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Application forms
Page with all SEPA application forms included.
Page with all SEPA application forms included.
Online applications
The following services are available:
small sewage (septic tank) discharges
waste carriers and brokers – new registrations and renewals
register a simple exempt waste activity
managed and orphan source radioactive substances
register as a producer for Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme
Applications
Please ensure you use the most up-to-date form from this website. Any incomplete
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:
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Register a septic tank or other small sewage discharge
Use this service to register a small sewage discharge from:
Up to 10 domestic properties; or
Non-domestic properties which serve a population equivalent (p.e.) of up to 50.
If your discharge is larger than this, you'll need to apply for a licence. Read our licence application guidance to find out what you need to do.
To apply online
You'll need to tell us:
When the treatment system was installe
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: 0800 80 70 60
The extent of our involvement in a radioactive incident depends on the nature and scale of the inci
Authorisations and permits
In this section you will find information about whether you need to apply for authorisation and the process.
In this section you will find information about whether you need to apply for authorisation and the process.
Permitting
Please see below for the services we are now running in relation to:
Private sewage treatment systems (septic tanks/package treatment plants);
Marine and freshwater pen fish farm authorisations;
Other CAR authorisations (water engineering, water resources, point source discharges, construction site licenses/run-off permits);
Simple waste management exemptions;
Complex waste management
Agricultural waste
Agricultural waste
Agricultural waste regulation aims to ensure that waste is disposed of safely and without harm to the environment.
Agricultural waste, such as packaging, silage plastics, redundant machinery, tyres, oils and batteries can pose significant risks to the environment and human health, if not managed appropriately.
Until relatively recently, agricultural waste was excluded from the r
Privacy Notices
We have prepared more detailed privacy notices for some of our services, to provide you with additional information about how we use personal information.
Authorisations under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018
Flooding Gateway
Floodline
Flood Risk Management in Scotland – 2018 publication of NRFA and PVA
National Fraud Initiative (NFI) Exercise 2020/21
EC directives and legislation
Information regarding the diffrent EU directives that SEPA is required to enforce.
Information regarding the diffrent EU directives that SEPA is required to enforce.
Our science expertise supports our remit to ensure compliance with UK, European and international environmental legislation.
Our Environmental Assessment Unit (EAU) is responsible for the initiation, development and provision or dissemination of expert environmental modelling and data assessment (statistics and data trend information) systems. The EAU makes national reports of data for statutory r
River invertebrate classification tool
Information regarding the River Invertebrates Classification Tool.
Information regarding the River Invertebrates Classification Tool.
The River Invertebrate Classification Tool (RICT) was developed by the three UK environmental agencies to classify the ecological quality of rivers.
Help and support
Announcements
RICT training
Contact us
Help and support
Please access the user guides and frequently asked questions by logging into RICT.
**Please note that RICT is designed as a data processing rather than a storage service – you
Landfill
Landfill is the disposal of waste which cannot be reused, recycled or recovered, into or onto land. It forms the lowest aspect of the European Waste Framework Directive’s waste hierarchy.
The EU’s Landfill Directive aims to reduce the amount of waste to landfill by finding ways to recover value from waste and develop more sustainable management practices.
Disposal to landfill is the least preferr