PPC is a European Union derived regulatory system, requiring industry
to prevent or minimise harmful emissions and environmental impacts resulting
from its activities. PPC is enforced in Scotland by the Scottish Environment
Protection Agency (SEPA) through the PPC (Scotland) Regulations 2000.
As part of the application process, SEPA are required to seek comments
from various consultees, including NHS Boards, Local Authorities, the
Food Standards Agency, Water Authorities, Harbour Authorities, Scottish
Natural Heritage and the Health & Safety Executive. The aim of seeking
input from consultees is to assist SEPA in making a fully informed determination
as to whether or not to grant a permit and the nature of any conditions
that may be specified in the permit.
Guidance has been compiled by HPS to assist NHS Boards extract key
information of interest for Public Health purposes and provides a template
for assessing the hazards and risks associated with the industrial activities
and emissions described in the application.
The PPC Guide for NHS Boards has been compiled to assist Boards in
acting as statutory consultees for applications submitted to SEPA, under
the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000,
SSI 323 (PPC).
The overall aim of the Guide is to assist NHS Boards in responding
to a request for comments on a PPC application, by identifying the type
of information of particular interest to SEPA.
The guide should assist in extracting information of interest for Public
Health purposes and in formulating a more detailed response to SEPA
if desired. Use of the Guide and the accompanying checklist should help
a NHS Board to form a judgement on the adequacy of the public health
related information supplied in a PPC application document, and determine
whether there are any potential public health hazards associated with
emissions from the activities described in the application.
Part 1 of the Guide explains what PPC is, Part 2 provides a detailed
description of the layout of a completed PPC application for a "Part
A installation" (form PPC 1 and its accompanying documentation),
and Part 3 provides a checklist of questions to help navigate through
an application systematically.
The Guide also provides a list of information sources of information
for detailed guidance on individual industries, chemicals or emission
standards.
These parts can be viewed separately by selecting one of the following:
Hard copies of the Guide are being sent to each NHS Board and also
to Local Authorities for information. An html version of this guide
is in preparation. For further information on the Guide, contact Dr
Colin Ramsay. If you have problems downloading any of the pdf files
please contact Johanna
Reilly.
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