Strengthening environmental civil sanctions
Seeking views on increasing the cap on variable monetary penalties (VMPs) for environmental offences in England and introducing VMPs to the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
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The government wants to strengthen the Environment Agency’s ability to issue monetary penalties for a wider range of environmental offences in England.
We want to know what you think about these changes, including:
- increasing the cap on variable monetary penalties from £250,000 to £25 million, £250 million or unlimited (no cap)
- introducing variable monetary penalties into the Environmental Permitting Regulations
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