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Quarries: Air Pollution

Commons · Question 20016 · Tabled 13 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Dec 2024

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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 ...