RemSoc AGM to be held on 24th November 2021

In line with our constitution, RemSoc will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 24th November 2021. The AGM will again be hosted online via Teams.  Please contact info@remsoc.org if you would like to attend the AGM or if you would like to have further involvement in the Society as a member of the […]

New CL:AIRE Publication: Good Practice for Risk Assessment for Coal Mine Gas Emissions

CL:AIRE has now published a document on “Good Practice for Risk Assessment for Coal Mine Gas Emissions”.  The document is free to download and can be access via the CL:AIRE website or using the link below: Good Practice for Risk Assessment for Coal Mine Gas Emissions This new guidance was written by Steve Wilson (Environmental Protection […]

Defra consulting on amendments to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Defra is currently consulting on potential amendments to the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) 2016 for groundwater activities.  A summary of the proposed EPR amendments for groundwater activities are: To provide an improved hierarchy of regulatory controls for groundwater activities   To provide controls to prevent groundwater pollution from uncontrolled ‘pollutants’  To improve existing control measures for […]

CL:AIRE publishes updated SuRF-UK Sustainable Management Practices guidance

CL:AIRE has just published SuRF-UK’s updated Sustainable Management Practices (SMP) guidance, bringing this 2021 version in line with Environment Agency Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM) regulatory guidance. SuRF-UK defines SMPs as “relatively simple, common sense actions that can be implemented at any stage in a land contamination management project to improve its environmental, social and/or economic […]