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	“POLLUTION & SPILL NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD & THE PRODUCTS THAT COULD HAVE HELPED PREVENT THE INCIDENTS FROM BECOMING DISASTERS” Copyright EIL 2011 MARCH 2011 We are very pleased to announce that Containment News and Environmental Innovations limited (EIL) will be working even more closely with the Environment Agency, future issues of the eNewsletter will include articles, advice and guidance from the EA in our continued efforts to educate all areas of industry on their moral and legal environmental responsibilities. "Reducing the impact and frequency of pollution incidents is an Environment Agency priority. We look forward to working with EIL and Containment News to raise awareness of the huge impact incidents can have on business, the environment and the local community. It’s also vitally important that sites have adequate systems in place to prevent accidents from escalating into incidents; prevention is better than cure”. Mark Chandler Pollution Prevention Team Leader with the Environment Agency HOME NEWS Firewater A Deadly Cocktail; Out Of Site, Out Of Mind? Firewater; Despite being one of the most common pollution incidents that the Environment Agency attend, it’s an issue which the vast majority of businesses are completely ignorant about ... www.environmenttimes.co.uk Super Dairy Farmer Accused Of Three Pollution Offences The man behind the recently abandoned plans for a 3,770-cow dairy at Nocton is accused of three pollution offences, "depositing, knowingly causing or knowingly permitting the deposit of controlled waste, including veterinary materials, plastics, fridges, tyres, and light bulbs, on land not covered by an environmental permit”. He also faces two further charges of water pollution involving slurry, milk and silage effluent ... www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk United Utilities Fined Again For River Pollution United Utilities admitted letting sewage leak from one of its pumping stations into a tributary of the River Ribble. Samples confirmed that there was a high level of bio-chemical oxygen demand on the water, causing the invertebrates in the watercourse to die ... www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk Super Dairy ’Scrapped’ Due to ‘Unacceptable Risk To Groundwater Plans for a 4,000-cow dairy farm in Lincolnshire in the UK have been withdrawn after fears it would pollute water supplies in the local area. The Environment Agency objected to the farm saying it posed an 'unacceptable risk to groundwater supplies' and was not satisfied tens of thousands of tonnes of slurry expected to be produced by the cows every year would be safely disposed of ... www.theecologist.org Poultry Farmer Fined £20k For Polluting Stream A poultry processing company has been fined £20,000 for polluting a stream. The firm was fined after the Environment Agency said it had polluted more than a kilometre of the stream over two years .... www.gazette-news.co.uk Timber Firm Fined For Polluting Waterway With Wood Preservative Environmental health chiefs have fined a Somerset-based timber firm for damaging the water quality of the Glastonbury Canal. The company was forced to pay more than £16,000 after an environmental analysis discovered the firm had polluted the waterway with wood preservative .... www.envirotech-online.com Haulier Boss Fined £32k For Illegal Dumping Of Food Waste The boss of a collapsed Staffordshire haulier company has been ordered to pay £32,000, after admitting the firm buried hundreds of tonnes of food waste at its premises ... www.roadtransport.com Environmental Damage Regulations Explained The Environmental Damage Regulations were introduced to make businesses prevent environmental damage and pay for any damage which they cause.This is an article based upon a workshop presentation given by Mike Marston ACII FCILA of OHES Environmental at the APEA 2010 conference ... www.ohes.co.uk SUDS And The Danger Of Land Contamination From Spills & Firewater Sadly, polluted streams and rivers are daily news stories, however, the sudden or gradual contamination of land seldom makes the headlines. SUDS drainage could actually make matters worse (please go to Page 102-104 of the Environment Industry Magazine PDF) ... www.enviromedia.ltd.uk Glass Recycling Plant Blaze Raises Firewater Fears Disaster was averted when a fire at a glass recycling plant threatened to spread to a power station and ignite dangerous chemicals at Ellesmere Port docks. A further two 1,000 litre containers of diesel also had to be protected from the flames the Environment Agency attended the site to deal with the firewater run off from the water jets ... www.ellesmereportpioneer.co.uk Farmer Ordered To Pay For Polluting River A farm where a controversial energy-from-waste plant was proposed has been ordered to pay fines and court costs of £9,515 after it killed hundreds of fish by polluting a water course with slurry ... www.thisisexeter.co.uk Landfill Operator Fined £84k For Polluting River A landfill operator in Llanidloes has less than a month to pay £83,722 in fines, for allowing effluent to enter a tributary of the River Severn. During a site visit by officers, evidence was seen of system failures onsite ... www.countytimes.co.uk Water Firm Faces Fine After Sewage Spill Southern Water could face prosecution after allowing raw sewage to spill into a beauty spot.The spillages have happened at least 11 times and sometimes for up to two days, are under investigation by the EA, and have caused grave concerns for the scientists who look after the harbour ... www.haylingtoday.co.uk New EU Water Quality Rules A Worry For Bathing Beaches From 2016 any designated bathing beaches which fail new quality criteria will have to warn people against entering the water. Now some communities are considering de-designating their bathing beaches, so they do not have to put up the signs ... www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk Fire Service & Farmers Save River From Toxic Blaze Run-Off Pollution Environment Agency Wales has hailed the action of North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and two north Wales farmers to avoid a major pollution incident following a fire. A combination of new environmental equipment provided by the Agency and responsible action from the farmer prevented this contaminated water from polluting the rivers ... www.farminguk.com Creek Flooded By Sewage From Treatment Works Sewage has flooded into Weston Mill creek in Plymouth from a local treatment works. "We are investigating the incident and exactly what the cause was – and what steps South West Water is taking to minimise the impact on the environment ... www.thisisplymouth.co.uk Devon Bathing Water Status At Risk From Council Wildersmouth beach at Ilfracombe could have its designated bathing status removed by its own council because it risks not meeting European standards. But the move being considered by the council has been criticised by the environmental campaign group, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). Spokesman Andy Cummins said without bathing water status, there would be no "legal driver" to improve the quality of the water "You are effectively giving up on the beach," he said ... www.bbc.co.uk MP Urges Action Over Mine Water Pollution An MP is calling for the powers of the Coal Authority to be extended to solve the problem of pollution in a seaside watercourse. “Ground water is reacting to the remaining ironstone which turns the water a lurid orange colour ... www.thenorthernecho.co.uk Liquid Chocolate Tanker Accident Closes Road For Six Hours A tanker which was carrying 24 tonnes of liquid chocolate crashed on the A608 – forcing the road to be closed for more than six hours. Officers sent to recover the tanker were able to prevent the chocolate from leaking – but they still had to clear up about 400 litres of diesel, which had spilt across the carriageway ... www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk Environmental Innovations Runners Up In HazardEx Environmental Awards Environmental Innovations Limited were runners up in the 'Environmental Contribution to Industry Award’ at last weeks HazardEx Conference & Exhibition in Harrogate. The runner up Award was accepted by EIL’s Chairman Brian Back “having won the APEA Environmental Award and the GlaxoSmithKline sponsored Creative Innovation Award in 2010 it would have been fantastic to have made it a hat-trick, but we are honoured to have been runners up, especially amongst such a distinguished group of nominated companies. Our congratulations go to the worthy winners Roxtec” www.hazardexonthenet.net IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS! Freshwater Pearl Mussel Breeding Project Shows Promise The Environment Agency and scientists are celebrating encouraging signs in a lengthy project to try to get pearl mussels to breed. They have been trying to recreate breeding conditions at Kielder Hatchery in Northumberland for seven years but with little success. Now the work has finally paid off with 6,000 baby sea trout playing host to pearl mussel larvae .... www.bbc.co.uk Christmas Trees Used As Shock Absorbers On Cheshire River Christmas trees have been used as part of a trial to conserve a Cheshire river with natural materials. The agency said it was a cheap and attractive solution which could see the return of salmon to