Environmental compliance Construction sites Al Galloway, Regulatory - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Environmental compliance Construction sites Al Galloway, Regulatory Manager, SEPA Graeme Henderson, Senior, SEPA

Types of construction we see  Trunk/main roads  Forestry roads  Estate access roads  Renewables (hydro, wind); roads, pipelines  High Voltage Overhead Line upgrades  [rail upgrades]

Typical problems  Many of these are linear construction  In remote/mountainous areas – weather, lots of it!  Problem soils – e.g. clays, till  Watercourses/GWDTE’s  Sensitive Habitats  Avoid one problem, create another - balance

Planning is Key  Construction Method Statement; ground truth  Your insurance document  CMS - themes; practical; easy to pick up and read; “do’s and don’ts”; ‘pinch points’; pictures, schematics  Dynamic, will need to change

‘Site’ plan

Good practice  Toolbox talks  Role of ECoW  Daily/weekly checks  Eye and ears – report; take action; tell SEPA

Basics  Keep clean water, clean  Avoid working over large areas  What materials are you working with; clays, tills, soils, gravels, sands  Enough land for treatment?  Divert, settle, filter, pump, dewater  Bank stabilisation

Straw Poll The following photos; Good? Bad? Somewhere in-between?

Environmental Harm Who’s risk?  Owners Risk?  Main contractors Risk?  Sub contractors Risk?  ECoW’s Risk  Digger drivers Risk?  SEPA’s Risk?

SEPA’s Role  To inform/educate?  To advise/guide?  Consultant?  Policeman?

SEPA Guidance  CAR Practical Guide – what needs a licence  Pollution Prevention Guidance; e.g. oil storage; works in near water; pollution incident planning etc.  PPG6 – Working at Construction or Demolition sites  Temporary Construction Methods (SG29)  Good Practice Guides – plenty of these, e.g. Bank Protection; River Crossings

Other Guidance  CIRIA Linear Construction; Site Guide; Technical Guide  NETREGS  Your own Industry Associations

Other stuff!!  Waste Management – peat, soils & stones, burning  Oil storage & refuelling  Laydown  Roads; cut/fill/floating/materials/capping/drainage  Batch concrete & wash-down  Welfare facilities  River engineering  River/watercourse crossings  Borrow pits  Overburden storage

Large Construction site licences  New for SEPA  For sites like large road building  One ‘site’ licence  Responsible Person

SEPA’s new enforcement powers Existing  Formal Written Warnings  Enforcement Notices  Reports to PF New  Fixed Monetary Penalties  Variable Monetary Penalties  Environmental Undertakings

Thank you & any questions? SEPA's Pollution Hotline - 0800 80 70 60 (24 hour service) SEPA's Floodline service - 0845 988 1188 (24 hour service)

References 1 Pollution Prevention Guidelines (PPG) series:  PPG2 Above ground oil storage tanks  PPG4 Treatment and Disposal of sewage…  PPG5 Works and maintenance in or near water  PPG6 Working at construction and demolition sites  PPG8 Safe storage and disposal of used oils  PPG21 Pollution incident response planning  PPG22 Incident response – dealing with spills

References 2 Good Practice Guidelines series:  WAT-SG-25 River crossings  WAT-SG-28 Intakes and outfalls  WAT-SG-29 Construction Methods

References 3 CIRIA publications:  C532 Control of water pollution from construction sites – Guidance for consultants and contractors  C648 Control of water pollution from linear construction projects – Technical Guidance  C649 Control of water pollution from linear construction projects – Site Guide  C650 Environmental Good Practice – Site Guide  C698 Site Handbook for the Construction of SUDS