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Overview of regulatory framework

SEPA, as one of a number of organisations regulating finfish aquaculture, is implementing a revised regulatory framework based on that will strengthen the protection of the marine environment for the people of Scotland. The framework follows months of work by colleagues across the agency, a 2017 consultation and two Scottish Parliamentary committees. The evidenced-based features of the regulatory

WEEE Public Register information

Service status update What are we able to do now? SEPA's Public Register remains impacted by the cyber-attack. We are committed to making more of our information publicly available and are progressively publishing online. This page contains links to Public Register information about waste electrical and electronic equipment. Please visit the Public Register page to see what other public register i

Privacy Policy

Disclaimer SEPA seeks to ensure that the information published on its web site is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the website does not constitute legal or professional advice and SEPA cannot accept any liability for actions arising from its use. SEPA cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link. SEPA privacy notice Who we are What is

Transfer an authorisation

It is important that SEPA’s authorisations are kept up to date and therefore accurately reflect those who are responsible for securing compliance with the authorisation. The transfer process enables the whole or part of an authorisations to be transferred to another person. The transfer of an authorisation (in whole or in part) for all regimes except authorisations issued under the Environmental A

Policies

A list of SEPA policies.

A list of SEPA policies. Policy no. Policy title Document Corporate Communicating penalties and undertakings 93kb SEPA policy statement on enforcement 145kb 31 Occupational health, safety and welfare 497kb 42 SEPA internal environmental policy 190kb 45 SEPA data protection policy Biodiversity 21 Strategy for implementing actions under the UK biodiversity action plan 20kb Biodiversity

Entrepreneurial Scotland Sustainable Growth Agreement

Find information about our Sustainable Growth Agreement (SGA) with Entrepreneurial here.

Find information about our Sustainable Growth Agreement (SGA) with Entrepreneurial here. Entrepreneurial Scotland (ES) is at the forefront of a movement to make Scotland the most entrepreneurial society in the world. This Sustainable Growth Agreement presents an opportunity to model what the most entrepreneurial society in the world may look like, to drive entrepreneurial leadership in an area of public and private sector collaboration and to unlock value in the process of addressing

How we regulate

Information on how we protect and improve Scotland's environment.

Information on how we protect and improve Scotland's environment. We expect all authorisation holders to comply with their environmental obligations. Our approach to regulation describes how we intend to target and focus our resources so that we can play our part, with others, to take the urgent action needed to protect and improve Scotland’s environment, and to tackle the climate, pollution and nature loss crises. Our responsibilities include regulating: activ

Emergency response planning

In the event of an incident involving the release of radioactivity to the environment, it’s our role to assess the impacts of the incident and advise on clean-up. You can report an incident involving radioactive material or radioactive waste by calling SEPA's 24 hour pollution hotline on 0800 807 060 The extent of our involvement in a radioactive incident depends on the nature and scale of the inc

Nuclear industry

nuclear industry

nuclear industry We regulate the management of radioactive substances, including those from the nuclear industry. This page provides information on the regulation of the nuclear industry. What is the nuclear industry? The nuclear industry includes power stations that generate electricity from a nuclear reactor, nuclear sites undergoing decommissioning and some defence activities. How do we regulate the nuclear ind

Renewable

Information on the different types of renewable power and our role in regulating them.

Information on the different types of renewable power and our role in regulating them. Scottish Government has made decarbonisation of the energy system by 2050 a core aspect of the Scottish Energy Strategy and commits us to ensuring that by 2030, the equivalent of 50% of the total energy for Scotland’s heat, transport and electricity consumption would be supplied from renewable sources and Scotland’s Climate Change Plan sets out an ambitious trajectory for decarbonising heat, where

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