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Pollution from industrial installations in England and Wales has been controlled to some extent for over 150 years. Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council's Environmental Protection Unit regulates emissions from a number of industries. Emissions from most major industrial process however are regulated by the Environment Agency.
As of the 06 April 2008, new legislation, the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPP) replaced the existing Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (PPC), setting out how regulation of these industrial process shall be undertaken. The Environmental Permitting Programme incorporates a number of recent government initiatives aimed at reducing the regulatory burden on low risk business and redirecting resources from unnecessary inspection towards the provision of advice to improve compliance. In doing this the regulations take into account the recommendations of the Hampton Review and the aims of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform at ensuring Better Regulation.
These recent changes have created a single more user-friendly permitting and compliance system that integrates both Waste Management Licensing and Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC). It simplifies permit applications, amendments and variations for both industry and regulator and so reduces unnecessary red tape and allows regulators to focus resources on medium and high-risk operations whilst continuing to protect the environment and human health .
Forms to apply for; surrender, transfer or vary a Permit are available from the Defra website. Click on the link below to access these forms:-
NB Before you start to fill in any of the forms it is stronglyy advised that you read the relevant parts of the Defra General Guidance Manual issued for LA-IPPC and LAPPC. Click on the link below to access this information:-
Defra's Pollution Prevention and Control General Guidance Manual
This contains a list of other documents you may need to refer to when you are preparing your application, and explains some of the technical terms used. You will also need to read the relevant sector guidance note, BREF note or Process Guidance note. Click on the link below to access this information:-
Click on the link below to view the changes to the existing PPC regulations:-
Changes to the Pollution Prevention and Control under the Environmental Permitting Programme
For a brief summary of how the PPC Regulations operate please click on the links below:-
A(1)installations are generally perceived to have a greater to potential to pollute the environment than an A(2) installation, and Part B installations would have the least potential to pollute.
(More information about "PPC Regulations" is available at the Defra website.)
Click on the following link to view details of those processes permitted by this council:-
Permitted Processes Within Ellesmere Port and Neston
For further information please:-
