HC Deb 07 December 1990 vol 182 cc219-20W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action local authorities are able to take to control air pollution from mobile plant; and if he will list all authorisations granted for mobile plant under the Environmental Protection Act, by local authority granting the authorisation and the contractor's principal place of business.

Mr. Trippier

Under part I of the Environmental Protection Act, the powers available to control air pollution from processes prescribed for local authority control will be the same whether the process is fixed or mobile. Mobile processes will require an authorisation; the conditions included in such authorisations must secure the objectives specified in section 7(2) of the Act, including the use of BATNEEC to prevent or minimise emissions of prescribed substances.

Part I of the Act will be brought into force from 1 April 1991. No authorisations have yet been granted.