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Air Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) Radioactive substances Our radioactive substances data return forms were revised in March 2026. EASR sealed source data return (Excel, 49 kB) EASR radioactive waste data return(Excel, 80 kB) EASR intention to transfer radioactive waste/contaminated items for the first time (MS Word, 202 kB) Offshore data return (Excel, 59 kB) Waste Waste da

Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) RIFE is an annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation. View RIFE 30 in HTML format on GOV.UK . To request a PDF version of RIFE 30, please email us at RSEnquiries@sepa.org.uk. Previous editions Title Year RIFE 29 2024 RIFE 28 (View accessible version) 2023 RIFE 27 2022

Description of the type of data held about waste sites and why we collect it. Scottish waste sites and capacity tool Information Reporting years Last updated Landfill sites and capacity (Annual) 2014 - 2024 January 2026 Waste sites and capacity (Annual) 2014 - 2024 January 2026 Site return data (Quarterly) Q1 2007 – Q4 2024 January 2026 Waste sites and capacity information This Scottish waste sites and capacity tool provides an annual summar

SEPA gathers data annually on the type, quantity and geographical origin of the waste handled from operators of the following ‘complex’ exempt activities. Paragraphs 7, 8(2), 10, 46 and 50. Paragraphs 9 and 19 where the volume of waste used exceeds 2,500 cubic metres Paragraph 12 where the volume of waste used exceeds 10 tonnes per year. Operators are asked to submit their data returns usin

The SEPA Marine National Environmental Monitoring Buoy Network provides real time, high frequency environmental data from strategic locations around the coast, as part of SEPA obligations to monitoring the marine environment. What is being monitored? Continuous monitoring equipment gathers dissolved oxygen, water temperature, salinity and chlorophyll-a data at regular intervals. The data is stored

Local authority requests Local authorities may require information and water pollution advice from SEPA when considering whether land is statutorily contaminated. Form A signposts the available information. Form B should be used, with reference to Form F, when seeking water pollution advice. Local authority contaminated land contacts Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannan

Floodplain Storage Shows areas where there is the potential for floodplain storage. This is where flood water may be stored and slowed by natural features of the land. This map will be used in the Flood Risk Management Planning process to select the most appropriate action to take to tackle flood risk and will not be used in isolation. Please refer to the SEPA website for more information on natur

Diffuse Pollution in the Rural Environment A programme of rural diffuse pollution work started in March 2010, to help deliver the objectives outlined in the River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) for the Scotland and Solway-Tweed river basin districts.  Diffuse pollution priority catchments have been identified by SEPA as catchments failing to meet environmental standards. Each catchment has a dedic

Who is reviewing the scheme? The scheme is being reviewed by the RWA Approval Board that is made up of the four UK environment agencies: the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and representatives from the nuclear and non-nuclear industries. Why are we reviewing the scheme? We published the Environment

Continuous monitoring equipment has been deployed from a buoy in the upper Forth estuary near South Alloa since 1988 to monitor dissolved oxygen, salinity, temperature and turbidity. Dissolved oxygen is consumed by the decomposition of organic matter. Organic matter in the upper Forth estuary originates from discharges of organic waste and organic rich sediments mixed into the water column as a re