§ Mr. SumbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to issue general guidance to local authorities on procedural and other aspects of the new local authority air pollution control system established under part I of the Environment Protection Act 1990.
§ Mr. TrippierWe have issued today a set of five guidance notes which are intended to serve as a manual for local authorities on the operation of the new local authority air pollution controls under the Environmental Protection Act, which came into force on 1 April. I also commend the notes to operators of processes which are affected by the controls and to others with an interest in how the new system will work.
The notes are "Introduction to Part I of the Act," "Authorisations," "Applications and registers," "Interpretation of terms used in process guidance notes," and "Appeals."
A set of the notes has been placed in the Library of the House.