Environmental Protection Act 1990 : chapter 43.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
[1990], ©1990
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Credit: Environmental Protection Act 1990 : chapter 43. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) provide that a description of substance is only prescribed, for PARTI any environmental medium, so far as it is released into that medium in such amounts over such periods, in such concentrations or in such other circumstances as may be specified in the regulations; and in relation to a substance of a description which is prescribed for releases into the air, the regulations may designate the substance as one for central control or one for local control. (7) In this Part “prescribed substance’”’ means any substance of a description prescribed in regulations under subsection (5) above or, in the case of a substance of a description prescribed only for releases in circumstances specified under subsection (6)(b) above, means any substance of that description which is released in those circumstances. 3.—(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations under subsection Emission etc. (2) or (4) below establishing standards, objectives or requirements in _ limits and quality relation to particular prescribed processes or particular substances. objectives. (2) Regulations under this subsection may— (a) in relation to releases of any substance from prescribed processes into any environmental medium, prescribe standard limits for— (i) the concentration, the amount or the amount in any period of that substance which may be so released; and (ii) any other characteristic of that substance in any circumstances in which it may be so released; (b) prescribe standard requirements for the measurement or analysis of, or of releases of, substances for which limits have been set under paragraph (a) above; and (c) in relation to any prescribed process, prescribe standards or requirements as to any aspect of the process. (3) Regulations under subsection (2) above may make different provision in relation to different cases, including different provision in relation to different processes, descriptions of person, localities or other circumstances. (4) Regulations under this subsection may establish for any environmental medium (in all areas or in specified areas) quality objectives or quality standards in relation to any substances which may be released into that or any other medium from any process. (5) The Secretary of State may make plans for— (a) establishing limits for the total amount, or the total amount in any period, of any substance which may be released into the environment in, or in any area within, the United Kingdom; (b) allocating quotas as respects the release of substances to persons carrying on processes in respect of which any such limit is established; (c) establishing limits of the descriptions specified in subsection (2)(a) above so as progressively to reduce pollution of the environment;