Policy Priorities for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
REFERENCES
i. SEPA Management Statement, Scottish Executive Paper 2002/19, July 2002
ii. SEPA Financial Memorandum, Scottish Executive Paper 2002/18, July 2002
iii. A Partnership for a Better Scotland : Partnership Agreement, Scottish Executive, May 2003
iv. Secretary of State's guidance to SEPA under Section 31 of the Environment Act 1995, dated November 1996 (currently being updated)
v. Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC). Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1609 (S.144) The Bathing Waters (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 (ISBN 0110146093)
vi. Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31980L0068&model=guichett
vii. Shellfish Waters Directive (79/923/EEC). Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2470 (S.162) The Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (ISBN 0110556739)
viii. Council Directive 78/659/EEC of 18 July 1978 on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31978L0659&model=guichett
ix. Consenting policy for recreational waters - SEPA Scottish Bathing Waters Report 2002 http://www.sepa.org.uk/publications/bathingwaters/2002/bathing_waters_2002.pdf
x. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32000L0060&model=guichett
xi. Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2842 (S.144) The Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1994 (ISBN 0110458427); SSI 2003 No. 273 The Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (ISBN 0110623460)
xii. Council Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community. And amended by Council Directive 86/280/EEC of 12 June 1986 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31976L0464&model=guichett
xiii. Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31991L0676&model=guichett
xiv. Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31991L0692&model=guichett
xv. Scotland's Bathing Waters: A Strategy For Improvement (March 2003) (ISBN 0755921860)
xvi. Meeting the Needs…Priorities, Actions and Targets for Sustainable Development in Scotland, April 2002 Paper 2002/14 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/rural/mtnsd-00.asp
xvii. Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003
xviii. OSPAR Convention, OSPAR: The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic http://www.ospar.org
xix. The Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (DETR, Scottish Executive, National Assembly for Wales and DoE Northern Ireland, 2000)
xx. Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32001L0080&model=guichett
xxi. National Emissions Ceilings Directive - Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32001L0081&model=guichett
xxii. Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 SSI 200/323. References to PPC regulation should be read where appropriate as including regulation under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43), which PPC will replace
xxiii. Waste Incineration (Scotland) Regulations 2003 SSI 2003/170 http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2003/20030170.htm
xxiv. Petrol Vapour Recovery Directive - Directive 94/63/EC on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31994L0063&model=guichett
xxv. Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels Directive - Directive 1999/32/EC relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels http://europe.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/1999/l_121/l_12119990511en00130018.pdf
xxvi See Scottish Climate Change Programme, Scottish Executive, November 2000 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange
xxvii. EU Directive establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emissions trading within the Community is expected to be published in the EU's Official Journal in September 2003. See http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/emission.htm for further information.
xxviii The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002 - reference SI 2002 No. 528 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020528.htm
xxix. The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 SSI 2003/235 http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2003/20030235.htm
xxx. The National Waste Strategy 1999 http://www.sepa.org.uk/nws/guidance/nws/nws_1999.htm
xxxi National Waste Plan 2003 http://www.sepa.org.uk/nws/guidance/nwp.htm
xxxii. Landfill Regulations http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2003/20030235.htm as amended by the Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003, http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2003/20030343.htm
xxxiii. Special Waste Regulations 1996 SI 1996 No 972
xxxiv. Proposals for Amendments to the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2003 - http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2003/20030171.htm
xxxv. European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31994L0062&model=guichett
xxxvi. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 SI 1997 No 648
xxxvii. Prevention of Environmental Pollution From Agricultural Activity (PEPFAA Code), a
Code of Good Practice, The Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries
Department SOAEFD, 1997 (In process of being updated 2003); and PEPFAA code Do's and Don'ts Guide, SEERAD, 2002
xxxviii. The 4 Point Plan - Straightforward Guidance for Livestock Farmers to Minimise Pollution and Benefit your Business 2002
xxxix. Environmental Protection Act 1990, c43. Part IIA inserted by the Environment Act 1995, c25
xl. Euratom Treaty - Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community 1957
xli. Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (ISBN 0105412937)
xlii. The Aarhus Convention 1998 - Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/aarhus/index.htm
xliii. SEPA Policy and Financial Management Review, Scottish Executive Paper 2003/11, March 2003, Recommendation 17 and 18
xliv. SEPA Policy and Financial Management Review, Scottish Executive Paper 2003/11, March 2003, Recommendation 7
xlv. Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1999 Statutory instrument 1999/743
xlvi SEPA Management Statement, Scottish Executive Paper 2002/19, July 2002, Paragraph 1.6.9
xlvii SEPA Policy and Financial Management Review, Scottish Executive Paper 2003/11, March 2003
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