Scottish Environment Protection

IPPC is based on EC directive 96/61 and is the successor to the UK Integrated Pollution Control Act (IPCA), the important difference being the prevention aspect. In England and Wales the EA is responsible for the implementation of IPPC (Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland). In summary, the aims of IPPC may be expressed as ... 

SEPA. 2000. Radioactivity in food and the environment, 1999 (RIFE-5). Scottish Environment Protection Agency, 33... 

SEPA, Guidance for the large volume organic chemical sector, IPPC, Sector Guidance Note, IPPC S4.01, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) (2001)... 

Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Guidance on gas treatment technologies for landfill gas engines, www.environment-agency.gov.uk, 2004... 

Scottish Environment Protection Agency, East Kilbride, Scotland Mary Reiley... 

Radioactivity in Food and the Environment, 2005. RIFE 11, (2006). Environment Agency, Environment and Heritage Service, Food Standards Agency and Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Bristol, Belfast, London and Stirling. 

The 1995 Environment Act established the Environment Agency for England and Wales and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and sets out all provisions for the transfer arrangements of existing legislation. 

U.K. Health and Safety Executive and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (1998), Safety Audit of Dounreay 1998, Sudbury, United Kingdom, HSE Books. 

Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) is a system established by Part 1 of the Act. Part 1 introduces Part A Processes, which are the most potentially polluting or technologically complex processes. In England and Wales this is enforced by the Environment Agency. In Scotland there is a parallel system enforced by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. 

Registered waste carriers Most carriers of waste have to be registered with the Environment Agency or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Look at the carrier s certificate of registration or check with the Agencies. 

Keeping the papers Both persons involved in the transfer must keep copies of the transfer note and the description of the waste for two years. They may have to prove in Court where the waste came from and what they did with it. A copy of the transfer note must also be made available to the Environment Agency or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency if they ask to see it. 

Authorities, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Scottish Retail Consortium, and The Scottish Environment Protection Agency for direction and support during the project. The report used LCA to evaluate the environmental effects of grocery bag consumer choices. The report found that assessing a tax would reduce the use and prevalence of plastic in the environment and that consumption of non-renewable energy, solid waste, GHG emissions, and eutrophication of lakes and rivers would be significantly less (Cadman et al. 2005). 

SEPA An abbreviation for Scottish Environment Protection Agency, it is a non-govem-mental public body responsible for the protection of the environment in Scotland. Its primary role is to protect and improve the environment by regulating activities that can cause harmful pollution. 

Official website of Scottish Environment Protection Agency. 

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