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Industrial Pollution Control Regimes

Pollution from industrial sources in England and Wales is controlled by the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (the 'PPC Regs') being introduced under the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.

The PPC Regulations introduce three separate, but linked systems of pollution control:

1. Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), which covers installations known as A(1) installations. These installations are regulated by the Environment Agency.
2. Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-PPC), which covers installations known as A(2) installations. These installations are regulated by Local Authorities.
3. Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC), which covers installations known as Part B installations. These installations are regulated by Local Authorities.

All three systems require the operators of certain industrial and other installations to obtain a permit to operate. An installation is a technical unit where one or more industrial activities listed in Schedule1 of the PPC Regs are carried out.

The IPPC and LA-IPPC systems apply an integrated environmental approach to the regulation of certain industrial activities and are the means by which the Government has implemented the European Community Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (96/61/EC). The primary aim of the IPPC Directive is to ensure a high level of environmental protection and to prevent and where this is not practicable, to reduce emissions to acceptable levels. Regulators must set permit conditions that are based on the use of the 'Best Available Techniques' (BAT), which balances the cost to the operator against benefits to the environment.

Part B installations regulated under the LAPPC, do not come under the scope of the IPPC directive. As with the A(1) and A(2) installations, regulators must set permit conditions that are based on the use of 'Best available Techniques' . However, these conditions extend only to emissions to air.

• Further advice on obtaining a permit or information regarding industrial sources regulated by this authority may be obtained by contacting Health and Environmental Services.
• Further guidance on the regimes described above is available through the DEFRA (This link will open in a new window) and Environment Agency (This link will open in a new window) websites.