# The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009 (revoked) S.I. 2009/153 · made 29 January 2009 · revised to 19 July 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-regulations-2009-revoked/pdf/uksi_20090153_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-regulations-2009-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20090153_en.pdf ## Introductory text Environmental Protection, England Made 29th January 2009 Laid before Parliament 2nd February 2009 Coming into force 1st March 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introductory provisions ## 1 Title, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 References to Community instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Meaning of “environmental damage” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Environmental damage to which these Regulations apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Areas of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Other legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Exemption from damage to water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Enforcing authorities under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Enforcing authorities in other cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Preventing environmental damage ## 13 Preventing environmental damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Preventing further environmental damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Action by the enforcing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Following instructions from a public authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Remediation ## 17 Assessment of damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Determining liability to remediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Appeals against liability to remediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Remediation notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Appeal against the remediation notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Further provisions on remediation notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Action by the enforcing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Administration and enforcement ## 24 Costs when the enforcing authority acts instead of the operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Costs concerned with administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Proceedings for costs by an enforcing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Costs recoverable from owner to be a charge on premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Recovery of costs from other persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Requests for action by interested parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Grant of and compensation for rights of entry etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Powers of authorised persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Provision of information to the enforcing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Damage to protected species, natural habitats and sites of special scientific interest ## 1 Damage to protected species and natural habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Conservation status of natural habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Conservation status of species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Sites of special scientific interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Express authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Activities causing damage ## 1 Operations to which this Schedule applies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Operation of permitted installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Waste management operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Mining waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Discharges requiring authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Water abstraction and impoundment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Dangerous substances, plant protection products and biocidal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Genetically modified organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Transboundary shipment of waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Transboundary shipment of waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Permits, etc. ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Remediation ### Part 1: Remediation of damage to natural resources other than land ## 1 Application of Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Risk to human health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Primary and complementary remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Compensatory remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Choice of remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Identification of complementary and compensatory remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Remediation of damage to land ## 9 Remediation of damage to land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Appeals ### Part 1: Appeals when the Secretary of State is not the enforcing authority ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Appeals when the Secretary of State is the enforcing authority ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Compensation ## 1 Compensation for grant of rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Period for making an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Manner of making an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Loss and damage for which compensation payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Basis on which compensation assessed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Determination of disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/153 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-regulations-2009-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.