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Consultation on the scope of the proposed 6-year review of Process Guidance Notes for Part B Installations

Atmospheric Quality and Industrial Pollution,
Defra,
Zone 3C,
Ergon House
Horseferry Road,
London,
SW1P 2AL
Telephone: 0207 238 5558

14 November 2008

Dear Consultee

Consultation on the scope of the proposed 6-year review of Process Guidance Notes for Part B Installations

I am writing to invite views on our proposed review of the process guidance notes for Part B installations.

2.   The following documents may be found on Defra’s website:   www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/sixyear-review/

  • List of consultees
  • Consultation document – Better Regulation Review of Part B Activities3

3.   We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. If you wish to obtain a copy of this consultation. Please contact Mark Cope, Local Authority Pollution Policy Team, Atmospheric Quality Implementation Programme (AQIP), Defra, Zone 3C, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AL. Telephone: 0207 238 5558

Responses

4.   Please mark all responses 6-YEAR REVIEW and send, preferably by email to:

      England-
      control.pollution@defra.gsi.gov.uk

      Or post to:
      Atmospheric Quality and Industrial Pollution Programme (AQIP)
      Defra, Zone 3C,  Ergon House, Horseferry Road,
      London,
      SW1P 2AL
      Telephone: 0207 238 5558
     
      Wales
      RPPmailbox@Wales.gsi.gov.uk

      Or post to:
      Radioactivity and Pollution Prevention Branch
      Welsh Assembly Government
      Cathays Park, Cardiff,CF10 3NQ
      Telephone 0292 082 1588 (Jacqui Murray)     

      Scotland
      SEPATeam@Scotland.gsi.gov.uk

      Or post to:
      Scottish Government
      Environmental Quality Directorate
      Waste and Pollution Directorate
      SEPA and Pollution, Area 1J (N) Victoria Quay
      Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ
      Telephone 0131 244 4966 (Susan Scott)
 

5.   Responses should be received by 6th February 2009.

Consultation Criteria

This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at  www.berr.gov.uk/bre/

6.         When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.

7.         If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

8.         Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 

We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/resources/consultation/index.htm.  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:
Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

9.   If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House,17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

10. Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

Yours Faithfully

 

Mark Cope
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Page published: 14 November 2008