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<p>The Environment Agency includes conditions in the environmental permits it grants
to operators of landfill sites. Permit conditions can require operators to take all
appropriate measures to prevent fugitive emissions of substances, which can include
litter, dust and mud, or where that is not practicable to minimise such emissions.
Permits can also include conditions that require the operator to clear litter or mud
from affected areas outside the site as soon as practicable.</p><p>Breach of a permit
is a criminal offence and may lead to prosecution. The Environment Agency also has
a range of other enforcement powers, including the power to serve statutory enforcement
notices, vary permit conditions and suspend or revoke an environmental permit.</p><p>Additional
enforcement powers are not considered necessary to prevent landfill operators from
tipping during severe weather. However, the Government is considering the merits of
enhancing Environment Agency enforcement powers to tackle waste crime.</p><p> </p>
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