admin | January 20, 2010
We have had a few calls from Farmers wanting to start the process of complying with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. A few questions have been common:
How much will it cost? Like everything the answer is: It depends. However the first visit by one of our surveyors is free and is generally done within [...]
admin | January 19, 2010
The main regulation is the Control of Asbestos Regulation (CAR) of 2006. This regulation, in simple terms, says that:
There must be a defined Duty Holder empowered to be responsible for all asbestos related issues. This is usually the land owner though depending on the lease it can be the operator
The Duty Holder must survey all [...]
admin | January 18, 2010
A farmer who stored waste on his land close to work being carried out on a sea wall, has (Tues) been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay full Environment Agency costs of £3,582 after pleading guilty to breaching the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Howard Alexander Baker of Lovedown Farm, Lower Road, Hockley, Essex was visited [...]
admin | January 17, 2010
The National Farmers Union are concerned by the cost of the new regulations governing the disposal of white asbestos cement, used in many thousands of post-war farm buildings. Until 2006 white asbestos cement could still be disposed of by burying it or using it as rubble for farm tracks. But since then farmers have [...]
