EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675)(“the EP Regulations”). They make certain amendments to the EP Regulations relating to the activities listed in Schedule 1 that require an environmental permit. Regulation 2(1) to (4) amends Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the EP Regulations by making amendments to the regulation of certain activities involving the melting of non-ferrous metals, the manufacture of powder coating materials which do not use lead chromate or triglycidyl isocyanurate and adding the drying of green crops to the list of activities excluded from regulation.
An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AL and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.gov.uk).