Environmental law update Autumn 2014 John Mitchell, Partner, Regulatory Risk & Compliance.

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Environmental law update Autumn 2014 John Mitchell, Partner, Regulatory Risk & Compliance

Petrol storage Petrol filling stations will now require a storage certificate instead of a licence from the local authority Conditions cannot be attached to licences Workplaces will outside the new regulations but will be subject to DSEAR. Domestic premises can store up to 30 litres Motor vehicles can carry up to 30 litres in portable containers.

Biocidal Products Directive From 1 February 2013 the use of elemental copper in biocidal products was banned Copper ionisation was widely used for the control of legionella risks in water systems HSE submitted an application for essential use derogation to the EU, which was granted in February Businesses which wanted to market such products lobbied HSE UK government submitted an application for permission to allow such marketing, which was granted in June

Climate Change Levy – data centres CCL is applied to energy bills of most commercial organisations Firms which are in sectors which have a climate Change Agreement with the government are eligible for relief The relief is conditional on energy efficiency targets being met The relief is 90% of the CCL The data centre sector has just entered into a CCA and will now be eligible for the reliefs

Lettings standards Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard Regulations: –From1 April 2018 no property can be let if EPC is rated F or G –Landlord must first undertake all measures that can be funded by the Green Deal (i.e. Golden Rule compliant) Tenant’s Energy Efficiency Improvement Regulations: –From1 April 2016 domestic tenant can ask for consent to carry out Green Deal or ECO type improvements –If tenant leaves liability for repayment shifts to the incoming tenant

Air pollution NO 2 levels in Oxford Street are higher than those in Beijing (Kings College) The government has failed many of its environmental goals (Environment Audit Committee) London, Birmingham and Leeds will continue to fail the air pollution targets for another 20 years (DEFRA) Southampton and Portsmouth will continue to fail the targets for another 16 years

Recycling The Environmental Audit Committee has called on government to: –Encourage the circular society –Simplify and standardise the UK system for the collection of waste and recyclates The Circular Economy Taskforce has called on government to: –Move responsibility for collection from local to regional level –Design collection systems according to the needs of reprocessors rather than a duty to dispose of unwanted items

Green Deal savaged by ASA again 6 of 10 complaints upheld in relation to a Green Deal promotional campaign backed by DECC: –The ad was misleading by suggesting that savings on energy bills were “guaranteed” –Neither of two case studies referred to in the ad had been funded by the Green Deal –Assessors should not have been described as “impartial” as they are not –A claim relating to the projected increase in value of a property was misleading

Environmental law update Autumn 2014 John Mitchell, Partner, Regulatory Risk & Compliance