Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 20016

Quarries: Air Pollution

Tabled: 13 December 2024

Answered: 20 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Alberto Costa

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)

Answer

Emma Hardy

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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