Consultation under Industrial Emissions Directive

Overview

Operators of Part A activities require a permit issued by SEPA under the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (PPC) in order to be able to undertake their activities. SEPA, through regulation, will maintain a high-quality environment by setting permit conditions which limit the impacts associated with installations and then by ensuring that operators comply with these conditions. 

Under the Industrial Emissions Directive, SEPA publicly consults on all PPC Part A draft permits or variations to existing permits before they are issued. We publish the draft conditions and decision document (a record of how the decision was made). On this PPC hub, you will find a list of open consultations.

Each consultation will be open for a minimum of 28 days.

Consultations on PPC applications and variations are currently managed under the conditions of the Industrial Emissions Directive. We previously consulted under the Public Participation Directive (PPD).

Any previous consultations under PPD can be viewed on SEPAs website.

What SEPA regulates

SEPA regulates installations operating under PPC Part A permits. These are generally large industrial activities, potentially involving discharges to land, air and water. These include activities such as, but not limited to:

• energy production;
• production of metals, such as steel;
• chemical production;
• certain types of waste management.

How to get in touch

Please complete all consultations online where possible. If you are unable to do so, please call 03000 99 66 99 to provide your contact details and someone will arrange for an officer to call you back. 

If you wish to post your comments, please mark them for the attention of Registry and send them to:

SEPA
Angus Smith Building
6 Parklands Avenue
Eurocentral
Holytown
North Lanarkshire
ML1 4WQ.