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Legislation directs SEPA to assess and classify each shellfish protected area. To deliver this we work closely with Food Standards Scotland (FSS). FSS sample, analyse and report water quality in production areas throughout the year to ensure shellfish are safe for consumption, or determine if they require further treatment. At the end of each year FSS provide SEPA with this data who use it to clas

If any of the following has an unspent conviction for a 'prescribed offence' you must discuss your registration with a SEPA officer. You (the business owner, partnership or company) An employee in your business An officer in your business An organisation in which an officer in your business is/was an officer (When we say "an officer" we mean a director, manager, secretary or similar officer of a

Temporary Regulatory Position Statement Scope This temporary regulatory position applies to marine pen finfish farms. SEPA’s latest template for finfish farms permits (October 2022) includes different monitoring requirements to those applying under previously issued permits. SEPA has agreed a process with operators to vary all active farms onto its latest permit template. This process is expected

SEPA, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Food Standards Agency (FSA), Public Health England (PHE), Scottish Government and Fife Council have observer status on the Group, which permits them to provide information to members during meetings and inform DBPAG of their current work. Membership will be reviewed periodically to ensure that the group has a sufficient diversity of skills to address the issues

Our online application service for registering waste exemptions is now available. The table of activities you can register through this service is below. To register your exemption, you'll need the following information: the name and address of the legal entity registering the exemption; and where the activity will take place. If you have this information it should take no longer than five minut

The medium combustion plant requirements of the PPC regulations are designed to control emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and dust into the air from plants with a net rated thermal input of between 1 and 50 megawatts (MW), contributing to better air quality and reducing the potential risks to human health and the environment. If you operate your own boiler, engine or genera

Shellfish site reports are available on the following 3 pages: Designated sites Sites de-designated in 2012 Site de-designated in 2009

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

Overview of legislation used to reduce air pollution produced by large combustion plants. Definition of large combustion plant A Large Combustion Plant (LCP) is defined as a technical apparatus which is used to oxidize fuel in order to use the heat generated with a rated thermal input of equal to or greater than 50 megawatts (MW). This includes plant such as fossil fuel or biomass-fired power stations and combustion in petroleum refineries. Where one or more plants are linked to a comm

You need to notify SEPA if you: manage any of the following radioactive sources: sealed sources in IAEA category 5 that exceed 200 kBq; tritium sources that exceed 20 GBq; electrodeposited sources manage a radioactive orphan source manage radioactive waste from an incident (note: this is a paper form) You don't need to notify SEPA if the activity can be carried out under a permit or registrat