For more information of the regulatory work within SEPA please click on your area of interest:

Better Regulation:

• SEPA supports the principles of good regulation : click here for more details
  
• SEPA is developing a new compliance assessment scheme, to be implemented during 2009.

Charging Schemes:

• Charging Scheme pages
  

Chemicals

• REACH

Contaminated Land:

• Contaminated Land
  

Discharges to Air:

• IPC and LAPC Operational Activities
  

Water:

• Aquaculture homepage
  
  
• Control of Pollution Act 1974
  
  
• Discharge Consent Compliance 1996-2002
  
  
• Groundwater Website
  
  
• European Directives:
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
    
  • Shellfish Waters
    
  • Nitrates Directive
    
  • Water Framework Directive
    
    
• Oil Storage Regulations 2006
  
  
• Water Discharge Operational Activity
  
  
• Water Framework Directive and the Controlled Activities
  Regulations
  
  
• Water Pollution Incidents
  
  
  
  

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) & Regulation:

SEPA has developed a position paper on the relationship between EMSs and regulation. Click here for the position paper.

SEPA is also a partner in the 3 year REMAS project, due to complete in autumn 2005. The project seeks to identify any links between companies with EMSs and environmental compliance and performance. Click here for SEPA's REMAS site.



Regulating Major Industrial Plants:

• IPC and LAPC Operational Activities
  
  
• COMAH Implementation
  
  
• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Preparation
  
  
• Pollution Prevention and Control website
  

Regulating Radioactive Substances:

• Radioactivity Homepage
  
  
• Scottish Small Users Liaison Group
  

Regulating Waste Management:

• Transfrontier Shipment of Waste
  
  
• Waste: Agriculture
  
  
• Regulation of Waste Carriers (ROCAS)
  
  
• Mobile Plant and Contaminated Land Remediation Guidance
  
  
• Financial Provision for Non-Landfill Waste Management Licence Applications
  
  
• Waste Management Licensing Charging Schemes
  
  
• Activities exempt from Waste Management Licensing
  
  
• Waste Management Licensing Operational Activity
  
  
• Monitoring and Inspection in 1999
  
  
• National Waste Strategy
  
  
• Producer Responsibilty
  
  
• Waste Minimisation
  
  
• Disposing PCB's