environmental permit News

The Environment Agency in the South West is to launch a consultation on an Environmental Permit application they have received from Eco Sustainable Solutions in Bournemouth for a (minor) variation to operations on their site near Bournemouth Airport. The application is to enable them to add a street sweepings plant to their site so they can process road sweepings and gully washings. Dorset County ...

Nov. 7, 2013

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

The Environment Agency has issued an environmental permit to Wolf Minerals UK Ltd to operate a mining waste facility at Hemerdon in Devon. This decision follows careful and thorough consideration of the permit application. The Agency has consulted widely and sought comments from many organisations including Public Health England, Natural England, Devon County Council, South Hams District ...

Dec. 13, 2013

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

As an alternative to keeping money in bonds or a cash account, FillSecure offers a more lucrative way to meet the financial provision obligations of the Environmental Permitting Regulations.In response to the Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations, introduced in April, a new financial product has been launched. Insurance brokers, Tysers, and financial advisers, Kynaston-Carnoustie, have come ...

Dec. 15, 2008

By Churngold Remediation Limited

ARCADIS, the international consulting and engineering company, today announced the hire of Robert Everard as a senior utility program manager. Mr. Everard has more than a decade of environmental studies and permitting experience for a wide range of projects. In recent years, he has specialized in permitting and due diligence activities for projects in the energy sector, particularly wind energy. ...

Jun. 25, 2009

By Arcadis

The Environment Agency has issued an environmental permit for an energy recovery facility in Beddington Lane, Sutton. The facility, which will burn waste at high temperatures and use the resulting heat to generate electricity, will be operated by Viridor Waste Management Ltd., and is be permitted to process 302,500 tonnes of non-hazardous waste per year. When built, the facility will divert 95 ...

Jul. 25, 2013

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Waste electrical and electronic equipment producer compliance scheme Recolight has welcomed the approval of a new amendment to the Environmental Permitting Regulations which allows collection points to store WEEE for “as long as needs be”, rather than the current storage limit of three months. Recolight health, safety and compliance manager Gemma Bristow told MRW that the new amendment will ...

Feb. 17, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Proposed changes to the system of environmental permit exemptions will increase waste recovery and recycling, whilst maintaining high levels of environmental protection and saving businesses money, Environment Minister Joan Ruddock said today.   Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) and the Environment Agency are reviewing which waste handling businesses can operate under ...

Aug. 1, 2008

By Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

On Friday 27 September 2013, Severn Trent Water Ltd pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates’ Court to one charge relating to a breach of their environmental permit conditions. The company was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £2,046.66 in costs. The charge was brought by the Environment Agency under Section 38(2) and Regulation 12 (1)(b) of the Environmental Permitting Regulations ...

Sep. 30, 2013

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Cardno ENTRIX, an environmental and natural resource management consultancy, will be presenting at the 27th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School, hosted by the Florida Environmental Network Inc. Cardno ENTRIX technical staff members Steve Godley and Dan Hammond will instruct sessions at the event to further explain ...

Jul. 10, 2013

By Cardno ENTRIX

The Environment Agency has issued an environmental permit for an energy from waste incinerator at Allerton Park near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. The decision follows a public consultation and a thorough assessment of any potential impacts on the environment. Amey Cespa Ltd will operate the facility, which burns waste at high temperatures, using the resulting heat to generate electricity. ...

Jul. 17, 2013

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

New Environmental Permitting Regulations have come into force in England and Wales, reducing red tape whilst protecting the environment and human health. Environmental permits are required for industrial and waste activities which could harm human health or the environment unless they are controlled. The new system means businesses will find it simpler and less costly to be environmentally ...

Apr. 9, 2008

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

The objective behind the review is to provide a more risk-based and proportionate approach to the regulation of waste disposal and recovery operations, thus complementing the new environmental permitting regime. Defra is consulting on a number of measures intended to increase the use of exemptions for a wide variety of low-risk activities (including the majority of those in operation under an ...

Aug. 6, 2008

By British Safety Council

Today, 11 March 2014, the Environment Agency has suspended the Environmental Permit at the waste recycling plant on Shireoaks Road, Worksop, which is operated by Nottinghamshire Recycling Ltd. The permit has been suspended with immediate effect due to the ongoing risk of serious pollution caused by fires on the site. While the suspension is in force, no waste can be legally accepted or processed ...

Mar. 11, 2014

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Defra has confirmed that the government is to go ahead with suggested amendments to the environmental permitting regime, which is intended to ease the regulatory burden on businesses in the sector. Plans outlining proposed changes to the Waste Transfer Note (WTN) system were published on the 9th of December. Amongst many of the amendments to environmental laws intended to ease the burden of ...

Dec. 23, 2013

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

EPA has published a new technical guidance that will help integrate National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits into watershed management plans. 'Watershed-Based NPDES Permitting Technical Guidance' is a follow up to the 2003 implementation guidance and leads permitting interested parties through the analysis of watershed data and developing a ...

Aug. 24, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental consultancy, WSP Environment & Energy today announces that Dane Pehrman has been appointed as Director and Regional Lead for the ...

Mar. 20, 2012

By WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

The Environment Agency will publish a draft environmental permit for a proposed mining waste facility at Hemerdon, Devon, on Monday, 11 November. The application for an environmental permit was made by Wolf Minerals UK Limited. The Environment Agency is publishing the draft permit along with a draft decision document because it is satisfied that the proposed facility could be constructed and ...

Nov. 14, 2013

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

ANCHORAGE, AK—June 6, 2006—Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON®) announced today that Mr. Judd Peterson has joined the company as a Senior Project Manager to support and grow its Alaska Operations’ service to industrial clients and the oil and gas industry. Mr. Peterson has lived in the State of Alaska since 1981. He has been working on minerals exploration and environmental and permitting issues ...

Jun. 7, 2006

By Weston Solutions, Inc

ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting and engineering company, announces the appointment of Brian Burdorf as National Air Permitting and Compliance Director within its Environmental Division. Burdorf, a top-tier air quality expert, will be responsible for ...

Sep. 19, 2011

By Arcadis

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing two draft vessel general permits that would regulate discharges from commercial vessels, excluding military and recreational vessels. The proposed permits would help protect the nation’s waters from ship-borne pollutants and reduce the risk of introduction of invasive species from ballast water discharges. The draft Vessel ...

Nov. 30, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency