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Operating and refuelling plant and equipment

If you have hydraulic plant and equipment on your site, or any equipment that is fuelled by diesel or petrol, its use has potential impacts on the environment.

You are responsible for any pollution from plant and equipment on your site, even if you don’t own it.

Land

  • Land contamination

Materials and equipment

  • Bunds at construction sites

  • Fuelling and fuel storage at building sites

  • Generators at construction sites

  • Oil separators at construction sites

  • Plant maintenance at construction sites

  • Refuelling at construction sites

  • Road sweepers at construction sites

  • Spills at construction sites

  • Vehicle movements and deliveries at construction sites

  • Wheel washing at construction sites

Nuisance

  • Dust from construction sites

  • Noise from construction sites

Waste

  • Barrels, drums and chemical containers

  • Hazardous/special waste

  • Site waste management plans

  • Tyres

  • Waste oil

  • Your waste responsibilities

Water

  • Controlling surface water run-off

  • Discharges to water or sewer

  • Settlement tanks

  • Water use and abstraction

  • Working close to a river or stream

Further information

  • Construction resources

  • Construction trade associations

  • Construction PPGs

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© NetRegs 2011

Author: Emma Davies | enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Last updated: 18 September 2011