Statutory guidance

Animal carcase incineration: process guidance note 5/03

Local authority regulators must use this process guidance note to assess applications and write permits for animal carcase incineration.

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Local authority regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for animal carcase incineration.

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 carcase incineration are a ‘Part B’ activity under the local authority pollution prevention and control (LAPPC) regime.

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2013

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