Environment Agency
England's environment regulator; OEP found it broke law on sewage overflows and counted 29% of uninspected waste sites as compliant
Agency· United Kingdom · in the record since Dec 2024
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Roles
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Alan Lovell is chair of the Environment Agency.
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- Environment AgencyDocumentOur management
Alan Lovell Chair
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Philip Duffy is chief executive of the Environment Agency.
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- Environment AgencyDocumentOur management
Philip Duffy Chief Executive
Figures
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29% of regulated waste sites went uninspected in 2022 and were automatically recorded in the top compliance band, the OEP found.29%
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- Office for Environmental Protection - Review of Environment Agency inspections of waste operations and installations in England (14 May 2026)DocumentFinding 1
A key issue with the key performance indicator reporting is that the 29% of sites (2022) not inspected by the Environment Agency are automatically recorded as being in the highest compliance band (Band ‘A’).
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The Office for Environmental Protection found three failures by the Environment Agency to comply with environmental law in regulating combined sewer overflows.
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- Office for Environmental ProtectionDocument
The OEP investigation has concluded that there have been three failures to comply with environmental law by the EA [3]: