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Environmental Permitting Programme: Consultation on Government Guidance

This joint Defra/ DECC/ Welsh Assembly Government consultation invited your views on the structure and content of several pieces of draft Government Guidance for the Environmental Permitting Regulations. The consultation summary and Government response is now available.

This guidance has been drafted or amended as part of the second phase of the Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP2) which is a Better Regulation initiative designed to reduce costs for operators and the regulator by cutting unnecessary red tape, while continuing to protect the environment and human health.

The documents are aimed at the Regulator, the regulated community and any others who may be interested. The Environment Agency will produce separate technical guidance for the Environmental Permitting Programme.

Consultation documents:

Hard copies are available on request by emailing to eppadministrator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

The consultation ran for 12 weeks and closed on 29 July 2009.

Please note that the separate consultation on the draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 closed on 11 May 2009. Note: Only if consultees support our policy proposals, will the regulations be taken forward for debate in Parliament. We will take account of your consultation comments and suggestions in the draft regulations where possible, and will incorporate any resulting changes into the government guidance along with any comments from the guidance consultation.

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Page modified: 18 December 2009
Page published: 6 May 2009