Aims: To advance student understanding of the principles and practices of environmental law as it pertains particularly to the process industries and the management of waste. To give students awareness of the problems of "waste" and the methods and techniques of waste management to meet with the requirements of legislation.
Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit the student should be able to describe the UK and EU environmental frameworks, analyse the influence of international frameworks, compare and contrast command and control legislation with modern alternatives, analyse breaches of statutory duty, describe the role of environmental assessment in the planning process, and prepare an IPPC authorisation for a simple process. The student should be able to interpret and apply the legislation which applies directly to waste, to identify different categories of waste and to formulate schemes of waste management for a process by implementing the hierarchy of waste management.
Skills:
Analysis, problem solving; Taught/facilitated and assessed.
Content:
Overview of the EU and English law systems. Regulations, directives and decisions. Public and private law. Statutory and common law. Precedent. Delegated legislation. Treaties, conventions and protocols. Polluter pays, precautionary, proximity and sustainable development principles. Regulatory regimes in the UK. Command and control procedures. The role of the Environment Agency and Local Authorities. Guidance notes for prescribed processes and substances. BPEO, IPPC and BAT. Duty of Care. Regulation, payment, enforcement, management. Administrative action, criminal proceedings, civil proceedings. Sentencing and fines. Hierarchies of good waste management. Identification, characterisation and documentation of wastes. Records, costs, storage, licensing, future liability, contractors, transfrontier movements. Outline treatment of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. Auditing procedures.
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