impacts of sediment pollution from rural land on salmon and trout fisheries.
This document contains the following information: International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001.
Recasting the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996
How to decommission an underground storage tank temporarily or permanently and the risks to groundwater.
This consultation seeks your views on the draft Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships and Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
The Environment Agency is consulting on the next stage of remediation to clean up bromate and bromide groundwater pollution.
This MGN provides guidance and clarification for aspects of MARPOL Annex V, polar code and merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621).
Northumbrian Water will pay £50,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after a burst pipe polluted Monkton Burn in Jarrow, South Tyneside.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
This publication covers UK emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), non methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), ammonia (NH3) and particulate matter (PM10 and PM 2.5).
This consultation seeks yours views on the draft merchant shipping (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) regulations 2020. This consultation closes at: 17.00 on Monday 30th March 2020.
Understand the European Community (EC) directive 2008/1/EC on integrated pollution prevention and control.
Radioactive pollution from Fukushima nuclear reactor emergency - impact on UK food, sea and air.
This is phase 2 of a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition. The overall programme is being delivered in 2 phases. Only successful applicants from phase 1 can apply for a share of £4.5 million.
These are appropriate measures for emissions control for a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
Latest annual Environmental Performance Assessment shows some modest improvements in water companies’ performance.
This section describes the statutory, business and third section mechanisms for micro and other plastics.
This multi-agency partnership, hosted by the UK Health Security Agency, seeks to ensure joined-up action on air pollution across the health and care sector.
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