PART 7Revocations, amendments, savings and transitional provisions and application to the Crown

Notification of other establishments34

1

This regulation applies where—

a

hazardous substance consent would be required but for the exemption in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations M1; and

b

a hazardous substance authority receives from the person in control of the land to which the notice relates a notice in writing which contains—

i

details of the location of the land to which the notice relates and the person in control of the land;

ii

details of the hazardous substances held at the site, including the quantities; and

iii

an explanation of why paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations applies.

2

The hazardous substances authority must, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice, send the COMAH competent authority a copy of the notice.

3

The COMAH competent authority must, within 8 weeks of receiving notification from the hazardous substances authority under paragraph (2), determine whether the notice concerns an establishment within the meaning of the Directive and, if so, notify the local planning authority for the area in which the establishment is located.