News

Here you will find a complete list of the news SEPA has released. If you are a journalist and require any further information on any of the items or other environmental matters, please contact a member of our Communications Department:

SEPA News Releases - 2012

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April

Dalgety Bay plan published - Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has today published the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) final plan for Dalgety Bay.

Environment watchdog freezes charges for another year - Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012
Scotland’s environment watchdog has frozen charges for operators for the second year in a row.

Waste offences cost Dumfries businessman £3,250 fine - Monday, 16 Apr 2012
A Dumfries businessman was fined £3,250 for waste offences at Dumfries Sheriff Court today (16 April) following an initiative run by Scotland’s environment watchdog to tackle unlicensed waste sites.

North Lanarkshire landfill operator fined £10,500 for offensive odours - Wednesday, 11 Apr 2012
A North Lanarkshire landfill site operator was fined £10,500 at Airdrie Sheriff Court yesterday (10 April 2012) for failing to stop offensive odours being detected off site on 17 separate dates between 7 November 2010 and 16 February 2011.”

SEPA targets waste carriers in day of action - Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has targeted waste carriers and waste management sites as part of a multi-agency day of action to tackle the increasing problem of metal theft in Scotland.

March

Farmer fined £9000 for waste offence at Aberdeenshire farm - Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012
A farmer was fined £9000 yesterday after pleading guilty of managing and disposing of controlled waste at his farm in the Aberdeenshire town of Oldmeldrum.

SEPA agrees MOD plan for Dalgety Bay - Tuesday, 27 Mar 2012
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) announced at today’s Dalgety Bay Forum that an investigation plan, including the development of remediation options, has been agreed with the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

Revised Brown Booklet published online by SEPA - Tuesday, 20 Mar 2012
A new version of the Brown Booklet has been published online by Scotland's environment watchdog.

SEPA outlines progress in new report - Monday, 19 Mar 2012
Scotland’s environmental regulator, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), has released a new report today (Monday 19 March), outlining the progress it has made over the last year in delivering better environmental regulation.

Statement on Dalgety Bay - Friday, 16 Mar 2012
A SEPA spokesperson said: "On 29 February, in line with the timetable set by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) last November, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) submitted to SEPA its proposals

Fife sewage spill results in £7,500 fine for Scottish Water - Thursday, 08 Mar 2012
Scottish Water was fined £7,500 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court today (8 March) after admitting a sewage spill from one of their wastewater pumping stations polluted a Fife burn.

SEPA statement on Edinburgh tram construction waste - Friday, 02 Mar 2012
Simon Cole, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) Unit Manager for Edinburgh, said: “We have been made aware of an issue at a construction site in the Murrayfield area and SEPA officers have attended to assess the situation.

February

Official statistics - Household waste - July to September 2012 - published 27 February 2012 - Monday, 27 Feb 2012
Official Statistics released today by statisticians at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) show that Scotland's local authorities recycled 43.6% of the household waste they collected in the three months between July 2011 and September 2011.

Fife businessman given community service for waste offences at Saline site - Thursday, 23 Feb 2012
A Fife skip hire operator was given 140 hours community service at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday for a number of waste offences at his site in Saline.

SEPA publishes 2010 - 2011 Enforcement Report - Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012
Fines totalling £153,125 were handed down to companies and individuals in the last financial year for criminal cases instigated by Scotland’s environment watchdog.

Who is dealing with your waste? - Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012
Do you care what happens to your rubbish after it’s been taken away? If you paid someone to take away your waste and they fly tipped it somewhere, the chances are it would be traced back to you.

Midlothian skip hire company fined for illegally burning waste - Monday, 13 Feb 2012
A Midlothian skip hire company was fined £1,000 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday 10 February for burning waste on their site at Easthouses Industrial Estate, Mayfield.

Waste offence results in fine for South Lanarkshire man - Thursday, 09 Feb 2012
The site manager of a Strathhaven fishery was fined £200 at Hamilton Sheriff Court today (9 February) for a waste offence which was investigated by Scotland’s environmental regulator.

SEPA statement - Dalgety Bay plans - Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) received a draft plan for Dalgety Bay from the Ministry of Defence on 31 January.

January

Perthshire landowner and contractor fined total of £9,900 for allowing illegal water works - Thursday, 19 Jan 2012
Scotland's environment watchdog hopes that fines handed out to a Perthshire landowner and his contractor today (19 January 2012) will act as a reminder to anyone organising or carrying out engineering works in rivers that any resulting damage to the

Waste burning leads to fine for Loanhead waste company - Thursday, 12 Jan 2012
A waste company was fined £1,650 today (12 January 2012) at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for burning waste at its site in Loanhead.

Dumfries water works cost college £2,900 fine - Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012
A Dumfries college that specialises in training and education for the land-based and animal care industries was fined £2,900 on 23 December 2011, after unauthorised work was carried out on a local watercourse.

Falsifying paperwork leads to £1,350 fine for Giffnock waste company - Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012
Scotland's environment watchdog is hoping that a £1,350 fine handed to a waste management company at Paisley Sheriff Court for falsifying records will serve as a warning to others in the industry that such behaviour will not be tolerated.