Incinerators: Licensing
Commons · Question 10631 · Tabled 22 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department’s policy is on approving permit applications for new waste incinerators.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 28 Oct 2024
The Environment Agency (EA) is responsible for assessing environmental permit applications for new waste incinerators to operate in England and has a duty to assess any application it receives against the requirements of the Environmental Permitting Regul...