Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
This guide gives an overview of what environmental damage is and how the Environmental Liability Regulations could affect you. It covers what action can be taken if you fail to remove a risk of environmental damage, or actually cause environmental damage.
You should also read the guide to pollution incidents and incident response planning.
Pollution incident response planning
Additional resources
Video Case Study: How to Prepare an Emergency Response for Your Business
Information on what is environmental damage
Guidance on preventing environmental damage when your activities cause an imminent threat of environmental damage.
Information on how to remediate environmental damage
Information on the legislation around preventing and dealing with pollution incidents
Whats new on NetRegs
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EU Exit
EU Exit updates: Northern Ireland DAERA Brexit news, Scotland SEPA Supporting Scottish businesses with EU exit
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Waste – Duty of Care Roles and Responsibilities
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency has published a short guide to the duty of care responsibilities including advice and information for waste producers, carriers and those accepting, storing and treating waste.
https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/waste-duty-care-responsibilities
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NetRegs:- FREE, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN ENGLISH GUIDANCE FOR BUSINESSES
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EIA (Agriculture) Regulations for Northern Ireland
Any person intending to alter the use or management of areas of uncultivated or semi-natural land must obtain prior approval from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
Read more on the DAERA website
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Guidance from your environmental regulator
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9 NEW GPPs (Guidance for Pollution Prevention) available now
The NetRegs team at SEPA, in partnership with The Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and a number of industry bodies have produced 9 new GPPs to replace out of date PPGs. More are coming! Check the available topics
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New guidance
New guidance for Start-ups, charities and community projects
http://www.netregs.org.uk/environmental-topics/environmental-management/first-steps-guidance-for-new-starts-projects-and-charities/
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