Begonia Filgueira, FIEMA

This Practice Note focuses on the requirement to register large raised reservoirs under the Reservoir Act 1975, as amended by Schedule 4 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. Large raised reservoirs in England capable of holding 25,000 cubic metres of water need to be registered with the Environment Agency. Since 1 April 2016, there has been a lower threshold for Wales. Large raised reservoirs in Wales capable of holding 10,000 cubic metres of water need to be registered with Natural Resources Wales. It includes information on proposed reform of the Reservoirs Act to improve enforcing options, to develop a proportionate charging scheme for recovery of regulatory costs and introducing a free registration scheme for owners of small-raised reservoirs. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal and updated by Dr Michael J. Bowes, Barrister at 6 Pump Court.

This Practice Note focuses on trade effluent consents and agreements, as required under the Water Industry Act 1991. In particular, it looks at applications, variations, transfers and surrenders of trade effluent consents and agreements.

This Practice Note outlines some of the legal requirements for transporting dangerous goods, including transportation by road, rail, inland waterways, air or sea. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal. It covers the meaning of dangerous goods, the requirement for a dangerous goods safety advisor (DGSA), marking and labelling dangerous goods, packaging dangerous goods, other key obligations, derogations for road and rail transportation, enforcement and penalties. This Practice Note also links to related Brexit content.

This Practice Note outlines some of the many types of permits, licences, exemptions, notifications, registrations and consents that might be required in relation to environmental matters in England and Wales. This includes environmental permitting, water abstraction and impounding licences, trade effluent consents, reservoir registration, waste carrier registration, greenhouse gas permits, wildlife licences, marine licences and hazardous substances consents. This Practice Note also links to related Brexit content.

This Practice Note covers the compliance requirements and enforcement of waste carrier and broker registration under both the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988, and the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (CP(A)A 1989). It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

This Practice Note outlines when waste carriers, waste brokers and waste dealers must register in compliance with the Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988, and the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. It covers the tiers of waste carriers registration, eg lower tier registration and upper tier registration, exemptions and exceptions. It also provides details of proposed reform of the waste carrier, broker and dealer registration system and the plans to bring this system within the environmental permitting regime. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal. This Practice Note also links to related Brexit content.

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Squire Patton Boggs, covers the application procedure under the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988, to register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer. It includes renewals, variations and the transfer of registration. It also details proposed reform to the waste carrier, broker and dealer system.