T11-Environmental Permitting Exemption

Re: T11-Environmental Permitting Exemption

I have received an email from the EA Finance Directorate requesting that I take part in a consultation regarding the financing of the EA regulations including the notorious T11.

The comments put forward by those who partake in the consultation, and the results produced from the questionaire will be heared by EA, DEFRA, WAG, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

Since we (UKW, WTA, DAE) have a lot resting on the rules that these bodies place into regulatory systems, I thought I would contact Mr Day and request permission to extend my invitation for comment on the consultation to you.

I have today heared from Mr Day who has given his express permission for the following content of the email to be posted within the TRADE ONLY forums of UKWhitegoods and WTA.

Effectively this is an extention of my invite to US as a group/s “So long as the general rule of the invite is followed”.

I have no need to remind anyone ‘I don’t think’, that this is our chance to be heared, where it matters, about what matters, if you have any involvement in relation to the T11.

Please also be mindfull that this invitation came on the back of the fact that you are members of UKW (Trade) and/or WTA… This was part of the stipulation that the invite could be extended to you and could be published here… So think before you respond .. comment/act responsibly. Reputations matter.

George

Alan Day (Environmental Agency Finance Directorate) wrote:CONSULTATION ON ENVIRONMENT AGENCY 2011/12 CHARGING SCHEMES

We invite you to comment on our charging schemes consultation for Environmental Permitting (EP), EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), Abstraction and Navigation.

In preparing our proposals we have been mindful of the Government’s Spending Review. We have taken account of the current economic situation and how this has affected businesses and industry. We are also working to remove unnecessary administrative burdens on operators through our work on Better Regulation. We therefore propose to freeze our baseline charges for 2011/12 at 10/11 levels.

We are also proposing a limited number of changes to existing charges. These include:

some technical changes to ensure better cost reflectivity leading to higher charges for some of our EPR charges;
new charges to support our simpler, lower cost Standard Permits;
the migration of a number of charges from regulations into charging schemes to help harmonise charging arrangements. These include charges for some Producer Responsibility schemes, for International Waste Shipments and the EU ETS scheme for aviation. These represent no change in the level of charge, and in the case of Producer Responsibility (Batteries) represents a reduction.

This consultation runs for 12 weeks from 24 September until 17 December 2010. All responses must be received by 17 December 2010.

The consultation documents and its annexes are available to download online at https://consult.environment-agency.gov. … ce/charges.

Or to request a printed version of the consultation document, please contact Alan Day on 01454 624496.

We would prefer you to respond online. Alternatively please contact Alan Day to request a response form which can be sent either by email to:

EACharges_Consultations@environment-agency.gov.uk

Or by post to:

Alan Day
Environment Agency
Finance Directorate
Rio House,
Waterside Drive,
Aztec West,
Almondsbury,
Bristol BS32 4UD

After the consultation, we will review all responses before presenting our final proposals to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. They will consult with other government departments, before a final decision is made. The charges will apply from 1 April 2011. For EU ETS charges we will require the approval of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

You can also find more information about our charges and charging schemes by accessing:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/charges

I look forward to receiving your response

MARK McLAUGHLIN
Director of Finance

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