The Regulations impose obligations on operators of activities which cause or threaten to cause environmental damage. Environmental damage is defined in the Regulations, and generally includes only the more serious damage to certain species and habitats, water and land. The Regulations will supplement existing environmental protection legislation such as the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Water Resources Act 1991 or the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999. Those pieces of legislation will still apply, and to the extent that they impose additional obligations to those in these Regulations, will still need to be complied with.

The IEMA will provide a response to this consultation if there is interest from our Members. If you do wish to make a contribution, please provide comments on the appropriate form (see below) by email to mailto:g.bower@iema.net no later than 20 May 2008

A consultation response form has been provided. This must be used to provide comments. The consultation documents and the response form are provided below: