SCHEDULE 19Public registers
Matters to be included in a public register1
1
A public register must contain a copy of—
a
every application—
i
for the grant of an environmental permit,
ii
to vary a environmental permit,
iii
to transfer an environmental permit in whole or in part, or
iv
to surrender an environmental permit in whole or in part;
b
every notice requesting further information under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 5,
c
all representations made in respect of an application for an environmental permit or to vary an environmental permit;
d
every environmental permit, variation, transfer in whole or in part, or surrender in whole or in part granted or made by the regulator;
e
every determination or decision notified under paragraph 17(2)(a) of Schedule 5;
f
every enforcement notice, revocation notice, suspension notice, landfill closure notice or notice withdrawing such a notice served by the regulator;
g
in relation to an appeal to an appropriate authority, every—
i
notice of appeal,
ii
document relating to the appeal,
iii
representation made in respect of the appeal, and
iv
determination of the authority, including any report accompanying that determination;
h
all monitoring information obtained by the regulator—
i
as a result of its own monitoring,
ii
by virtue of any environmental permit condition, or
iii
under regulation 60;
i
all other information given to the regulator in compliance with—
i
an environmental permit condition,
ii
an enforcement notice,
iii
a suspension notice,
iv
a landfill closure notice, or
v
regulation 60;
j
every report published by the regulator relating to an assessment of the environmental consequences of the operation of an installation;
k
every direction given to the regulator by an appropriate authority under these Regulations, other than a direction given under regulation 47.
2
A public register must also contain—
a
details of any conviction or formal caution for an offence under regulation 38 in respect of an environmental permit granted by the regulator or a failure to apply to the regulator for an environmental permit;
b
a list identifying all waste incineration installations which—
i
have a capacity of less than 2 tonnes per hour, and
ii
are the subject of an environmental permit containing conditions which give effect to the Waste Incineration Directive; and
c
details of—
i
all fees and charges paid to the local authority pursuant to a scheme under regulation 65, and
ii
the total expenditure of the authority in exercising its functions under these Regulations in respect of permits granted by the authority.
3
The regulator may omit a representation referred to in sub-paragraph (1) from its public register at the request of the person making the representation, but it must then include in the public register a statement that a representation was made and was the subject of such a request.
4
If the regulator omits monitoring information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) from its public register on the grounds that it is commercially or industrially confidential the regulator must include in the public register a statement indicating whether or not there has been compliance with any environmental permit condition related to that monitoring information and requiring compliance with emission limit values.
5
In this paragraph, “waste incineration installation” has the meaning given in Schedule 13.
Information no longer relevant for public participation2
A regulator is not required to keep in its public register information which is no longer relevant for the purposes of public participation required under these Regulations.
Formal cautions3
A regulator must remove details of any formal caution from its public register 5 years after the caution was given.