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Compliance Scheme Update – presentation by
Jennifer Leonard (SEPA)
There will be a stakeholder workshop day on
7th May – please contact Fiona for a place, or to
volunteer to be part of external trials in summer 08.
Scheme will cover Part B sites, but may not affect Pt B charges.
Initially, effect on charges for Pt A’s may only be in 3 bands
rather than 5, and amount of effect likely to be small.
Current proposal is not to have separate appeals process – any
appeals would be dealt with via SEPA’s formal complaints procedure
– RR queried if involvement of public ombudsman would be
appropriate for this?
Scheme will be rolled out for PPC, CAR, RS, WML at same time
(not CAR engineering or COMAH) and will feed into charges during
reviews of charge schemes for each regime.
JL requested feedback on any aspect on scheme, but in
particular:
Is use of 100% ELV exceedance appropriate to define ‘Major/
Significant’ event?
Is ‘4 or more’ appropriate to be classed as ‘repeated minor
breaches’?
MG raised issue of compliance against direct/ indirect/
surrogate ELVs – all treated same?
PL raised issue of site addresses etc being published on
website, w.r.t security issues at farms
DF asked that operators see proposed details of attributes to be
used for scoring for their sites – issue of repeated minor breaches
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