Question follow-through · 20016

Quarries: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) amending the Quarry Regulations 1999 to ensure that (i) levels of PM10 and PM2.5 particulate emissions in quarries are (A)

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
20 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) amending the Quarry Regulations 1999 to ensure that (i) levels of PM10 and PM2.5 particulate emissions in quarries are (A)

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Under The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations, environmental permits for quarries issued by local authorities must already include emission limit values, monitoring requirements and other controls for particulate matter and other air ...

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