The total ongoing annual costs for familiarisation of public sector bodies for the new offence of ecocide, adjusted for inflation, is estimated to be: SEPA: £7,582 (20 employees at £27.08 an hour for 14 hours), Police Scotland £3,791 (10 employees at the same rate for the same time), ESS £1,137 (3 employees at the same rate for the same time).