Environment Agency regulation of noise

摘要

Atkins Birmingham was the venue when Tony Clayton gave a presentation on the work of the Environment Agency (EA).Tony is the EA's Technical Advisor on Noise, and is responsible for all noise guidance published by the EA and for the network of EA noise specialists. He advises senior management on noise issues and policies and provides liaison with Government and other regulatory bodies and with external bodies such as the IOA. He is a member of the IOA Environmental Noise Group. Tony began with a brief history of noise regulation by the EA referring to a variety of regulations over the years. There had clearly been periods when the division of responsibilities for noise issues between the EA permitting regime and local authority nuisance regime was unclear, but clarification over the past few years has hopefully resolved those issues. He made reference to the differences in regulation in Scotland (SEPA) and Northern Ireland (NIEA) compared with the EA work in England and Wales. He explained the geographical structure of the EA and how the environmental permitting regime operates. He also reported that from April 2013 EA Wales will split from EA England. The function in Wales will move to the Welsh Single Environment Body.