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Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC)

Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) is a regulatory regime for controlling pollution from certain industrial activities.  From 6 April 2008 it has been incorporated into the framework of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR).  Details of EPR can be found on the Environmental Permitting Programme web page. See background for further information about PPC.

Latest news

18 November 2009 – The Local Pollution Control Statistical Survey for 2008/09 will be published on 16 December

7 October 2009 -  Quarterly newsletter for July to September issued

30 September 2009 – We have issued a consultation on the fees and charges scheme for 2010/11. The consultation period runs for 12 weeks until Wednesday 23 December 2009

Quarterly newsletter
  • Our quarterly newsletter provides information on developments over the last three months and anticipated developments.

Contacts

The regulators

The industrial activities caught by the PPC element of the Environmental Permitting Regulations are split into three categories and are regulated by two different regulators:

  • Part A(1) - The Environment Agency
    The Environment Agency regulates what is considered to be the most polluting of the three industrial categories, A(1) activities. These are regulated for multi-media emissions such as air, land, water and other environmental considerations.
  • Part A(2) and Part B - Local authorities
    Local authorities regulate the comparatively less polluting Part A(2) activities (multi-media regulation) and the lesser polluting Part B activities (these are regulated for emissions to air only).

Links

Old and closed PPC consultations

A small number of closed consultations have been temporarily retained for reference while the issues they addressed are still live or in their implementation phase

Page last modified: 18 November 2009
Page published: 29 July 2009