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Factsheet: Local Authority Pollution Control
Local Authority Pollution Control
Key Information
Country/Region:
European Union
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UNITED KINGDOM
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ENGLAND
European Union
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UNITED KINGDOM
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WALES
Description:
Defra guidance on the Local Authority Pollution Control (LAPC) regime consists of: a) a short, simple 3-page guide to LAPC ; b) a statutory General Guidance Manual which sets out the procedures and policy; c) statutory process guidance (PG) notes which set out the Secretary of State’s view on what constitutes Best Available Techniques for each of the main sectors regulated to control their air emissions (so-called “Part B” activities); d) statutory sector guidance (SG) notes which do the same for the sectors regulated under integrated pollution prevention and control (so-called “A(2)” activities and e) a set of additional guidance (AQ) notes covering various other issues
Goal/Aim:
regulate industrial emissions
Type (and subtype) :
Regulatory (binding) instruments
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Requirements
Sector/Topic targeted:
Environment (soil, water, air, nature, biodiversity,...)
Status:
In force
Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives
Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:
Not Relevant
Building a strong research, development and innovation base:
Not Relevant
Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:
Not Relevant
Building competitive biobased industries:
Not Relevant
Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:
Not Relevant
Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:
Not Relevant
Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:
Not Relevant
Availability of financial resources:
Not Relevant
Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:
Not Relevant
Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:
Not Relevant
Contact References
Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):
Local Authority Pollution Control
Links:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/industrial-emissions/las-regulations/guidance/
Responsible Authority:
DEFRA: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Contact of Responsible Authority:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
Completed by:
Imperial College London
Completed on:
March, 2014
Advanced Information
Feedstock type targeted:
Agriculture/Horticulture
Aqua/Marine/Fishing (including algae)
Forestry
Industry byproducts
Landscape care
Waste
Product type targeted:
Electricity
Heating/Cooling
Combined Heat and Power
Value Chain:
Conversion / transformation / processing
Conversion / transformation / processing
Year Instrument & Measure Started:
2010
Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:
2012
Comments
Environmental Sustainability Requirements:
limits of industrial emissions
