Pollution Prevention and Control
The Council is responsible for regulating
certain industrial activities covered by the Pollution
Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2010
(the "PPC Regulations").
If a Company wants to carry out processes that
may cause certain emissions to land, air or water they must apply
for a permit to do so from either the Environment Agency or the
Council. The PPC Regulations were introduced under the Pollution
Prevention and Control Act 1999. The PPC Regulations have replaced
the integrated pollution control (IPC) regime set up under Part I
of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990).
The Environment Agency regulates industries
with the greatest potential of causing pollution to land, air or
water. The Council regulates industries with less potential to
pollute the environment. The PPC Regulations introduce three
separate, but linked, systems of pollution control:
- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), which
covers installations known as A(1) installations,
which are regulated by the Environment
Agency;
- Local authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
(LA-IPPC) which covers installations known as A(2)
installations, which are regulated by local authorities;
- Local authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC), which
covers installations known as Part B
installations, also regulated by local authorities.
All three systems require the operators of
certain industrial and other installations to obtain a permit to
operate. Regulators must set permit conditions based on the use of
the Best Available Techniques (BAT) to control pollution.
For Part A(1) and A(2) installations the
permit conditions must cover pollution to all media: air, land and
water. The permit may also cover energy efficiency, site
restoration, noise, odour, waste minimisation, accident prevention
and heat and vibrations. Permit conditions for Part B installations
only cover emissions to air.
United Kingdom Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (UK
PRTR)
The Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
(UK-PRTR) is required under European legislation and
obliges certain businesses to submit an annual return detailing
their releases of potentially polluting materials into the air,
land or water. These returns are then collated at national
level and fed into the European Pollutant Release and Transfer
Register (E-PRTR).
Defra collects information in the UK from
local authorities who have qualifying businesses in their
district. The national figures for businesses emitting in
excess of the release thresholds are available on Defra's
Pollutant Release and Transfer
Register website.
Further information
Map of permitted processes
Attached is a map of the
borough showing the approximate location of the various sites
that have a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England
& Wales) Regulations 2010. You can also refer to the
public register above for further information.
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