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If any of the following has an unspent conviction for a 'prescribed offence' you must discuss your registration with a SEPA officer. You (the business owner, partnership or company) An employee in your business An officer in your business An organisation in which an officer in your business is/was an officer (When we say "an officer" we mean a director, manager, secretary or similar officer of a

Our online application service for registering waste exemptions is now available. The table of activities you can register through this service is below. To register your exemption, you'll need the following information: the name and address of the legal entity registering the exemption; and where the activity will take place. If you have this information it should take no longer than five minut

Position statements These set out our approach to particular issues that arise during the regulatory process: WAT-PS-06-01: Multiple ownership operators – Authorising existing and new activities WAT-PS-06-06: Human Health Protection and the Water Environment WAT-PS-06-07: Interim Enforcement of Authorisations under The Controlled Activities Regulations: Deleted as CAR enforcements now follow prin

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

Overview of legislation used to reduce air pollution produced by large combustion plants. Definition of large combustion plant A Large Combustion Plant (LCP) is defined as a technical apparatus which is used to oxidize fuel in order to use the heat generated with a rated thermal input of equal to or greater than 50 megawatts (MW). This includes plant such as fossil fuel or biomass-fired power stations and combustion in petroleum refineries. Where one or more plants are linked to a comm

Information regarding activities that may be exempt from waste management licensing, and the statutory controls to prevent environmental pollution and harm to human health Complex waste exemptions and simple waste exemptions Normally if you manage waste you must hold a Waste Management Licence (WML) or Pollution Prevention Control (PPC) permit. However, some waste management activities are exempt from the full requirements of WMLs and PPC permits. These are called ‘exempt activities’. If you plan to carry out an exempt activity you must register it with SEPA and com