Statutory guidance

Animal hide and skin: process guidance note 6/21

Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for animal hide and skin processors.

Documents

Process guidance note 6/21(13): statutory guidance for hide and skin processes

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Details

Local authority regulators can be:

  • district councils, borough councils, unitary councils or port health authorities in England and Wales
  • the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland
  • district councils or the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland

This PGN includes:

  • air emission limits
  • emission monitoring methods
  • best available techniques to control air emissions

Animal hide and skin processes are ‘Part B’ activities under the local authority pollution prevention and control (LAPPC) regime.

Published 1 December 2013