the river and might be used on other waterways in future ... www.bbc.co.uk New Pollution, Spill & Firewater Check Valves Due to its durability and speed of operation the Flapstopper™ has now become the industries most popular pollution and firewater check valve. The range includes a number of in-line plastic valves from 100mm to 500mm diameter and a range of heavy duty fire resistant in-chamber / end steel flap valves from 100mm to over 1m in diameter. www.environmental-innovations.biz New Industry “Standard” Universal Control Interface… EIL have launched the industries first “standard” Universal Control Interface suitable for both inflatable bladder and pneumatic flap valve system ..... www.environmental-innovations.biz New 12V Rugged Combined Power Supply/Charger ... Designed for 12V or 24V battery backed and assisted applications the EIL0027 is available to OEMs or as part of one of our containment and/or pollution monitoring systems… www.environmental-innovations.biz EIL Goes International Environmental Innovations are pleased to confirm that payment and invoicing facilities are now available in GBP, USD and EUROS ... www.environmental-innovations.biz USEFUL DOWNLOADS: Civil Sanctions For Environmental Offences England And Wales Environment Civil Sanction Orders came into force in England on 6 April 2010 and in Wales on 15 July 2010. They allow the environmental regulators in England and Wales to impose civil sanctions on a business committing certain environmental offences, as an alternative to prosecution and criminal penalties of fines and imprisonment. The government believes civil sanctions will make environmental law enforcement more flexible and effective for both regulators and businesses www.netregs.gov.uk EA Revises Oil Care Campaign And Storage Regulations The leaflet is written to give businesses who store oil an overview of the Regulations and help them understand if they need to comply. The revised leaflet includes references to up to date regulations, for example the Environment Permitting Regulations 2010 and Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil Regulations 2010, and to include the EA’s new civil sanctions powers ... www.publications.environmentagency.gov.uk Spill Prevention For Transport, Logistics And Transport Industry Tackling the key spill prevention issues within the transport, logistics and distribution industry and building and managing an effective and comprehensive spill prevention plan ... www.clearpathanalysis.co.uk Fertiliser Recommendations For Agricultural And Horticultural Crops The purpose of the Manual is to help farmers and their advisers achieve good nutrient management, and so enable them to produce more food cost effectively in a way that improves the quality of our water, air and soil ... www.defra.gov.uk [publication modified 9/6/2010] ESSENTIAL READING FOR EVERYONE ! The Environmental Damage (Prevention and remediation) Regulations 2009 transpose the requirements of Directive 2004/35 on environmental liability. They introduce new obligations to ensure that the polluter pays for damage caused, and will supplement existing legislation in this area. www.defra.gov.uk for FAQs on the regulations NetRegs Northern Ireland and Scotlands Do you need a pollution prevention and control permit? www.grdp.org New Regulations For Farmers A new learning tool to help Farmers understand regulations etc relating to agricultural waste, essential in view of the new enforcement powers given to the Environment Agency and Natural England ... www.farmwasteen.netregs.gov.uk/ Emergency Contact Numbers A useful and freely downloadable wall chart that may be printed and pinned on your office or factories' notice board. In contains details on how to contact the Environment Agency, Flood Forum, etc... www.environmental-innovations.biz Flood Facts A collection of useful facts about flooding........ www.environmental-innovations.biz The Full Text of the Environmental Liability Directive Follow the above link to the ELD and other useful information about the environment on the DEFRA website. www.netregs.gov.uk Pollution Prevention Guidelines PPG 21 To obtain the latest copy of the Incident Planning Guidelines PPG21 from the Environment Agency website. www.environment-agency.gov.uk Managing Fire Water and Major Spillages PPG18 To obtain the latest copy of the Pollution Prevention Guidelines PPG 18 from the Environment Agency website. www.environment-agency.gov.uk Protecting our Water Soil and Air A Defra code of good agricultural practice for farmers, growers and land managers ...... www.defra.gov.uk Environmental Innovations Limited, is registered in England & Wales (no 06241956)

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