Consultation on Government Guidance for EU Directives and Waste Technical Competence
The Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP) is a “Better Regulation” initiative designed to reduce costs for business and regulators by cutting red tape, without changing levels of protection for the environment and human health. It will do this by streamlining and simplifying environmental permitting and compliance systems.
DEFRA consulted on part of the Environmental Permitting Government Guidance package earlier this year (see link below to the 3rd EPP consultation). Environmental Permitting Guidance will be replacing existing lengthy guidance for the waste management licensing (WML) and pollution prevention and control (PPC) systems (except for activities regulated by local authorities where the existing General Guidance Manual will be updated to reflect the changes to the system, see link below) with an easy-to-read, concise piece of guidance.
It will be a simple, single reference point explaining how the new, streamlined Environmental Permitting Regulations work and, where possible, how they will be implemented.
This consultation provides the rest of the Government guidance package. It is seeking views on draft Government guidance on the requirements of EU Directives covered by EPP and on proposals for assessing technical competence of permit holders with waste operations.
The deadline for comments is 10 October 2007
See: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/envpermitprog4/index.htm
Source: www.defra.gov.uk