Service Description: The Council is responsible for regulating the pollution to air from certain specified businesses. It does this by drawing up permits or authorisations: documents which allow specified pollutants to be released to the air, providing there is careful and demonstrable control over such releases, and that specified limits aren’t breached. The documents are kept in a file available for the public to view at no charge, though we may charge for copies to be taken. Both the operator and the Council can change the conditions in the permits/authorisations, and the Council must when technology or new research requires it. To not comply with the terms of the permit/authorisation is a serious matter and can result in enforcement notices being issued, prosecution or close down depending upon the circumstances. Operating a business that requires permitting/authorising without a permit or authorisation is illegal. Officers inspect all permitted/authorised businesses at least once a year to ensure that they comply with the terms of their permit.
Also known as:- Emissions
Answer: When an application is made for a permit certain organisations are sent copies of the application for their comments. This is because they may have particular knowledge or expertise about the area, environment and population around the proposed site. As of August 2005, the following are statutory consultees: The statutory consultees for LAPPC installations are: a) the relevant Primary Care Trust b) where the installation may involve an emission which may affect a site of special scientific interest or a European site, the Nature Conservancy Council (English Nature), c) where the installation or mobile plant may be on a site requiring a nuclear site licence, the Health and Safety Executive; d) where the installation requires the unloading of petrol at service stations (as set out in Section 1.2 of Schedule 1), the petroleum licensing authority for that installation. The full list is in paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the PPC Regulations. The Isle of Wight Council is a statutory consultee for Environment Agency regulated PPC installations.