§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has the authority to require power stations fitted with flue gas desulphurisation plant, electrostatic precipitators or low oxides of nitrogen burners to use that plant across the whole range of power output.
§ Mr. AtkinsYes, if it is not excessively costly to run the abatement equipment.
A condition may be included in an authorisation granted under part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, to require an operator to run an abatement plant when the authorised process is being operated, provided that it is not excessively costly to do so and provided that there is not some other preferable technique, having regard to cost and efficacy.