Environmental permitting - related projects
Defra and other Government departments and regulators are progressing a number of projects which potentially either impact upon EPP or are impacted by it. We are closely monitoring these to ensure a consistent and coherent approach is taken to regulation as a whole.
Most significant programmes
- Waste Exemptions Review: interfaces with EPP as it affects which activities will need a permit or are exempt
- Mining Waste Directive: the EP Regulations were the preferred option to transpose this EU Directive in the Government’s spring 2008 consultation. Analysis of responses is ongoing.
- Batteries Directive: the EP Regulations may be a suitable transposition mechanism for the permitting parts of this Directive (Articles 12 (1) tailpiece, 12(2) – (4) and 14)
- Land use planning and pollution control interface: a review is ongoing between CLG and Defra; it is intended to develop a protocol that sets out agreed ways of working.
- Radioactive Substances Regulations (RSR) exemption orders review: interfaces with EPP as it affects which activities will need a RSR permit or are exempt.
- Marine Bill: interactions with the EP Regulations on what needs permitting and where will need to be clearly defined
- Floods and Water Bill: the Government proposes to publish a draft bill for consultation in 2009, this could be used to provide a power to incorporate the water abstraction and impounding regime into EPP2
Page last modified: 17 July 2008
Page published: 2 October 2005
