SCHEDULE 5Environmental permits

PART 1Grant, variation, transfer and surrender of environmental permits

Public participation in relation to regulator-initiated variations8

1

If this paragraph applies, the regulator must notify the operator—

a

that the public participation procedures in sub-paragraph (2) apply,

b

of the variation it proposes to the environmental permit, and

c

of any fee prescribed in respect of this paragraph in a charging scheme made by the regulator under section 41 of the 1995 Act or by the appropriate authority under regulation 66.

2

The regulator must—

a

take the steps it considers appropriate to inform the public consultees of the proposed variation,

b

invite the operator and the public consultees to make representations on the proposed variation, and

c

specify to the operator and the public consultees the address to which and the period within which representations are to be made.