by westoncompliance | Mar 20, 2025 | Equipment, MCA, Pollution, UK
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has uploaded a new version of the equipment manual.Read more…Source: MCA.
by westoncompliance | Mar 14, 2025 | Chemicals, Environment, Marine, MMO, Pollution, Renewables, UK
The Maritime Management Organisation (MMO) has updated its list of approved oil spill treatment products. The list includes the name, nature and type, and approved use.Read more…Source: MMO.
by westoncompliance | Feb 28, 2025 | Chemicals, Environment, Marine, MMO, Pollution, Renewables, UK
The Maritime Management Organisation (MMO) has updated the list of approved oil spill treatment products. The list includes the name, nature and type, and approved use.Read more…Source: MMO.
by westoncompliance | Feb 14, 2025 | Electrical Power, Environment Agency, HMSO, Permits and Licences, Pollution, Power Generation, UK
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers in sections 2 and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”).In accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act, the Secretary of State has...
by westoncompliance | Feb 6, 2025 | Environment, Marine, MMO, Pollution, UK
The Maritime Management Organisation (MMO) has updated the list of approved oil spill treatment products. The list includes the name, nature and type, and what they are approved for.Read more…Source: MMO.
by westoncompliance | Feb 3, 2025 | Environment, Marine, MCA, Pollution, Safety, UK, Vessels
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued an amendment updating guidance regarding safety at sea and the prevention of pollution to the marine environment through application of international instruments relating to equipment to be placed on board ships...
by westoncompliance | Dec 13, 2024 | Onshore, Pollution, SEPA, UK, Water
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have published new guidance regarding the groundwater pollutant inputs. This document is entitled ‘WAT-PS-10-02: Assigning groundwater assessment criteria for pollutant inputs’ and can be found in the...
by westoncompliance | Nov 5, 2024 | Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Pollution, UK, Water
The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a new regulatory position statement (RPS), ‘Treating and using water containing concrete at construction sites: RPS 287’.This RPS does not change the legal requirement to get an environmental permit for a waste...
by westoncompliance | Oct 17, 2024 | Environment Agency, Onshore, Pollution, UK, Water
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the regulatory position statement (RPS) 215.This RPS relates to an activity that the Environment Agency considers is potentially suitable to be an exemption under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)...
by westoncompliance | Oct 11, 2024 | Consultation, Defra, Policy, Pollution, Regulatory Process, UK
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking views on the implementation of the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) under the Kiev Protocol. The consultation aims to gather views from interested organisations and individuals on...
by westoncompliance | Oct 4, 2024 | BEIS, DESNZ, Offshore Installation, OPRED, Pollution, Regulatory Process, UK
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have amended the attachments for Offshore Combustion...
by westoncompliance | Aug 22, 2024 | Chemicals, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Pollution, Radioactive Substances, Reporting, UK, Waste
The Environmental Agency (EA) has updated various sections the pollution inventory reporting guidance.This guidance shows you how to report releases and transfers from industrial activities which the EA regulates.You must report to the pollution inventory if...
by westoncompliance | Jul 11, 2024 | Marine, MCA, Offshore Installation, Pollution, UK
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has updated attachments to the latest National Contingency Plan (NCP), and the latest accompanying documentation.The NCP provide a strategic overview for responses to marine pollution from shipping and offshore...
by westoncompliance | Jul 9, 2024 | DESNZ, Onshore, Planning, Policy, Pollution, Renewables, UK
The Departments for Local Government (nee Levelling Up), Housing and Communities, HM Treasury and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have published a policy statement on onshore wind.This statement makes revisions to planning policy...
by westoncompliance | Jun 26, 2024 | Consultation, Environment, Onshore, Pollution, Radioactive Substances, SEPA, UK, Waste, Water
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published the analysis of the consultation for completing the migration of the three regimes (water, waste, and pollution prevention and control) into an integrated structure and under a single standardised...
by westoncompliance | Jun 26, 2024 | Onshore, Pollution, Radioactive Substances, Scottish Government, SEPA, Waste, Water
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published the analysis of the consultation for completing the migration of the three regimes (water, waste, and Pollution Prevention and Control) into an integrated structure and under a single standardised...
by westoncompliance | Jun 26, 2024 | Onshore, Pollution, Radioactive Substances, Scottish Government, SEPA, Waste, Water
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published the analysis of the consultation for completing the migration of the three regimes (water, waste, and Pollution Prevention and Control) into an integrated structure and under a single standardised...
by westoncompliance | May 29, 2024 | BEIS, DESNZ, Environment, Oil Pollution, OPRED, Pollution, PONs, Reporting, UK, Waste
The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) has updated its guidance on the integrated reporting service (IRS).This is pertinent to incident reporting, including pro-formas for PON1 and PON2, and guidance on completion.Read...
by westoncompliance | May 29, 2024 | BEIS, DESNZ, Environment, Oil Pollution, OPRED, Pollution, PONs, Reporting, UK, Waste
The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) has updated the links to the integrated reporting service (IRS) and the portal used.This is pertinent to incident reporting, including pro-formas for PON1 and PON2, and guidance on...
by westoncompliance | May 23, 2024 | Environment, Garbage, Marine, MCA, Pollution, UK, Vessels
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. Read more… Source: MCA.
