Integrated pollution prevention and control meaning

In this issue Brexit highlights Brexit statutory instruments Guidance on the post-Brexit transition Ukraine conflict Equality and human rights Constitutional and administrative law Public procurement Judicial review Information law State security and intelligence Subsidy control and State aid Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights Cabinet Office publishes joint statement on implementation of Windsor Framework The Cabinet Office and the European Commission released a joint statement after the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee met in London on 29 April 2025. It records progress so far on putting the Windsor Framework into effect, spanning agri-foods, trade, VAT and excise, alongside engagement with stakeholders. It further notes UK legislation providing legal certainty for EU citizens under the EU Settlement Scheme, the commencement of human medicines arrangements from 1 January 2025, and new customs facilitations for parcels and freight applying from 1 May 2025. The...

History of environmental permitting From 6 April 2008, these regulatory frameworks have been absorbed into the current environmental permitting system: the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive 2008/1/EC and the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EC waste management licensing the Mining Waste Directive 2006/21/EC permitting elements of the Batteries Directive 2006/66/EC water discharge consents and flood defence consents formerly handled under the Water Resources Act 1991 the groundwater permitting regime previously covered by the Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/2902 control of radioactive substances, previously under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 solvent emissions, previously governed by various directives including the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive 2008/1/EC, the Waste Incineration Directive 2000/76/EC, and the Solvent Emissions Directive 1999/13/EC The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (EPR 2016), SI 2016/1154 took effect on 1 January 2017. EPR 2016, SI 2016/1154 consolidated and revoked the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (EPR 2010), SI 2010/675, which...

This Practice Note sets out many different categories of permits, licences, exemptions, notifications, registrations and consents that may often be needed in relation to environmental matters in England and Wales. environmental permitting water abstraction and impounding licences trade effluent consents reservoir registration waste carrier registration CRC energy efficiency scheme registration greenhouse gas permits wildlife licences marine licences hazardous substances consents Environmental permitting Summary Historically, separate regulatory authorities managed pollutant releases to air, land and water, often without a full picture of the cumulative environmental impacts that a single installation could impose on the wider environment. A system of partially integrated pollution control (IPC) was first introduced in England and Wales in 1990, and in 1996 moved under the control of the EA and local authorities. However, it was not until the adoption of an EC directive on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC), when the UK was still part of the EU, that...