Consultation on revised charging scheme for local authority pollution
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part I 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 costs of local authorities of implementing the system. This consultation relates to the LAPC, LAPPC and LA-IPPC fees and charges in England. The Welsh Assembly Government will be consulting separately on these charges.
It is proposed that the current levels for all PPC application and subsistence charges should be increased by 3%, plus adjustments relating to the “risk band”, for example, the subsistence charge for a low risk Part B activity will be £706, compared to a high risk Part B charge of £1581. A complete listing of all the proposed revised charges is included at Annex 3 of the consultation document.
In addition, a one-off additional fee of £55 for each risk assessed facility and £14 for each reduced fee activity to cover the transitional costs of transferring from PPC to EPR. It is likely that the proposed new Environmental Permitting Regulations will be implemented in April 2008.
This consultation closes on Friday, 4 January 2008. The consultation document is available for download at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/localauth-plantfees08-09/consultation.pdf
Source: www.defra.gov.uk (accessed 10/10/07)