PPC permit
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000
require operators of installations carrying out specified
activities to submit an application for a permit to SEPA. Schedule
3 of the PPC regulations detail when such applications are due and
these dates are determined by the type of activity carried on and
whether the installation is "new" or "existing". A more detailed
explanation of the PPC Regulations can be found in the Practical
Guide which can be accessed on SEPA's website; there are also links
provided to the HMSO website where the PPC Regulations can be
accessed.
Regulation 7 to the PPC regulations detail the general
provisions of granting a permit with regulations 8 and 9 referring
to the general principles and specific requirements of setting
permit conditions respectively.
SEPA has prepared a template permit for the purposes of the
regulations. While SEPA is not required to undergo a formal
consultation exercise it does recognise that it would be reasonable
to provide an opportunity for those operators who will be affected
to make comments on the proposed format and content. Consultation
on the draft PPC permit is therefore aimed at those operators who
have made, or are likely to make, an application to SEPA.
Consultation on the draft PPC permit is now closed. The final
version will be posted on the Website shortly. SEPA may publish
responses to this consultation paper in due course, or make them
available to the public, except where a respondent has specifically
asked for his or her response to be treated as confidential.
Confidential responses may, nevertheless, be included in any
statistical summary of numbers of comments received or views
expressed.