Statutory guidance

Tobacco processes: process guidance note 6/36

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), Welsh Government and The Scottish Government
• Published: 1 November 2014

Documents

Tobacco processes: process guidance note 6/36(13)

PDF, 786 KB, 63 pages

Details

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 tobacco processing installations

Tobacco processing is a ‘Part B’ activity under the local authority pollution prevention and control (LAPPC) regime.

Published 1 November 2014