EA publishes guidance on incident action plan submissions for water companies
The Environment Agency (EA) has published guidance explaining how water companies in England and Wales must submit an incident action plan following a dry day spill, setting out the information required and the conditions for acceptance. The EA requires companies to use an online service and to provide a clear summary of the incident, its primary root cause, the work needed to prevent recurrence or restore compliance, delivery dates, estimated costs where known, and details of measures taken to rectify, limit or prevent environmental pollution, together with reference information such as the National Incident Recording System number, the incident date if known, and the site’s unique identifier. The guidance requires each plan to include at least one action with a completion date within the calendar year of submission and at least one action for each subsequent year covered by the plan, and states that the EA may reject plans that do not include an action due for completion within the year of submission.