Stay up-to-date with regulation and legislation changes in all areas of environmental law.
In our blog post of November last year, we queried whether the independence of the OEP may be compromised and that, under the Environment Bill, the Secretary of State has too great a role in the establishment and operation of the regulator. Since then, the independence of the OEP has been the subject of intense debate in the House of Lords.
Read in fullIn March HM Revenue & Customs published a policy paper on the reform of red diesel and other rebated fuels entitlement. This paper set out the government’s intention to introduce legislative changes via the Finance Bill 2021 and subsequent secondary legislation to restrict the entitlement to use of red diesel and rebated biofuels from 2022 to specific industries and uses.
Read in fullThe Environment Agency (EA) has resumed its Definition of Waste Service. The service was temporarily suspended last September due to permit application backlogs which were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read in fullThe Environment Agency (EA) has contacted stakeholders in the waste sector to advise them of changes it has made in relation to the scoring of environmental breaches in compliance assessment reports (CAR’s). The changes relate to management system conditions in relation to pollution, Management System condition A (MSA) and Management System condition B (MSB).
Read in fullOn the 4th December 2020 we addressed the Environment Agency’s (EA controversial proposal to introduce a “default control measure”) requiring waste treatment activities to take place within an enclosed building. In a consultation, which ran from 14th September and 18th November 2020, the requirement was described as “an appropriate measure for preventing and minimising emissions of pollution.”
Read in fullOn 1st July 2021 the Office of Environmental Protection was launched on an interim basis. The move comes as the Environment Bill, which establishes the OEP, progresses through Parliament. The OEP has been lauded as a powerful new independent regulator that will hold government to account and ensure that environmental legislation and protections are adhered to.
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