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The Environment Agency of England and Wales has opened a public consultation on the first sets of standard rules that it intends to make available when the Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations are due to come into force in April 2008.
Regulatory reform has been a theme under implementation of the Aarhus Convention, which also promotes the use of electronic public participation tools, including e-consultation, in environmental decision-making. The Environment Agency has been a leading proponent of e-consultation in the UNECE region.
This standard rules consultation is an opportunity to comment on the Agency’s draft standard permits, standard rules, generic risk assessments and guidance. They cover 28 low to medium risk activitiesthat currently require a waste management licence, such as waste transfer stations and civic amenity sites.
The Agency would welcome responses from any individual or organization that is interested in environmental permitting decisions taken by the Environment Agency through the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
The consultation closes on 6 December 2007.
To see the full consultation please visit the Agency's website at: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/yourenv/consultations/1853050/?version=1&lang=_e.
Regulatory reform has been a theme under implementation of the Aarhus Convention, which also promotes the use of electronic public participation tools, including e-consultation, in environmental decision-making. The Environment Agency has been a leading proponent of e-consultation in the UNECE region.
This standard rules consultation is an opportunity to comment on the Agency’s draft standard permits, standard rules, generic risk assessments and guidance. They cover 28 low to medium risk activitiesthat currently require a waste management licence, such as waste transfer stations and civic amenity sites.
The Agency would welcome responses from any individual or organization that is interested in environmental permitting decisions taken by the Environment Agency through the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
The consultation closes on 6 December 2007.
To see the full consultation please visit the Agency's website at: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/yourenv/consultations/1853050/?version=1&lang=_e.
