Consultation outcome

Environmental assessment levels (EALs) used in air emissions risk assessments

From:
Environment Agency
Published
17 May 2021
Last updated
3 September 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

See the revised environmental assessment levels (EALs) in Air emissions risk assessment for your environmental permit guidance.

Feedback received

Consultation response document: new EALs for emissions to air

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Appendix C: summary of toxicological evidence for MEA and NDMA

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Detail of feedback received

We received 11 responses from organisations or groups. The consultation response document:

  • lists the respondents in Appendix A
  • summarises the comments we received and our response to them

Original consultation

Summary

We want your views on our methodology for deriving new EALs and information on the EAL substances you routinely use and emissions from carbon capture and storage installation.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This consultation follows on from the 2012 consultation ‘Derivation of new Environmental Assessment Levels to air’.

We used our 2012 methodology to derive new EALs for emissions to air. Working with Public Health England we propose to:

  • revise 10 existing EALs
  • derive 2 new EALs

We also propose to withdraw the published EAL for arsenic. Instead, to use the environmental standards set out in the fourth Daughter Directive (2004/107/EC).

Documents

Consultation document: new EALs for emissions to air

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Published 17 May 2021
Last updated 3 September 2021 + show all updates

  1. Added the revised consultation response document to include additional responses originally missed.

  2. Public feedback and final outcome updated as responses to consultation are still being added.

  3. First published.

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