3. Why have a Legal Register?
• BS EN ISO 14001 : 2004
– “The organization shall establish, implement and maintain a
procedure(s)
• To identify and have access to the applicable legal requirements and other
requirements to which the organization subscribes …”
• Audits
– System compliance audits + customer audits + Aspects & Impacts register
• Regulatory visits
– Environment Agency, Local Environmental Health Dept., Trading Standards,
HSE, Sewerage Undertaker, Fire Service.
• Get it wrong and you go to court…
5. Register Index
Air
LEGISLATION REGISTER INDEX
Ref No. Section AIR Issue No Date
AR 1 E Clean Air Act 1993 1 24/03/2009
AR 2 E Environment Act 1995 Pt.IV 1 24/03/2009
AR 3 E Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporation Condensers Regulations SI 1992/2225 1 24/03/2009
AR 4 E Air Quality Standards Regulations SI 2007/64 Revoked 1 24/03/2009
AR 5 E Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2007/3538 - Part 1 Spent 1 20/05/2009
AR 6 E Regulation (EC) 2037/2000 (OJ:L244/1/2000) on Substances That Deplete The Ozone Layer Revoked 2 13/11/2009
AR 7 E Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations SI 2002/528 Revoked 1 13/10/2009
AR 8 E Ozone Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations SI 2009/216 1 13/10/2009
AR 9 E Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations SI 2009/261 3 01/04/2011
AR 10 E Regulation (EC) 1005/2009 (OJ:L286/1/2009) on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 1 04/05/2010
AR 11 E Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2007/991 1 31/03/2011
AR 12 E Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations SI 2011/1543 1 24/08/2011
AR 13 E Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2010/675 - part 3 schedule 14 1 13/02/2012
6. Air Legislation
• Notification of wet cooling towers or evaporative condensers
– Have to be registered with local environmental health department
• Ozone-depleting substances – Qualifications
– Engineers/technicians must be qualified to a minimum standard
• Fluorinated greenhouse gases
– Companies that install and maintain equipment must hold a “Stationary
Equipment Qualification Certificate” issued by a DECC appointed body
• Substances that deplete the ozone layer
– Minimum inspection periods are set for equipment containing 3kg>, 30kg> and
300kg>
• Energy performance of buildings
– Air conditioning (comfort cooling) combined rating of 12kW output must be
inspected by an qualified energy assessor
• Equipment containing R22 – banned as of 31st December 2014
7. Register Index
Environmental
LEGISLATION REGISTER INDEX
Ref No. Section ENVIRONMENTAL Issue No Date
EN 1 B Control of Pollution Act 1974 1 15/05/2009
EN 2 B Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 1 20/04/2009
EN 3 B Environmental Protection Act 1990 Pt.III (As Amended) Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 1 20/04/2009
EN 4 B Town and Country Planning Act 1990 1 20/04/2009
EN 5 B Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 1 16/05/2009
EN 6 B Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 1 18/05/2009
EN 7 B Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations SI 1994/2716 Revoked 1 20/04/2009
EN 8 B Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulations SI 1999/743 1 20/04/2009
EN 9 B Contaminated Land (England) Regulations SI 2006/1380 1 18/05/2009
EN 10 B Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations SI 2006/2989 1 18/05/2009
EN 11 B Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulations (EC) 1907/2006 1 20/04/2009
EN 12 B Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations SI 2007/175 1 20/05/2009
EN 13 B Climate Change Levy (General)(Agreement) Regulations SI 2007/2903 1 20/04/2009
EN 14 B Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations SI 2009/153 1 20/05/2009
EN 15 B Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations SI 2009/995 1 08/07/2009
EN 16 B Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme Order SI 2010/768 2 13/02/2012
8. Environmental Legislation
• Town and country planning
– If you have a storage/shipping container on site – you need to apply for
planning permission
• Clean neighbourhoods
– Not allowed to display advertisements on public land without the appropriate
planning permission from local authority
• REArCH
– Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals: new
prescriptive MSDS sheets due to be published soon
• CRC energy efficiency
– Phase 2 coming in shortly , implications to businesses that have more than
25% of their total energy use covered by a CCA
9. Register Index
Waste
LEGISLATION REGISTER INDEX
Issue No Date
Ref No. Section WASTE
WS 1 C Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers & Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations SI 1991/1624 Revoked 1 16/05/2009
WS 2 C Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations SI 1991/2839 Revoked 1 20/04/2009
WS 3 C Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 (as amended). SI 1992/588 Revoked 2 13/02/2012
WS 4 C Waste Management Licencing Regulations SI 1994/1056 Revoked 1 20/04/2009
WS 5 C Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances)(England and Wales) 2 13/02/2012
