Statutory guidance

Working of timber and manufacture of wood-based products: process guidance note 6/02

Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for timber and wood-based products.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), Welsh Government, and The Scottish Government
Published
6 September 2012

Documents

Working of timber and manufacture of wood-based products: process guidance note 6/02(12)

PDF, 487 KB, 51 pages

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
  • application form template
  • model permit for the working of timber and manufacture of wood-based products

The working of timber and manufacture of wood-based products is a ‘Part B’ activity under the local authority pollution prevention and control (LAPPC) regime.

Published 6 September 2012

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