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SEPA will require information on how important the watercourses involved are to fish and fisheries at a local, regional, catchment, national or international level, and details including the locations of the present upstream limit(s) of salmon, sea trout, eels, lamprey, spawning river trout or loch trout (this list may include other species at certain sites) in the watercourses or, as appropriate,

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

Food and other organic wastes can be treated by composting and anaerobic digestion to produce valuable resources such as fertiliser and biogas. Composting and anaerobic digestion are increasingly being used as an alternative to landfill and we have an important role to play in ensuring these are correctly managed and regulated. What is composting? Composting is the autothermic (self-heating) and t

The Prevention of Environmental Pollution from Agricultural Activity Code (PEPFAA Code) of good practice provides practical guidance for farmers and those involved in agricultural activities, on minimising the risks of environmental pollution from farming operations. The code answers many questions that arise from managing agricultural activities. Burning waste Can I dispose of wastes by burning t

Information regarding activities that may be exempt from waste management licensing, and the statutory controls to prevent environmental pollution and harm to human health Complex waste exemptions and simple waste exemptions Normally if you manage waste you must hold a Waste Management Licence (WML) or Pollution Prevention Control (PPC) permit. However, some waste management activities are exempt from the full requirements of WMLs and PPC permits. These are called ‘exempt activities’. If you plan to carry out an exempt activity you must register it with SEPA and com

Recognising the role that hydrogen can play to help decarbonise the energy system and make a positive contribution towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions objectives, the Scottish Government has published its Hydrogen Policy Statement (2020) and Action Plan (2022). The UK Government has published a Hydrogen Strategy which sets out the approach to developing a low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK

Site NameLocation Info  Ardtoe and Loch Ceann Traigh An area bounded by lines drawn between NM5896071973 (Rubha na h-Acairseid) and NM6280072702 and between NM6300070299 and NM6300069862, and extending to MHWS. View Site Report Ayrshire Coast An area bounded by the coast and a line from a point at NS1783948444 (Farland Head) to point NS2104143938 and thence to the coast at NS2197744291 (Montf