Policy paper: Salmons Brook flood risk management scheme
Updated: Updated October 2018.
This document explains the flood defence built by the Environment Agency to reduce the risk of flooding from Salmons Brook in north London.
Updated: Updated October 2018.
This document explains the flood defence built by the Environment Agency to reduce the risk of flooding from Salmons Brook in north London.
Updated: Notice announcing the implementation updated
The EU Commission Directive 2018/100/EU was administratively implemented in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2018. This specifies the minimum characteristics to be measured and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural and vegetable species for distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS).
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As part of the application process to add a plant variety to the National List or for approval of plant breeders’ rights, the plant variety must be tested to ensure it is distinct, sufficiently uniform and stable (DUS).
DUS tests are carried out at approved centres over a 2-year period. They are done in line with protocols and procedures approved by the Plant Variety and Seeds Committee, which represents the national authorities on seeds issues.
The Community Plant Variety Rights Office develops the technical protocols which set the characteristics to be used in the DUS tests.
A distinct plant variety has one or more important characteristics that are different from other varieties included in the National List, a list of another EU state, or the EU Common Catalogue.
A uniform plant variety has individual plants which have similar or genetically identical important characteristics, with very few aberrations.
A stable plant variety has important characteristics which remain true to their original description after successive propagations or multiplications.
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You have 2 main options when dealing with an oil spill at sea.
You can let natural processes disperse, evaporate and degrade the spill for you – this is probably the best option when:
You can intervene if an oil spill represents a safety risk, or poses a significant threat to commercial, environmental or amenity interests. You must consider the effects of any intervention. Some techniques are poorly-suited to marine conditions around the coast of UK. Unless the oil can be physically recovered, the choice is often between leaving the oil alone or using an oil spill treatment product.
You need approval from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) before you use a product to treat oil.
MMO will respond within 1 hour approving or rejecting your request to use an approved product in English or Welsh waters.
The product must be approved by MMO and be used in line with the conditions of its approval.
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In a marine pollution incident MMO consults several organisations to ensure that specific scientific, environmental and fisheries advice is taken into account for every decision.
To report a marine pollution incident call:
You can use approved oil spill treatment products where there is a genuine risk to human life or to the safety of an installation or vessel without consulting with MMO.
MMO and the relevant statutory nature conservation agencies – Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Scottish Natural Heritage, and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee – should be informed after the incident.
MMO approves use in English and Welsh waters. Marine Scotland and Northern Ireland Environment Agency approve use in their waters.
MMO acts on behalf of the UK for testing and approving oil treatment products intended for use in UK waters.
A standing approval is an agreement between MMO and a port or harbour authority, that specific oil spill treatment products may be used under certain conditions and in specific areas, without approval. This means a faster response to oil spills. Standing approvals may also be given to operators of oil and gas installations in coastal waters, or fixed locations such as terminals.
Port or harbour authorities must report to MMO that they have used a standing approval at the earliest possible opportunity.
Standing approvals for England and Wales exist at the locations below. You can view the extent of each standing approval on the Coastal and Marine Resource Atlas interactive map, by selecting the standing approvals layer on the list of layers.
Standing approvals are issued by MMO and you must contact MMO as soon as possible during an incident, and report back to them on the extent and success of product use once it is over. A typical report will include the following information:
Standing approvals are for 5 years. You must submit another application before the expiry date.
You must apply to MMO) if you want to market a new or rebranded oil spill treatment product for use in UK waters.
All products not previously approved will need to be tested for toxicity. Dispersants, bioremediation products and some other types of oil spill treatment product will also have to be tested for their efficacy.
Your approval must be renewed after 5 years, or sooner if specified, and you must notify MMO of any change in the company’s name, address or the product’s composition.
Send your completed application form and payment to MMO. You will need to provide evidence to support your application.
Renewing or rebranding an existing approved product will normally be considered on the basis that the product’s composition is not significantly changed.
If you have tested the product in a laboratory not commissioned by MMO, include the test results when you send your applications form. MMO will make sure the test data conforms to standard protocols – there will be a fee for this.
If you are using a laboratory commissioned by MMO, send a sample of the product separately from your application form to the laboratory – there will be a testing fee.
The size of the sample will depend on the types of tests required. Full details are given on the application form or can be requested from MMO.
The proposed product label must be approved by MMO and must contain:
The label should also meet the requirements of the Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) Regulations
MMO will:
The product may be marketed for use in English and Welsh waters as soon as MMO issues the formal approval notice. Details of the product and the name and address of the approval holder will be registered and this information will be made publicly available on the approved oil spill treatment products list.
The product should not be used in Scottish or Northern Irish waters until Marine Scotland or the Northern Ireland Environment Agency confirm the approval.
How to use oil spill treatment products and equipment
Approved oil spill treatment products
Get an oil spill treatment product approved: fees
Get an oil spill treatment product approved: application form
Marine Pollution Contingency Plan
0300 123 1032
Updated: Plan updated
The plan is under constant review to ensure the best possible response and includes details on:
Report a marine pollution incident
Clean an oil spill at sea and get oil spill treatments approved
Approved oil spill treatment products
How to use oil spill treatment products and equipment
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This is quick reference list. Product manufacturer details are available in the Marine Pollution Contingency Plan.
How to clean an oil spill at sea
How to use oil spill treatment products and equipment
Report and respond to a marine pollution incident
Marine Pollution Contingency Plan
Get an oil spill treatment product approved
0300 123 1032