Dealing with spills

Guidance for Pollution Prevention 22

NetRegs, 2018
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Current

Supplement

Core Supplement

Series

Guidance for Pollution Prevention

Abstract

Comprises good practice guidelines to help identify measures to prevent, limit or reduce damage to the environment and risk to public health from a spill. Covers: pollution risk assessments; pollution incident response plans; pollution control hierarchy; pollution control methods and equipment that could be used to contain spills; site specific pollution control options; spills on a road or highway; and clean-up after a spill has been contained, including pollutant specific information.

History

Supersedes Pollution Prevention Guidelines 22: Incident response: dealing with spills (EA, 2011). Version 1, October 2018. Does not apply in England. Guidance for Pollution Prevention is a new series replacing Pollution Prevention Guidelines.

Subjects

  • Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
  • Transport facilities
  • Roads

Publisher History

NetRegs provides environmental guidance for small and medium-sized businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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NBS has produced specification systems and information products for construction industry professionals for more than 40 years. The National Building Specification is the recognised UK national standard and is used by over 5,000 organisations. NBS is part of RIBA Enterprises Ltd.

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