Fracking: Law, Environment and Opinion
Will be published approx. on 22. April 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-5265-1426-4 (ISBN)
Description
New title that discusses the law and control of fracking in the UK, the developments in technology regulation, regulator involvement, as well as a raft of fracking cases being brought before the courts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5265-1426-4 (9781526514264)
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Persons
Louise Smail has extensive experience in the field of risk management with a wide range of organisations, including local government, police, manufacturing and many train operating companies. Louise has worked as Principle consultant and director of two international consulting groups and now runs own consultancy, Ortalan where she works on high profile projects looking at business risk evaluation and performance at board level and the impact of changes in legislation in both the UK and Europe. She writes and lectures extensively and is the General Editor of the Corporate Liability: Work related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions and Consultant editor of Health and Safety at Work Newsletter (both published by Bloomsbury Professional). Louise went to University in Manchester where she obtained a Ph.D. and a master in Law and where she now lives.
Mike Appleby is a partner at Fisher Scoggins Waters LLP and specialises in defending directors, senior individuals and companies facing investigation or prosecution for health and safety offences or manslaughter arising from work related incidents.
Mike Appleby is a partner at Fisher Scoggins Waters LLP and specialises in defending directors, senior individuals and companies facing investigation or prosecution for health and safety offences or manslaughter arising from work related incidents.
Content
Introduction
What is fracking and where does it occur
Where is fracking and the world
Government development of shale gas industry
Arguments for and agianst fracking
Economic
Environmental
Public opinion
Stage to start fracking
BEIS (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) Regulatory road map
Ownership and licensing (Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL)
Landowners Consent
Environment Agency Assessment risk to water and management of waste
Planning Permission - LA and views rom Local Community
Special HSE inspectors scrutinise design
OGA (Oil and Gas Authority) checks
Hydraulic fracking consent from BEIS
Regulations
- Infrastructure Act 2015
Regulators
Environmental Regulators
Health and Safety Regulator
Joint Inspection by EA and HSE
Shale Environmental Regulator Group
Commissioner for Shale Gas
Engagement - Community Charter UK Offshore Oil and Gas
Safety and the Environment
Royal Society review
Public Health England
Green blouse gas emissions report
BEIS factsheet and monitoring site
Damage to Property
Home Insurance (House prices)
Fracking and climate change
Local environmental impacts
Appendix
Summary of Cases
What is fracking and where does it occur
Where is fracking and the world
Government development of shale gas industry
Arguments for and agianst fracking
Economic
Environmental
Public opinion
Stage to start fracking
BEIS (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) Regulatory road map
Ownership and licensing (Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL)
Landowners Consent
Environment Agency Assessment risk to water and management of waste
Planning Permission - LA and views rom Local Community
Special HSE inspectors scrutinise design
OGA (Oil and Gas Authority) checks
Hydraulic fracking consent from BEIS
Regulations
- Infrastructure Act 2015
Regulators
Environmental Regulators
Health and Safety Regulator
Joint Inspection by EA and HSE
Shale Environmental Regulator Group
Commissioner for Shale Gas
Engagement - Community Charter UK Offshore Oil and Gas
Safety and the Environment
Royal Society review
Public Health England
Green blouse gas emissions report
BEIS factsheet and monitoring site
Damage to Property
Home Insurance (House prices)
Fracking and climate change
Local environmental impacts
Appendix
Summary of Cases