The Environment Agency is planning to replace its Operator Risk Appraisal (Opra) scheme for sites operating under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR). Central to this process is a proposed shift from compliance to performance based regulation. According to the Environment Agency this will provide ‘an opportunity to take a holistic view of operator performance and to introduce opportunities for incentive-based or market based regulation’.
As part of this process the Agency has launched an informal consultation seeking feedback and comments on the attributes and criteria that they will assess under Performance Regulation, including how the regulatory approach can be more transparent, consistent and customer focused.
The full consultation can be viewed on the Environment Agency’s website here. The consultation will close on 26th May 2017.
Source: Environment Agency