SCHEDULE 5E+WEnvironmental permits

PART 1E+WGrant, variation, transfer and surrender of environmental permits

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Consultation with F1... member StatesE+W

10.—(1) This paragraph applies if—

(a)an appropriate authority is aware that the grant of a relevant application or regulator-initiated variation is likely to have significant negative effects on the environment of [F2a] member State, or

(b)[F3a] member State requests information about a relevant application or about a proposal for a regulator-initiated variation.

(2) As soon as is reasonably practicable the appropriate authority must—

(a)send the particulars of the relevant application or regulator-initiated variation to that member State F4... ,

(b)inform that member State of the relevant information, F5...

(c)notify the operator and the regulator that it has complied with paragraphs [F6(a) and (b)][F7 , and]

[F8(d)comply with sub-paragraph (2A).]

[F9(2A) The appropriate authority must—

(a)consult the authorities of that member State, and

(b)allow such reasonable period as may have been agreed with those authorities for them to ensure that the authorities and the public concerned in that member State are given an opportunity to forward their representations on the relevant information supplied.]

(3) If a regulator receives notification under sub-paragraph (2)(c), it must not determine the application or make the regulator-initiated variation until the appropriate authority has—

(a)notified it that the [F10consultation described in sub-paragraph (2A)(a) has] been completed, and

[F11(aa)notified it that the period described in sub-paragraph (2A)(b) has ended, and]

(b)sent it any representations made by the member State.

(4) In this paragraph—

“member State” includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway but only to the extent that there is a relevant application or regulator-initiated variation which relates to the carrying on at an installation of an activity listed in Annex I to the Industrial Emissions Directive;

“relevant application” means an application for the grant or variation of an environmental permit in relation to an installation described in sub-paragraph (5) or a Category A mining waste facility;

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“relevant information” means—

(a)

where the relevant application or regulator-initiated variation relates to an installation described in sub-paragraph (5), a matter in paragraph 1 of Annex IV to the Industrial Emissions Directive;

(b)

where it relates to a Category A mining waste facility, the information [F13described in Article 7(2)] of the Mining Waste Directive.

(5) The description in this sub-paragraph is an installation where an activity listed in Annex 1 to the Industrial Emissions Directive is carried on.

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