What Every Manager Needs to Know About Environmental Law

For managers, keeping up to date with current environmental law is time consuming and daunting (both in terms of the quantity and complexity of the law). Failing to do so and getting it wrong can have dire consequences.

Contents

Contaminated land and waste management

Introduction. Liabilities: criminal liability for pollution of water; liability to adjoining owners; liability for clean up. Key words: contaminated land; appropriate person; remediation notices; clean up - how clean is clean?; clean up powers; exemptions and apportionment of liability. Conclusion with regard to contaminated land. Waste manage-ment: the definition of waste; the duty of care; waste management licensing; special waste.

Integrated pollution control and air pollution control

Introduction - Background to IPC and APC to regulate emissions from the most polluting processes. Terms and definitions including the following: BATNEEC, BPEO, Prescribed processes; Environment etc.; Distinction between IPC and APC. The role and use of Secretary of State Guidance. Notes in regulating these processes. Application for authorisations - also including: conditions; variations; transfers; revocations; appeals. Enforcement and offences to include: powers of the regulators to search, to take statements, take samples etc. Public registers and information. The future - IPPC.

Statutory nuisance

Historical background. Environmental Protection Act 1990. Definition of Statutory Nuisance. Duty of local authority Abatement notices. Summary proceedings: By a local authority; By person aggrieved; Defence of best practicable means. Other remedies for noise nuisance

Packaging regulations

Overview. Producer responsibilities. Complaint schemes. Registration and data provision. Recovery and recycling obligations. Monitoring compliance and penalties. Packaging (essential requirements) regulations. Future developments.

Environmental assessments

The European background - directive 85/337/EEC. The legal framework - 1988 regulations: What projects environmental assessment applies to; The mechanism for determining whether EA is required; The content of the environmental statement; Consultations and publicity; Planning applications - time for determination where EA required. The new directive - government’s proposals for change.

Summary and conclusions

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