Complaints Report - Office for Environmental Protection 1 July 2024 -

We do this to ensure the relevant public authority is provided with the opportunity to assess and respond to matters initially. [...] We have Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with the Climate Change Committee, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Environmental Standards Scotland and the Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales. [...] We received an update from the Environment Agency on the intervention on their duty to provide a Public Register that meets the requirements specified in The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations (EPR) 2016. [...] Monitoring of compliance with statutory deadlines We are continuing to monitor and review our approach in relation to a number of missed statutory deadlines, including requirements under the Climate Change Act 2022 and DAERA’s obligation to publish an Environmental Improvement Plan in accordance with the Environment Act 2021. [...] Waste Hierarchy- Local Authorities We have started scoping the duty of care and waste hierarchy obligations imposed on Local Authorities with the potential to explore policies for, and the regulation of, 9 the waste hierarchy by the Environment Agency.