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Training Your Personnel: Level 4 |
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Appendix 7.26 |
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Register of Environmental Regulations - Sheet 1 Current Legislation |
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Applicable Regulations & Other Requirement |
Summary |
Requirement |
Compliance with Requirement |
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Environmental Protection Act 1990 as amended by Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 and the Environment Act 1995 |
Part I introduced the system of Integrated Pollution Control (IPC). Anyone who operates, or plans to operate, a prescribed process must apply for authorisation from the local authority or Environment Agency. |
N/A |
N/A |
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Part II details requirements for waste management and imposes a statutory duty of care on waste producers. |
Reasonable care must be taken to ensure waste is stored so as to prevent pollution, and is clearly labelled |
Yes |
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Environmental Protection Act 1990 as amended by Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 and the Environment Act 1995 |
Part III lists statutory nuisances and rationalises the procedure for dealing with statutory nuisances Under s.79 of the Act, there is a duty on every local authority to cause its area to be inspected from time to time to detect any statutory nuisances which ought to be dealt with. Where a complaint of a statutory nuisance is made to the local authority by a person living in its area, the authority has to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to investigate the nuisance. |
Prevent or counteract the effects of a statutory nuisance |
Yes |
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Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 |
Completion of Waste Transfer Notes for all wastes disposed of from site. |
Copies of waste transfer notes and licences must be kept on site. |
Yes |
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Water Industry Act 1991 |
This act controls discharge of trade or domestic effluent to sewer. A consent to discharge is needed for trade effluents which imposes consent levels and conditions. |
Consent to discharge covers waste waters from mechanical and electroplating processes |
Yes |
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Water Resources Act 1991 |
The act covers the protection and management of controlled waters resources. Discharge to controlled water is permitted only with the consent of the Environment Agency, and subject to conditions. |
Oil from leaking tank is washed into surface drains. |
No |
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Licences are also required to abstract water from any source. |
Ensure water is abstracted in compliance with licence. |
Yes |
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Special Waste Regulations 1996 as amended |
The regulations make it an offence for a consignor of special waste to fail to prepare a proper consignment note and to issue this note to the EA giving the required period of notice before commencing removal of the waste |
Special waste consignment notes should be kept on file |
No |