Legislation

Question 1

What is the water resources regulation silage slurry agricultural fuel and oil regulation?

Answer 1

• Minimise area of road and farmyard slurry transported and animals excreting on
• restricts where u can store silage l, spread slurry and manure and sprays
• regulates field margins near waster courses

Question 2

What is the ground water regulation?

Answer 2

Make it illegal to discharge hazardous substances and non hazardous pollutants to groundwater without a permit

Question 3

The environmental act 1990

Answer 3

Relates to licensing and regulating the disposal of controlled waste on land
Required to hold treat and dispose of all waste without risk to environment

Question 4

Environment act 1995

Answer 4

Set a number of new agencies and set new standards for environmental management

Control of pollution, conservation of natural resources and conservation and enhancment of environment

Question 5

Environmental protection regulations 1991

Answer 5

Duty of care to those who import, produce, carry treat or dispose of controlled waste
Need to ensure that check where they take waste is licenced

Question 6

Waste management licensing regulations 1994

Answer 6

Those involved in waste need a licence to authorise the deposit of controlled waste

Question 7

The control of pollution act 1989

Answer 7

Make it a criminal offence for anyone who isn’t a registered carrier of waste to transport controlled waste
Farmers can only transport their own waste

Question 8

The framework directive on waste 2008

Answer 8

Ensures that waste is managed without endangering human health or harming environment

Question 9

Scrap metal dealers act 1964

Answer 9

Have to be licensed to run a business and to be able to take scrap metal to stop theft

Question 10

Duty of care for waste directive

Answer 10

Requires you to keep it safe, make sure it’s dealt with correctly and responsibly and that only given to authorised businesses

Question 11

The waste electronic and electrical equipment directive

Answer 11

Ensure that businesses midi ids EEE waste and promote reuse

Question 12

Batteries directive

Answer 12

Helps to contribute to the protection and improvement of environment by minimising negative impact by batteries

Question 13

Landfill directive

Answer 13

Helps put into place a strategy to achieve the progressive diversion of biodegradable waste from landfill
Prevents and reduces impact of landfill on environment and human health

Question 14

Cross compliance

Answer 14

Set out farmers comply to statutory management requirements to ensure good environmental conditions to get full payment

Question 15

Air quality directive

Answer 15

Provides guidance on planning to take into account impact on air quality
Sets out limits of concentrations of major air pollutants that affect public health

Question 16

NVZ

Answer 16

Set guidelines on when slurry and manure can be spread
Store of manures and sprays
Stores of slurry