SEPA often receives environmental event notifications for issues for which are the statutory responsibility of other organisations. To help you get to the right place quickly the table below provides a quick guide to a number of issues, together with how you can contact the right organisation.
Responsibilities | Organisations |
Abandoned vehicles | |
Animal and plant health |
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA):
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Air pollution from vehicles, household areas (eg bonfires), small businesses and small industries | |
Aquaculture |
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Beaches and bathing water |
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Canals | |
Coastal pollutions |
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Coastal protection | |
Conservation (including Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Special Areas of Conservation, etc) | |
Contaminated land |
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Dogs: fouling and noise | |
Drinking water |
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Environmental issues in England | |
Environmental issues in Northern Ireland | |
Environmental issues in Wales | |
Flooding |
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Fly-tipping |
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Food hygiene | |
Food safety | |
Forestry |
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Gas leaks | |
Genetically modified organisms | |
Government policy and legislation affecting the environment (England and Wales) | |
Government policy and legislation affecting the environment (Scotland) | |
Harbour pollution |
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Historic buildings, landscape and heritage | |
Light pollution | |
Litter | |
National parks | |
Nature conservation (through local biodiversity action plans) |
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Noise |
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Offshore oil and gas industry (except radioactivity) | |
Ozone depleting substances | |
Pest control | |
Planning permission | |
Radioactivity |
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Road obstructions | |
Safety at major industrial sites (COMAH - Control of Major Accident Hazards) |
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Septic tanks and sewage disposal (including sewage treatment works or land spreading activities) |
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Shipping |
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Smells/odours |
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Smoke |
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Sustainable development | |
Trade effluent discharges | |
Waste |
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Water |
See separate listings above for:
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