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Meeting Theme – This session describes some of the recent updates to environmental legislation and also areas of current prosecutions - with examples. Those attending should leave with a clear idea of what will be affecting their businesses in terms of environmental legislation changes and also the approaches being taken by enforcers.
Host: Stuart Jones
Agenda:
09:30 hrs Coffee & Registration
10:00 hrs Meeting Opening Session
Morning Topic – Environmental Legislation Update
10:05 hrs Hayley Saunders - Guest Speaker - Shoosmiths
l The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act - introduction of new civil penalties.
l Part II Environmental Protection Act - this covers fly tipping offences and what you need to do to protect yourself from being prosecuted.
l Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
l Batteries Directive including the take back obligations
11:15 hrs Discussion on the first session & experiences of attendees
Come prepared with your own examples or comment on what you have heard.
11:30 hrs DVD entitled “Operation Fairway” - presented by a Derbyshire Police Counter Terrorism Advisor
12:30 hrs LUNCH
Afternoon Topic - The power of the Environmental Enforcement Agencies
13:00 hrs Hayley Saunders - Guest Speaker – Shoosmiths
Environmental enforcement agencies seem to operate in a reactive mode, only punishing companies for major breaches of legislation. Is this changing?
l Environmental Permitting Regime and the introduction of the new standard and bespoke licences.
l Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control -
l Water Resources Act
13: 45 hrs Discussion on the afternoon's topic. The experiences of those attending.
Experiences of Attendees
14:30 hrs Open discussion on experiences of members & guests on both topics.
Example problems. What procedures need to be in place? What are the pitfalls?
15:15 hrs Future Planned Meetings & Feedback on improvements. Close 15:40
In view of the busy schedule, refreshments will be available throughout the morning & afternoon sessions on a help yourself basis.
Special note from Alan Gamble, Chair of HSE Group:
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The session will cover recent updates to environmental legislation and areas targeted by the regulators. The main speaker for the day will be Hayley Saunders a lawyer with Shoosmiths. Hayley presented a session last year updating us on H & S legislation. It was so successful that we have invited her back in her new role at Shoosmiths covering environmental legislation to update us on what is new there and what regulator activities are taking place. As usual Hayley will have plenty of revealing photographs to support her presentation.
As a brief change of topic, I have also invited back to HSL - Julie Coulton form the Derbyshire Police Counter Terrorism Unit. Julie will show a DVD entitled "Operation Fairway" that deals with suspicious behaviour. This DVD could not be shown at our earlier session on Site Security (November 2009) but was thought to be so useful that we have asked Julie to show it on our first return to HSL. No-one will be disappointed by this change of topic. Julie's session will just cover the hour before lunch before Hayley returns to more environmental concerns after the break.
Should be another useful day with much valuable material to take away and discuss with your colleagues.
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