§ Mr. MansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends to make amendments to the Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations as they affect boat builders and similar industries. [27859]
§ Mr. AtkinsThe systems of integrated pollution control and air pollution control brought in by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have successfully taken root. The industries they regulate are set down in the prescribed processes and substances regulations.
It is important that th6 regulations are regularly reviewed, to take account of experience of operating the two systems, changing industrial practices, new information about the pollution potential of different industries, and the like. I have today issued a consultation paper which contains proposals for a relatively small number of adjustments to these regulations arising out of just such a review.
The consultation paper is being circulated widely to relevant industry and trade associations, local authorities, and environmental groups, with a request for comments by 21 July. I am placing a copy of the paper in the Libraries of both Houses.