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1. The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017 These regulations…
1. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 These…
COMAH Regulations 2015 How they are treated The COMAH Regulations are…
On 19 July 2015, the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation)…
EPR can be used for offences related to regulated facilities, including…
1. Water Resources Act 1991 Section 91B(3): Failure to give notice of…
1. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (SAFFA) Section 1: Using…
1. Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations (EPR)…
1. Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part IIA Section 78M(1):…
1. Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) Order 2010 Article 18(1)(a):…
Government response to the NMEG report on how to improve policy and practice to reduce nutrient pollution from agricultural nutrients.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
We welcome the report of the Nutrient Management Expert Group (NMEG). This…
Requesting comments on a draft risk management evaluation for chlorpyrifos, a chemical substance proposed as a POP to the UN’s Stockholm Convention.
The POPs Review Committee (POPRC) has agreed the Risk Profile (Annex E)…
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Projects expected to be funded by the Water Environment Improvement Fund capital budget.
UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations supporting document: Environment Act 1995 air quality directions.
Framework for local authority assessment and management of air quality standards and objectives: Secretary of State directions under Environment Act 1995.
Requesting information for a draft risk management evaluation for chlorpyrifos, a substance proposed as a POP to the UN’s POPs Review Committee.
These documents provide information on how the water environment is managed in the English part of the Dee River Basin District.
These documents provide information on how the water environment is managed in the English part of the Solway Tweed River Basin District.
Information on the mechanisms (policy, legal or financial tools) that underpin the draft summary programme of measures which translate measures into outcomes for the water environment.
Consultation on draft new guidance explaining the appropriate measures for permitted facilities that store and treat end of life vehicles (ELVs) or components.
Seeking views on updated guidance for the limiting of emissions from crematoriums.
Defra’s framework for local authorities to make best use of their powers and make air quality improvements for their communities.
Requesting information to feed into draft Risk Profiles and draft Risk Management Evaluations for 3 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP Review Committee
Environment Agency consultation on its proposed decision to allow NNB Generation Company (Hinkley Point C) Ltd to vary its water discharge activity permit.
Action the government is taking to reduce the impact of nutrient pollution on protected sites and enable sustainable development.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Seeking views on the draft revised national air quality strategy.
This strategic plan sets out what the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will do by 2025 to keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.
What the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) must do to meet the challenges of this decade.
How the draft river basin management plans have been updated and a summary of the programmes of measures.
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