Environment

Principal Legislation
Regulations
Standards and Guidance
Other sources of information

 
Principal Legislation

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Chapter 43)  http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900043_en_1.htm

Environment Act 1995 (Chapter 25) http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950025_en_1.htm

Water Resources Act 1991 (Chapter  ) http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1991/Ukpga_19910057_en_1.htm

Water Industry Act 1991 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1991/Ukpga_19910056_en_1.htm

Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (as amended by the Environment Act 1995)  http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1993/Ukpga_19930012_en_1.htm

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (Chapter 8) http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900008_en_1.htm

 Pollution  Prevention and Control Act 1999 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/19990024.htm

Water Act 2003  Chapter 37 Contaminated Land. Water Act 2003 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/en2003/03en37-d.htm

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Regulations

EU Directives including commission proposals http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/reg/en_register_1510.html

EU Directive Control of High Activity Sealed Radioactive Sources and Orphan Sources 2003/122/Euratom basic-txt - 32003L0122 - http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!celexnumdoc&numdoc=32003L0122&lg=EN

High Activity Sealed Sources and Orphan Sources Regulations 2005 SI  2686 /2005   http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20052686.htm

The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 SI 2005/894 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050894.htm

The List of Wastes (England) Regulations 2005 SI 2005/895  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050895.htm

The Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations 1999 SI 1999/743  http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1999/19990743.htm

Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/1973 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2000/20001973.htm

Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) 1991 SI 1991/2839 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1991/Uksi_19912839_en_1.htm

The Waste Incineration (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 SI 2000/2980 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/20022980.htm

Town and Country Planning (Environmental  Impact Assessment ) Regulations 1999, SI1999/293 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1999/19990293.htm

Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 227 The Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2000  http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000227.htm

Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 663 The Contaminated Land (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2001/20010663.htm

The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1559 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/20021559.htm

Transfrontier Shipments of Waste Regulations 1994, 1994/1137 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941137_en_1.htm

For further regulations see radioactive waste

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Standards and Guidance

Guidance on Radiological assessment Environment Agency - Regulation & Guidance http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/444304/945835/1064129/?version=1&lang=_e

Radiological Assessments for Small Users, NRPB-W63 Oct 2004  http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/w_series_reports/2004/nrpb_w63.htm

Generalised Habitat Data for Radiological assessments, NRPB – W41 May 2003   http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/w_series_reports/2003/nrpb_w41.htm

A methodology for Assessing Doses from Short Term Planned Discharges to Atmosphere NRPB- W54, March 2004 http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/w_series_reports/2004/nrpb_w54.htm

Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment Model (CLEA) Environment Agency - CLEA - Home page http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/landquality/113813/672771/?lang=_e

Landfill Directive (Council Directive 1999/31/EC) Guidance

Guidance for Environment Agency officers and organisations involved in the characterisation and remediation of radioactively contaminated land. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/rcl_guidance_808428.pdf

Radiological Protection Objectives for Land Contaminated with Radionuclides, S F Mobbs, I M Barraclough, C E McDonnell, M Morrey, J R Cooper and F A Fry, Documents of the NRPB: Volume 9 , No. 2

Environmental Management Systems - Specification with Guidance for use,  BS EN ISO 14001:1996

Environmental Management Systems - General guidelines on principles, systems and supporting techniques,  BS EN ISO 14004:1996

Guidelines for environmental auditing - Audit procedures - Auditing of environmental management systems EN ISO 14011:1996

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Other sources of information

EU Publication 134: Evaluation of the application of the concepts of exemption and clearance practice according to  title III of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom (2003) EUROPA - Energy - Nuclear Issues http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/nuclear/radioprotection/publication/134_en.htm

EU Publication 132: Marina II update of Marina Project on radiological exposure of EU community from radioactivity in northern Europe marine waters EUROPA - Energy - Nuclear Issues http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/nuclear/radioprotection/publication/132_en.htm

EU Publication 122: Practocal use of concepts of clearance and exemption, Part I & II, under Article 31, 2000 EUROPA - Energy - Nuclear Issues http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/nuclear/radioprotection/publication/122_en.htm

Environment Agency  Environment Agency - Business http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/?lang=_e

Introduction to Environmental Protection - DEFRA Website http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/index.htm#Other

Environment and Heritage Service - OSPAR Agreement  http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/environment/waterManage/policy/int_agree.shtml

Pollution Prevention and Control Guidance - DEFRA Website http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/ppc/index.htm

UK Strategy for radioactive discharges 2001 - 2020 http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/radioactivity/discharge/strategy/index.htm

SAFEGROUNDS Project  http://www.safegrounds.com/

CIRIA (Construction Industry Research Association) http://www.ciria.org.uk/index.html

Local Authority Contaminated Land Network www.ContaminatedLAND.co.uk - CIRIA Publications - General

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea - Protection of the Marine Environment http://www.oceanlaw.net/netpath/page7.htm

HPA NRPB - eBulletin Radiological Protection Bulletin Archive http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/bulletin/index.htm

Models for Calculating the Transfer of Radionuclides through the Environment: Verification and Validation NRPB- R300

Environmental Distributions and the Practical Utilisation of Detection Limited Environment Measurement Data NRPB- W13

Radioactivity in Food and Environment, RIFE 9, 2003, CEFAS  Publications | Radioactivity In Food And The Environment (RIFE) http://www.sepa.org.uk/publications/rife/

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