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News Release from: Fosse Liquitrol | Subject: Oil Storage Regulations
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 May 2006
First prosecution under Oil Storage
Regulations
The Environment Agency has brought the first prosecution under the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001: a boat hire company was fined GBP9,500 after a pollution incident
The Environment Agency has brought the first prosecution under the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 A boat hire company was fined GBP9,500 with additional costs after pleading guilty to two counts of non-compliance with the Oil Storage Regulations and causing a pollution incident
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 19 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company, based on the Norfolk Broads, did not take any action after Environment Officers advised it that its oil storage did not comply with the regulations.
Had the advice been acted on and the problems with the oil storage rectified it is likely that the pollution incident would not have happened.
With a number of other prosecutions for non-compliance in the pipeline we hope this will send a clear message to businesses that they cannot ignore this piece of legislation.
The Oil Storage Regulations for England were introduced in 2001 to reduce the number of oil pollution incidents by improving standards of oil storage.
Following a phased introduction, the regulations became fully operational in September 2005.
It is now an offence to use oil storage facilities that do not comply with the requirements of the regulations.
Phil Chatfield, Water Quality Policy Advisor, said 'I know that there are still sites where oil storage does not meet the requirements of the regulations.
Where this comes to our attention, we will advise site owners of the steps they need to take to prevent pollution and comply with the law.
Failure to heed our advice can have serious consequences, as the recent prosecution of a boat-hire company in East Anglia demonstrates.
In this case failure to carry out the work we advised resulted in water pollution.
In the first prosecution of its kind, penalties were imposed not only for the pollution offence, but also for two charges of failing to comply with the regulations, each of which attracted a fine of GBP1,000'.
Fosse Liquitrol offers Free Spill Risk Site Assessments to companies to help comply with these regulations.
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