Quarries: Air Pollution
Commons · Question 20016 · Tabled 13 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Alberto Costa
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) amending the Quarry Regulations 1999 to ensure that (i) levels of PM10 and PM2.5 particulate emissions in quarries are (A)
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 20 Dec 2024
Under The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations, environmental permits for quarries issued by local authorities must already include emission limit values, monitoring requirements and other controls for particulate matter and other air ...