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Environment, waste and water

This page sets out in chronological order recent consultation responses submitted by the Quarry Products Association on behalf of its member companies within the fields of the environment, waste and water.

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Consultation Title - Click to Download Date Notes QPA Contact File Size  
EPRTR Consultation 24/10/07 QPA responds to DEFRA on pollution reporting requirements (EPRTR) Sarah Baldry 166kb Microsoft Word documenthelp
Draft Soil Framework 19/10/07 QPA responds to DEFRA on onerous draft soil directive Sarah Baldry 193kb Microsoft Word documenthelp
EPP Guidance Consultation 09/10/07 QPA responds to DEFRA on draft EPP Guidance on waste, landfill and operator competence Sarah Baldry 279kb Microsoft Word documenthelp
Carbon Reduction Commitment (letter)

Carbon Reduction Commitment (form) 		09/10/07 QPA responds to carbon trading scheme proposals Sarah Baldry 252kb

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Air Environmental Quality and Industrial Pollution 4/09/07 QPA responnds to draft guidance from DEFRA. Sarah Baldry 247kb Microsoft Word documenthelp
Draft Practice Guide Companion to Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25): Development and Flood Risk 16/08/07 QPA question Sequential and Exception test for flood risk at sites for mineral development. Sarah Baldry 169kb Microsoft Word document help
Surface and Groundwater Quality 8/08/07 QPA express concern on practical delivery of standards proposed by UKTAG Sarah Baldry 86kb Microsoft Word document help
EPP ‘Working Together’ 6/07/07 QPA call for longer consultation periods for changes to Standard Rules Permits Sarah Baldry 252kb Microsoft Word document help
Site Waste Management Plans 6/07/07 QPA support the principle of SWMP to help secure recoverable materials Sarah Baldry 246kb Microsoft Word document help
Groundwater Policy and Practice 29/06/07 QPA call for EA recognition of low risk to groundwater from inert landfills Sarah Baldry 268kb Microsoft Word document help
Part B Better Regulation Review 29/06/07 QPA call for a combination of outcome focused simplified permits and improved regulator knowledge to deliver less prescriptive and more risk based Permits Sarah Baldry 273kb Microsoft Word document help

IPPC Review - Attachment 1

IPPC Review - Attachment 2

 18/06/07 QPA believe extension of IPPC to certain activities would not be proportionate to the risk to human health and the environment. Sarah Baldry 59kb 247kb PDF file
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Exemptions Review 8/06/07 QPA call for exemption for quarry restoration using inert waste. Sarah Baldry 304kb Microsoft Word document help
Hydromorphology 28/05/07 QPA believe that sufficient mechanisms are already in place to control the effects of the quarrying and aggregates industry on the ecological quality of water as a result of changes to hydromorphology. Sarah Baldry 257kb Microsoft Word document help
Environmental Permitting Programme Draft Guidance Consultation 11/04/07 QPA comments on the draft environmental permitting programme across three key questions. Sarah Baldry 264kb Microsoft Word document help
River Basin Planning Guidance 7/03/07 QPA concerned that industry will not be fully engaged in the river basin planning process and there will be a lack of resources both for the EA and stakeholders Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Controls on the Handling, Transfer and Transport of Waste 1/03/07 QPA support focus on waste producers and aim to reduce mis-description and mis-management of waste Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Risk-based Water Discharge Regulation 27/02/07 QPA welcome the principle of risk based charging and regulation Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Options for implementing the Environmental Liability Directive 16/2/07 QPA welcome the proposed approach and the take up of optional exemptions and defences Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
DEFRA Energy Performance Commitment Consultation 7/02/07 QPA support further development of voluntary agreements and believe that the EPC scheme would not be an efficient means of delivering carbon reductions for our industry Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Time Limiting Arrangements for Water Abstraction Licensing 11/01/06 QPA call for the minerals industry to be routinely considered as within the remit of ‘exceptional circumstances’ so that licences of longer than 12 year duration are issued Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Environmental Permitting Programme Second Consultation 6/12/06 QPA express concerns on the need for cultural change within the regulatory departments to ensure that true risk based regulation can be delivered. Agreed that delivering a streamlined system would enable an increased focus on illegal operators and a decreased regulatory burden on business that operates in an environmentally responsible manner Sarah Baldry 310kb Microsoft Word document help
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on Waste 4/01/07 QPA call for a legal definition of by-products, recovery and discard Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Installation level lists for Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme 16/10/07 The UK submitted its National Allocation Plan (NAP) for Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to the European Commission on the 21 August 2006. Stakeholders were provided the opportunity to comment on the list of installation-level allocations prior to its finalisation later in the year Sarah Baldry 27kb Microsoft Word document help
Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 19/07/06 QPA flagged concerns on possible disproportionate regulatory burden and the uncertainty surrounding PM2.5 regulation Sarah Baldry 260kb Microsoft Word document help
Over-implementation of EU legislation - The Davidson Review 25/05/06 QPA's evidence supporting the claim of over implementation of EC Directives on inert waste and quarry restoration Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 - review of the regulatory approach to some 'Part B' activities 19/05/06 QPA believes that the current regulatory regime is sufficient but would welcome improved regulator competence and exploring possible simplification of permits for low impact activities Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Environmental Permitting Programme 16/05/06 QPA welcome the principle of the EPP proposals but state that Improved regulator competence, knowledge, experience and understanding of our industry will be necessary to ensure the delivery of EPP Sarah Baldry 270kb Microsoft Word document help
Review of England's Waste Strategy 9/05/06 QPA flag concern regarding the governments desire for an end to landfill and the ongoing need for inert waste for quarry restoration Sarah Baldry 280kb  
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