Regulations SI 2000/1043
WS 6 C Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations SI 2003/1941 1 20/04/2009
WS 7 C Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2005/894 1 20/04/2009
WS 8 C List of Wastes (England) Regulations SI 2005/895 1 20/04/2009
WS 9 C List of Wastes (Wales) Regulations SI 2005/1820 1 17/06/2009
WS 10 C Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations SI 2006/3289 1 20/04/2009
WS 11 C Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations SI 2007/871 1 20/04/2009
WS 12 C Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2007/3538 Spent 1 20/04/2009
WS 13 C Site Waste Management Plans Regulations SI 2008/314 1 20/04/2009
WS 14 C Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations SI 2009/890 1 07/07/2009
WS 15 C Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No2) Regulations SI 2009/3381 Spent 1 04/05/2010
WS 16 C Waste (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2011/988 2 06/06/2012
WS 17 C Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2010/675 - Part 3 schedules 9, 10, 13 1 13/02/2012
WS 18 C Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2012/811 1 01/05/2012
10. Waste Legislation
• Duty of Care
– You own the waste from the moment you create it through to the point of final disposal
• Waste transfer notes, waste consignment notes
– Normal waste (inc. recycling) notes have to be retained for 2 years, hazardous waste
notes have to be retained for 3 years – legal documents
– 2003 / 2007 SIC codes + Part E section consignment notes
• Packaging waste
– Qualify if you have a turnover over £2 million and handle 50 tonnes per calendar year
• WEEE waste
– Keep separate from normal waste and dry
• Site waste management plans
– Construction projects over £300K require plan before work commences - £500K> more
in-depth
• Waste batteries and accumulators
– Require segregation and disposal via an authorised facility
• Waste hierarchy
– You are now signing to say that you are applying these principles
• Waste carriers licences
– Use ‘Public Registers’ page on EA website to periodically check validity
11. Register Index
Water
LEGISLATION REGISTER INDEX
Issue No Date
Ref No. Section WATER
WT 1 D Water Industry Act 1991 1 20/04/2009
WT 2 D Water Resources Act 1991 1 20/04/2009
WT 3 D Trade Effluents (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations SI 1989/1156 1 20/04/2009
WT 4 D Surface Waters (Fishlife)(Classification) Regulations SI 1997/1331 1 20/04/2009
WT 5 D Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances)(Classification) Regulations SI 1997/2560 1 20/04/2009
WT 6 D Ground Water Regulations SI 1998/2746 Revoked 1 20/04/2009
WT 7 D Anti Pollution Works Regulations SI 1999/1006 1 20/04/2009
WT 8 D Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations SI 1999/1148 1 15/05/2009
WT 9 D Control of Pollution (Oil Storage)(England) Regulations SI 2001/2954 1 20/04/2009
WT 10 D Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2009/2902 Revoked 1 10/12/2009
WT 11 D Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations SI 2010/675 - Part 3 schedules 21, 22 1 13/02/2012
12. Water Legislation
• Crown Court
– If you pollute a watercourse you will be prosecuted through the Crown Court
• Water supply fittings
• If you supply your workforce with a hosepipe for general use, it must be fitted with
a non-return valve
• Oil storage
– This applies to ≥200ltrs ~ it does not apply to waste oil
– Bunding should be able to hold 110% of the largest container or 25% of the
aggregate storage capacity
• Vehicle washing
– If you wash your own vehicles, using a cleaning substance, unless you have a
properly bunded area, you are polluting the watercourse
• Discharge consents
– If you are discharging water to drains from your process or activities, check to
see if you need a consent
13. Register Index
Guidance Notes
ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDANCE NOTES
Issue No Date
Ref No. Section Guidance Note Title
PPG 1 General Guide to the Prevention of Pollution 1 01/02/2010
PPG 2 Above Ground Oil Storage Tanks 2 01/08/2011
PPG 5 Works and Maintenance in or Near Water 1 01/02/2010
PPG 7 Refuelling Facilities 2 01/08/2011
PPG 8 Safe Storage and Disposal of Used Oils 1 01/02/2010
PPG 13 Vehicle Washing and Cleaning 1 01/02/2010
PPG 18 Managing Fire Water and Major Spillages 1 01/02/2010
PPG 21 Pollution Incident Response Planning 1 01/02/2010
PPG 22 Incident Response Dealing with Spills 2 13/06/2011
PPG 26 Storage and Handling of Drums and Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) 2 01/05/2011
GN 1 Adblue 1 01/02/2010
GN 2 Is Your Site Right 1 01/02/2010
GN 3 Pollution Prevention Pays 1 01/02/2010
T 4 Preparatory Treatments - Baling 1 04/05/2010
T 15 Treatment of Waste Aerosol Cans 1 04/05/2010
S 2 Storage of Waste in a Secure Place 1 04/05/2010
WG 1 Waste Hierarchy Guidance 1 13/06/2011
14.
15. Where to go
• Barbour Index: www.barbour-ehs.com/
• Business Sustain: www.business-sustain.com/
• CEDREC: http://cedrec.com/
• IEMA: www.iema.net/
• Legislation UK: www.legislation.gov.uk/
• Netregs: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/netregs/
