Defra has issued a consultation inviting comments on a draft revised General Guidance Manual for local authority regulated pollution prevention and control. The draft guidance covers the introduction of the Environmental Permitting Regulations.

Local authorities regulate some 23,000 installations under the Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) Regulations. Most are regulated for air emissions; some 400 are subject to integrated PPC. The key document advising local authorities, regulated businesses and the public on how these regimes work is the 2003 version of the General Guidance Manual on Policy and Procedures for A2 and B installations. This consultation invites comments on the structure and general content of a revised edition of the Manual.

The Manual needs to be revised for two reasons:
- to reflect the new Environmental Permitting Regulations, which will come into force on 6 April 2008 and supersede PPC
- to update the Manual since it was first published, and in particular to incorporate subsequent additional guidance which has been published on the Defra web site as “AQ” notes.

The closing date for receipt of responses to this consultation is 4 September 2007. Further information is available from: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/epp-guidance/index.htm

Source: www.defra.gov.uk (accessed 09/07/07)

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