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An overview of the use of risk assessment for environmental regulation in the UK – key drivers and regulatory initiatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2001

Simon J. T. Pollard
Simon J. T. Pollard
Affiliation:
National Centre for Risk Analysis and Options Appraisal, Environment Agency, Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NF, UK
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Abstract

The regulation of risk is high on the political agenda and viewed as an important component of modernizing government. The Environment Agency of England and Wales has responsibilities for regulating and managing a wide range of risks to and from the environment. In some areas of regulation, a structured and explicit treatent of risk is required; in other areas, the approach is more implicit and reliant on professional judgement. This paper presents an overview of the application of risk assessment in the Environment Agency and a summary of recent policy and regulatory drivers. It introduces some emerging issues with respect to current practice in environmental risk assessment.

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Technical article
Information
Risk, Decision and Policy , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , April 2001 , pp. 33 - 46
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press, 2001

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