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Environmental Management System (EMS)

Register of significant environmental aspects and impacts Issue Date: 12 February 2016

RSAI Approved By: Head of Corporate Assets Issued By: Environmental Systems Manager Version History:

Document Version

Date Published Summary of Changes

4.0 30 Septemnber 2015 Links to forestry legislation

5.0 12 Februray 2016 To meet ISO14001:2015 requirements



1.0 What is this document about?

This document is a register of all NRW significant environmental aspects and associated environmental impacts.

2.0 Who is this document for? The significant environmental aspects will be communicated to all the relevant levels and fucntions of the organisation as appropriate. 3.0 Related Documents EP-01 Register of Complaince Obligations 4.0 Definitions

4.1 Environment: surroundings in which an organisation operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelationships.

4.2 Environmental Aspect: element of an organisations activities, products or services that interacts or can

interact with the environment

4.3 Environmental Impact: any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from the organisations aspects.

4.4 Environmental Condition: state or characteristic of the environment as dteremined at a certain point in

time.

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The following table lists the compliance obligations related to the environmental aspects. These external issues relevant to the context of the organisation include international and national legal, regulatory and other requirements. Aspect & Impact Reference Relevant Legislation

AI10, AI21, AI23, AI24, AI25, AI26, AI29, AI35, AI37, AI38, AI47

Environmental Protection Act 1990

AI23, AI24, AI25, AI26 Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991

AI23, AI24, AI25, AI26 Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2011

AI16, AI36, AI47 Waste (Wales) Measure 2010

AI25, AI26 Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 (as amended)

AI12, AI35, AI37 ,AI38, AI47 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (as amended)

AI23, AI24, AI25, AI26, AI27 Control of Pollution Act 1974 (as amended)

AI22, AI29 Agricultural Waste Regulations 2006

AI25, AI26 Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005

AI23, AI24, AI25, AI26 List of Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005

AI25, AI26 Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012

AI23 The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002

AI18, AI37 Weeds Act 1959

AI18, AI37, AI47 Ragwort Control Act 2003

AI25 The Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations 1999

AI24, AI26 End of life Vehicle Regulations 2003 (as amended)

AI22, AI29, AI36 The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order 2011 (as amended)

AI47 Reservoirs Act 1975

AI12, AI14, AI37 Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended)

AI13, AI14, AI41 Water Industry Act 1991

AI35, AI36, AI37, AI47, AI49 Land Drainage Act 1991 and Water Resources Act 1991 (as amended)

AI16, I17 The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 (as amended)

AI20 Control Of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001

AI11, AI14 Water Act 2003

AI10, AI12, AI20, AI35, AI36, AI37, AI38, AI40, AI47

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

AI27, AI36, AI37, AI47 Flood and Water Management Act 2010

AI13, AI41 Trade Effluent Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1989 (as amended)

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Aspect & Impact Reference Relevant Legislation

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The Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009

AI01, AI02, AI03 Road Traffic Act 1988

AI01, AI02, AI03 Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 1997

AI01, AI02 The Cleaner Road Transport Vehicles Regulations 2011

AI01, AI02, AI03, AI06, AI50 EC Regulation 443/2009 Setting Emission Standards for New Passenger Cars

AI10, AI35, AI37 ,AI38, AI47 Clean Air Act 1993

AI29, AI50 The Crop Residues (Burning) Regulations 1993

AI08, AI09 Finance Act 2001 (Climate Change Levy)

AI08, AI09, AI10 Climate Change & Sustainable Energy Act 2006

AI08, AI09 Climate Change Act 2008

AI08, AI09 The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010

AI19, AI42 Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulations 2009

AI19, AI42, AI50 Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009

AI19, AI42 Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone Depleting Substances) Regulations 2011

AI19, AI42 EC Regulation 2037/2000 on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

AI21 Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2006 (as amended)

AI10, AI16, AI17, AI18, AI21, AI29, AI35, AI36, AI37, AI50

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

AI10, AI16, AI35, AI36 Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

AI29, AI35, AI36, AI37, AI47, AI49 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

AI22, AI29, AI36 Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

AI16, AI17, AI18, AI35 Building Regulations 2010

AI29, AI35, AI36, AI37 Rights of Way Act 1990

AI29, AI35, AI36, AI37 Law of Property Act 1925

AI08, AI09, AI10, AI16, AI19, AI50 The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

AI16, AI17, AI18, AI22 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

AI16, AI17, AI18, AI21, AI22, AI29, AI35, AI36, AI37, AI47, AI50

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

AI29, AI35, AI36, AI37 Hedgerow regulations 1997

AI18, AI29, AI35, AI37, AI47 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

AI16, AI17, AI18, AI20, AI22, AI29, AI30, AI35, AI36, AI37, AI39, AI47, AI48, AI49, AI50

Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (as amended)














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Aspect & Impact Reference Relevant Legislation


Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996


Protection of Badgers Act 1992


The Eels (England & Wales) Regulations 2009

AI29 Conservation of Seals Act 1970

AI38 Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009

AI38 The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007

AI08, AI16, AI29, AI35 Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

AI10, AI35, AI37 ,AI38, AI47, AI48 Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993

AI35, AI36 Control of Noise (Codes of Practice for Construction and Open Sites) (Wales) Order 2002

AI17, AI18, AI29, AI32, AI35, AI36, AI37, AI47, AI50

The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005

AI01, AI02, AI03 Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1988

AI43, AI52, AI54, AI57 Plant Health Act 1967

AI52, AI53, AI54 The Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006 (SI 2006/1643 (W.185)) and associated Orders

AI53, AI54, AI57 The Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/233)

AI10, AI16, AI35, AI36, AI56 Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4)

AI25 The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1806) as amended (SI 2009/2861), (SI 2015/1417 (W.1410)

AI10, AI16, AI22, AI35, AI36, AI56 Control of Pollution Act (COPA) 1974: Part III as amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Water Resources Act 1991, Water Industry Act 1991, Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993, 2015/C.20

AI44 Deer Act 1991 (c.54)

AI53, AI54, AI57 Forestry Act 1967 (c.10)

AI35, AI36, AI56 The Town and Country Planning (Referrals and Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1331 (W.124))

AI23 The Landfill Tax (Qualifying Fines) (No. 2) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1385)

AI01, AI02, AI23, AI24, AI25, AI26 Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (c.14)

AI19, AI42, AI50 The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/168)

AI55 The Aggregates Levy (General) Regs 2002

AI29, AI50 Crop Residues (Burning) Regulations 1993 (SI 1993/1366)

AI19, AI42 The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/310)





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