Scottish Government

Issue 1

CONTENTS

Section 1 PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE
Section 2 INTRODUCTION TO PPC
Section 3 OBJECTIVES OF THE REGIME
Section 4 OVERVIEW OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS
Section 5 PRESCRIBED ACTIVITIES
Section 6 APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Section 7 CONSULTATION PROCEDURES FOR NEW PERMITS
Section 8 DETERMINING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW PERMITS
Section 9 INFORMATION AND PUBLIC REGISTERS
Section 10 TRANSFER OF PERMITS
Section 11 VARIATION PROCEDURES
Section 12 PERMIT REVIEWS
Section 13 ENFORCEMENT
Section 14 APPEALS
Section 15 CHARGING
Section 16 INTERFACES WITH OTHER LEGISLATION
Section 17 REQUIRED STANDARDS AND BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES (BAT)
Section 18 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS
Annex I Outline of the Main IPPC Sectors and the Transition Timetable for Existing Installations
Annex II Interpretation and Worked Examples of "Installation"
Annex III Meaning of "Substantial Change"
Annex IV Indicative List of Pollutants
Annex V Factors to be Considered in Determining BAT
Annex VI Sources of Information on Assessing the Effects of Releases
Annex VII EC Environmental Quality Standards Relevant to IPPC
Annex VIII Glossary of Terms
Appendix I Guidance on Site Reports

This consultative document is issued by the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

You are invited to express your views on this draft guidance. Responses should be sent to:

Linda Watters
Environment Protection Unit
Scottish Executive
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Tel: 0131-244-0397
Fax: 0131-244-0245

Responses should be received no later than 10 November 2000

Consultees should note that it might not be possible to consider responses received after that deadline. The Scottish Executive may wish to publish responses to this consultation paper in due course or publish them in its libraries. If this is done, all responses received will be so published or deposited, unless a respondent specifically asks for his or her responses to be treated as confidential. Confidential responses will nevertheless be included in any statistical summary of numbers or comments received or views expressed.

Copies of this consultation paper are also available via the Scottish Executive web site at http://www.scotland.gov.uk and on SEPA's website at www.sepa.org.uk

August 2000