§ Mr. BellinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if, in preparation of the Environment Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991, he will consider making refuse-derived fuel combustion a schedule B process in any boiler up to 50 MW;
(2) what consideration he has given, or intends to give, to the categorisation of refuse-derived fuel combustion as a schedule B process in boilers using (a) 0 to 3 tonnes per hour and (b) 3 to 6 tonnes per hour.
§ Mr. TrippierI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry) on 25 January at column329.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Romsey and Waterside on 21 January,Official Report, column 87, he will list, specifically and separately, the types of derogation his Department currently intends to seek once the power to derogate for plant burning refuse-derived fuel has been included in regulations; and if it is his intention to include specific derogations.
§ Mr. BaldryAs I said in my reply on 21 January at column87, regulations to implement the EC directive on municipal waste incineration will include powers to derogate for plant burning refuse-derived fuels which will be complemented by specific guidance from Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution. These are currently being considered and will be subject to consultation in due course.