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Scotland is making progress towards its waste targets by transforming residual waste into energy. Residual waste – waste which cannot be reused, recycled or recovered – forms the lowest aspect of the waste hierarchy and is normally destined for landfill. However, new technologies are being developed to allow the incineration of residual waste to produce electricity and heat by energy from waste (E

SEPA and hydropower applications, including what applicants need to do when applying. Hydropower  We support the development of hydropower in Scotland, while aiming to strike an appropriate balance between these schemes and protecting the water environment and its users. Hydropower developments in Scotland are regulated by the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 more commonly known as CAR regulations – and their amendments. If you are developing a

Fish farms need a range of medicines and products containing chemicals, such as disinfectants and antifoulants to ensure the health and welfare of the fish they grow and to maintain and protect the farm infrastructure and equipment (e.g. pens and boats). The medicines and products used on fish farms are approved and regulated through chemicals legislation (e.g. Biocidal Products Regulations) or ve

Water Column Monitoring Please note: the manual is currently being updated and links have been supplied for revised documents only. If you require a copy of a document that is not available below please email aquaculture@sepa.org.uk. This manual has been produced to provide SEPA staff with detailed guidance on the legislation, policy and procedures which should be considered when regulating Scotla

Forms and information Reservoir (Scotland) Act 2011 blank registration form All new reservoirs, and any reservoirs regulated under the Reservoirs Act 1975 are required to be registered with SEPA. To register  your reservoir with SEPA please use the registration form. Ceasing to be a reservoir manager If you cease to be the manager of a registered controlled reservoir, you are required to notify u

The Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) is a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) and has the primary purpose of making publicly available officially reported annual releases of specified pollutants to air and water from SEPA-regulated industrial facilities. It also provides information on off-site transfers of waste and waste-water from these facilities.  The SPRI data is collec

Data returns Many environmental licences include a requirement to submit data returns or other reporting requirements on an annual or quarterly basis.   What should you do? We are now actively reviewing many of the data returns and kindly request you to submit any outstanding returns for the following areas: Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) SPRI returns are due by the 28th of February e

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

Links Acronyms and abbreviations Glossary of terms European Waste Catalogue – for coding waste NACE and SIC codes Recovery and Disposal codes*   Scottish Government guidance on applying the waste hierarchy Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) areas  (14kb) Waste strategy areas   (86kb) *Recovery and Disposal codes Waste management activities are classed as recovery (R) or disp

Some of our authorisations require that environmental monitoring is carried out and the results reported back to SEPA. We call this operator monitoring. Why use operator monitoring? We expect all regulated operators to comply with their environmental obligations. This is a key element of Our approach to regulation. We also expect those operators to be responsible for managing and understanding the