Environmental Pollution Incidents (Category 1 and 2)
Summary
Environmental Pollution Incident data filtered for Categories 1 and 2. Details of environmental incidents within the remit of the Environment Agency are held on the National Incident Recording System (NIRS2). This dataset only includes substantiated completed and closed Environment Management incidents (predominantly pollution), where the environment impact level is either category 1 (major) or category 2 (significant) to at least 1 media (i.e. water, land or air). It is updated quarterly and provides a snapshot of data held in NIRS2. There is an inherent lag time in investigating and recording the necessary incident details to complete a record and recent incidents may not appear. The data may also be subject to change due to final QA and as further information becomes available. INFORMATION WARNING: Where these data indicate an incident occurred on a particular site or property no inference should be drawn that the site or property owner necessarily was responsible.
Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Attribution statement
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017. All rights reserved.
Use constraints
Conditions:
- Notwithstanding the fact that the standard wording of the Environment Agency Conditional Licence indicates that it is perpetual, this Licence has a limited duration of one year at the end of which it will terminate automatically without notice.
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Technical information
Update frequency
quarterly
Lineage
Category 1 and 2 environmental protection incident
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
8627faf0-d465-11e4-bfdb-f0def148f590
Published by
Environment Agency
Contact publisher
Defra Data Services ForumDataset reference dates
Creation date
01 March 2001
Revision date
01 April 2024
Publication date
N/A
Period
- From: 15 February 2000
- To: 22 September 2021
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Data and Supporting Information
| Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
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| Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
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| Environmental Pollution Incidents (Category 1 and 2).zip | ZIP | Download |