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Contaminated land—enforcing authorities

This Practice Note outlines the contaminated land enforcing authorities in England and Wales under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990). Who is the enforcing authority?The enforcing authority for contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990), Pt IIA is:•in relation to a special site, the Environment Agency (EA) in England and Natural Resource Wales (NRW) in Wales•in relation to contaminated land other than a special site, the local authority (LA) in whose area the land is situated or affectedThe enforcing authorities must act in accordance with statutory guidance issued by the Secretary of State/Welsh Ministers.LAs must also have regard to any site-specific guidance issued by the EA/NRW. The EA/NRW must also have regard to any guidance issued to them by the Secretary of State/Welsh Ministers.Local authoritiesLAs are the primary regulators of contaminated land. LA is defined as:•a unitary authority•a district council, so far as it is not a unitary authority•the Common Council of the City of London and, as regards the Temples, the Sub-Treasurer...

Public registers—environmental information available on public registers

Public registers—environmental information available on public registers There are many public registers, containing useful environmental information, which are required by statute to be provided and maintained. These registers contain valuable information about a company or its assets and are a useful resource for obtaining environmental information. These public registers can be used to, for example: • check the propensity of a site to flood without having a commercial interest in that site • access energy performance information of a property • obtain the terms of water or waste discharge consents, even if those consents are privately held • obtain information on approved producers or exporters of WEEE • access information on producer compliance schemes Some examples of registers containing useful environmental information are outlined below. Energy performance certificates The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 (the EPC Regulations), SI 2012/3118, require the Secretary of State to maintain one or more registers containing: • energy performance certificates (EPCs) • display energy certificates (DECs) • inspection reports •...

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Is there any authority under which a borough council (not a risk management authority) can serve notice on a riparian owner to carry out repairs (to a weir structure) on the riparian owner's land?

Is there any authority under which a borough council (not a risk management authority) can serve notice on a riparian owner to carry out repairs (to a weir structure) on the riparian owner's land? Risk management authority powers A risk management authority (RMA) is defined in section 6(13) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (FWMA 2010) as the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, a lead local flood authority (LLFA), a district council for an area for which there is no unitary authority, an internal drainage board, a water company and a highway authority. A LLFA in relation to England means the unitary authority for the area, or if there is no unitary authority, the county council for the area (FWMA 2010, s 6(7)). A unitary authority means the council of a county for which there are no district councils; the council of a district in an area for which there is no county council; the council of a London borough; the Common...