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The Environment Agency has updated four offence response options documents. For 'Extant water quality provisions offences', the updates include: section '3. Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015' and section '4. Water Industry Act 1991' to clarify the regulations and add 'compliance notice' as a civil sanction we can impose for section 120(9) and section 130(7) offences. For 'Land quality offences' section '3. The Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018' has been updated. For 'Waste offences' updates include adding: section 59ZB(6) and section 158, fixed penalty notice as an option for section 5(7)(a) and regulation 19 and 89(2)(a)(i). For 'Environmental damage offences' regulation 34(2) has been added.
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