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  • The recommended environmental management system (EMS) designed to achieve the general objectives of the OSPAR Offshore Strategy.

  • Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.

  • Description of the data set showing underground coal workings whose depth is 30 metres or less from the surface.

  • Description of the data set showing known locations where a coal seam is near the surface.

  • How the UK's vital industries will continue to be serviced during critical fuel shortages.

  • Oil and Gas Environmental statements that have been reviewed

  • 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 activ…

  • Information about the project to redevelop Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot, how it will affect the local area and who to contact to make an enquiry.

  • OPRED provides guidance on the regulatory requirements for decommissioning, this page will be used for updates and notifications to Industry.

  • 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.

  • What Petroleum Revenue Tax is, how to work it out and when to submit a return to HMRC.

  • How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.

  • Access the Environmental and Emissions Monitoring System database to get data on oil rigs and other offshore installations around the UK.

  • Description of the dataset showing the area of the ground that might be affected if subsidence a mine entry occurs.

  • Licences and agreements issued by the Mining Remediation Authority.

  • Licences and agreements issued by the Coal Authority.

  • Design of the climate compatibility checkpoint for future oil and gas licensing.

  • A document outlining standards to be met by organisations delivering Tier 2 response services in the UK.

  • How to find out if a coal mining licence or other consent is needed and how to apply.

  • A service to ensure you consider any associated risks of historical coal mining for proposals within the Development High Risk Area.