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.

Updates to this page

Published 1 December 2013

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