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Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
How to get relief from excise duty on oil used in certain ways using the Industrial Relief Scheme, also known as the Tied Oils Scheme.
How to report incidents, including pro-formas for PON1 and PON2 and guidance on completion; listing of environmental alerts for operators in the North Sea.
Draws attention to the hazards and makes recommendations to ensure safe working practices when handling coconut and vegetable oil as cargo
Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production, offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
Find out what animal by-products you can use to make biodiesel, whether you need approval, how to process them and how to use the products.
Find out how you can claim repayment of excise duty on heavy mineral (hydrocarbon) oil used to grow certain horticultural produce.
How to store oil safely, check which oil storage regulations apply and pollution penalties
Regulations and guidance on fees and charging for environmental and other regulatory functions for offshore oil and gas exploration and production, offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities.
Interested parties can review records of applications and statements submitted to OPRED as required by environmental regulations.
Decommissioning programmes, including dates, locations, installations decommissioned, method of decommissioning and close-out reports where available.
Information and minutes for OSPAR, REACH and research groups and forums for offshore oil and gas.
Guidance on oil spills
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
Yearly intervention plans are produced for oil and gas operations based on the OPRED inspection strategy. Enforcement activities for the breach of environmental regulations is based on the OPRED enforcement policy.
Guidance, General Licences and reporting forms in relation to the Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap Exception.
How to label and package olive oil and olive oil products, and which records to keep for product inspections.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Published environmental alert notices issued in order to raise awareness of any environmental issues on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Access the Environmental and Emissions Monitoring System database to get data on oil rigs and other offshore installations around the UK.
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