Consultation on Revised Charges for Local Authority Pollution Control
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 provide for the setting of fees and charges for Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC), Local Air - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC), and Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) at levels that will recover the costs to local authorities of implementing the system.
This consultation relates to the LAPC, LAPPC and LA-IPPC fees and charges in England. It is the practice of DEFRA to consult affected industries and local authority associations as part of the annual review of the local authority charging schemes. It is proposed that the fees and charges for the two local air pollution control (LAPC/LAPPC) and local authority integrated pollution prevention and control (LA-IPPC) regimes for 2007/8 are increased by between 2.37% and 2.86% over current levels for subsistence charges and by 2.11% over current levels for all other charges.
In addition to the above, DEFRA proposes that all standard process application fees are increased by £1058 and all reduced fee application fees are increased to £201 for applications made after the due date – i.e. in relation to installations operating without a permit.
The closing date for comments is Friday 5 January 2007. Further information is available from:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/localauth-plantfees07-08/index.htm
Source: http://www.defra.gov.uk (accessed 06/11/06)
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