Environmental Protection Act 1990

요약

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is foundational environmental legislation covering integrated pollution control, waste management, statutory nuisance, and contaminated land. It imposes a duty of care on anyone who handles waste.

핵심 포인트

• Part I — integrated pollution control for prescribed industrial processes (now replaced by Environmental Permitting Regulations)
• Part II — waste management: duty of care on producers, carriers, and disposers of waste (s.34)
• Waste management licensing — offence to deposit, treat, or dispose of waste without a licence
• Part III — statutory nuisance: local authorities must investigate and serve abatement notices for smoke, noise, odour, and other nuisances
• Part IIA — contaminated land regime: identification, investigation, and remediation of contaminated sites
• Fly-tipping offence (s.33) — deposit of waste on land without a licence

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