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Environmental monitoring
Our Science & Strategy Directorate is split into five specialist areas: marine, chemistry, environmental quality, ecology and hydrology. Each team in the Science & Strategy Directorate specialises in one of these key areas. The role and person specification information provided below is generic - specialist knowledge relating to the specific area of science will also be required.
Science roles are
Environmental regulation and biodiversity
An overview of how SEPA takes account of biodiversity when making regulatory decisions.
An overview of how SEPA takes account of biodiversity when making regulatory decisions.
Protecting habitats, species and Scotland’s ecosystem services is an integral part of SEPA’s regulatory remit. All our regulatory decisions should take account of potential effects on biodiversity and opportunities for biodiversity enhancement. We are responsible for setting standards in environmental licences that protect and help improve the state of water, land and air and the services that eco
Sediment Management
An overview of how SEPA takes account of biodiversity when making regulatory decisions.
An overview of how SEPA takes account of biodiversity when making regulatory decisions.
Sediment Management
Shows areas where improving sediment management could contribute to reducing flood risk. 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 natural flood management.
River Basin Management Planning
An introduction to our river basin planning work.
An introduction to our river basin planning work.
River basin management planning (RBMP) protects and improves Scotland’s water environment for the benefit of people, wildlife and the economy.
Much of the water environment in Scotland is in good condition. However, there are still significant problems affecting water quality, physical condition, water resources, and the migration of wild fish.
The River Basin Management Plans for Scotland set ou
Flood Risk Management Plans
Flood Risk Management Plans coordinate efforts to tackle flooding in Scotland. They set the national direction of future flood risk management, helping to target investment and coordinate actions across public bodies. The strategies explain what causes flooding in high risk areas as well as the impacts when flooding does occur. This information is used as a basis for better decision-making across flood risk management organisations.
Flood Risk Management Plans coordinate efforts to tackle flooding in Scotland. They set the national direction of future flood risk management, helping to target investment and coordinate actions across public bodies. The strategies explain what causes flooding in high risk areas as well as the impacts when flooding does occur. This information is used as a basis for better decision-making across flood risk management organisations.
River basin management planning (RBMP) protects and improves Scotland’s water environment for the benefit of people, wildlife and the economy.
Much of the water environment in Scotland is in good condition. However, there are still significant problems affecting water quality, physical condition, water resources, and the migration of wild fish.
The River Basin Management Plans for Scotland set ou
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Radioactive substances are used routinely in Scotland for medical diagnosis and treatment, research, energy generation and industrial processes. Under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (EA(S)R), we regulate these activities including discharges to the environment. We are responsible for ensuring that public radiation doses as a result of authorised radioactive discharges
Participating in ETS
An overview of how the EU Emissions Trading System works and how to participate.
An overview of how the EU Emissions Trading System works and how to participate.
How the Emissions Trading System works
The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) aims to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner. The system operates through the allocation, trading and auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances throughout the EU. One allowance represents one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.
An overall limit, or
Notify SEPA about the management of radioactive sources
Notify SEPA about the management of radioactive sources
To notify SEPA, you need to know:
the legal person in control of managing the radioactive source;
the type of radioactive source;
the location where the source is kept.
You must submit separate notifications for each location.
There is no fee to make a notification.
If you have this information, it should take no longer than 5 minutes to c
Natural Flood Management
Natural Flood Management
Areas where implementing natural flood management techniques could be most effective. This information will help to make flood risk management decisions and should not be viewed in isolation. Please refer to the SEPA website for more information on natural flood management.
Environmental Performance Assessment Scheme
We are developing a new approach to compliance assessment – Performance Assessment Scheme, which will replace the Compliance Assessment Scheme that operated until the Covid-19 pandemic.
We are developing a new approach to compliance assessment – Performance Assessment Scheme, which will replace the Compliance Assessment Scheme that operated until the Covid-19 pandemic.
Importance of compliance verification
We expect all authorisation holders to comply with their environmental obligations.
Our compliance verification work checks whether authorisation holders do so and, where necessary, enables us to take action to protect the environment and people.
We verify compliance through site visits and inspections, investigating events and incidents, sampling discharges