ODOUR CONSULTATION INFORMATION AND ARRANGEMENTS

SEPA has launched a consultation on its proposed new guidance for regulating odorous emissions from regulated sites. The guidance SEPA staff currently use comes from several technical guidance documents, including the draft H4 guidance on odour.  We have now updated and developed a single odour guidance document for use in Scotland, which should benefit both our staff, the public and the operators we regulate. We have taken into account aspects of all Scottish Regulatory regimes within SEPA’s remit, especially Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) and Waste Management Licensing Regulations (WMLR).  This guidance is intended as an introduction to the regulation of odour. It refers to other available guidance and best practice on the control of odorous emissions. 

We are inviting written responses to this draft guidance document from any interested parties and which should be with SEPA by Friday 29 August 2008., We would be grateful if you could clearly indicate in your response which sections of the proposed guidance you are responding to, as this will aid our analysis of the responses received. The draft Guidance document can be found here

Responses or queries to this consultation should be submitted, preferably by email, to

odourguidance@sepa.org.uk

or by mail to:

FAO: Ian Halliday
Air Policy Unit
SEPA Corporate Office
Erskine Court
Castle Business Park
Stirling FK9 4TR

SEPA may wish to publish responses to this draft guidance document. If so, all responses will be made public unless a respondent specifically asks for their response to be treated confidentially. Confidential responses may be included in any statistical summary of numbers of responses received or views expressed.

All respondents should be aware that SEPA is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

What happens next?

Following the closing date, all responses will be considered along with any other available evidence to help us finalise the guidance. The guidance, taking into account responses, is intended to take effect thereafter.