Hertsmere Borough Council

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  • Pollution - air

    The Environmental Protection Unit operates an automated air pollution monitoring station and a number of individual diffusion tube sites throughout the borough.

  • Pollution control - air handling units

    Information on health risks associated with air conditioning.

  • Pollution control - asbestos

    Section dealing with Asbestos removal and what to do if you think that your home may possibly contain asbestos.

  • Pollution Control - Clean Air Act Approval

    The Clean Air Act, 1993, introduced a wide range of new regulations such as those which control smoke emissions and the height of chimneys and those relating to the content and composition of motor fuels.

  • Pollution Control - construction information

    The authority monitors construction activities to minimise pollution caused by noise, dust and other nuisances.

  • Pollution control - contaminated land

    Some land in this country has been contaminated in the past by industries such as:

  • Pollution Control - hazardous substances

    Every year exposure to hazardous substances at work effects the health of many thousands of people.

  • Pollution Control - noise

    Complaints about excessive noise are investigated by officers who can take action if the noise is considered to be a statutory nuisance.

  • Pollution Control - Part B authorisation

    Some industrial techniques have potential to cause pollution. Since 1990 many of these processes have required an 'authorisation' from the Environment Agency to operate and they are also inspected annually. Some processes have the potential to cause only air pollution and for these operations the local authority is responsible for their inspection and regulation.

  • Pollution control - Statutory nuisance

    Part 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 requires us to take reasonable steps to investigate and, if appropriate, to take formal action to in the event of justified complaints of statutory nuisance.

  • Pollution Control - water

    What areas of water quality do Environmental Health Officers look at?

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