Consultation outcome

Environment Agency charge proposals from October 2021

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 16 July 2021
• Last updated: 16 December 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Environment Agency charge proposals from October 2021: summary of consultation responses

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Detail of outcome

Read Environment Agency charge proposals from October 2021: summary of consultation responses for:

• a summary of the responses received during the consultation
• our reply to these responses
• confirmation of the final decisions

Detail of feedback received

We received feedback for the consultation from 23 respondents:

• 11 were on behalf of organisations
• 12 were from individuals

Sixteen respondents provided yes or no answers for consultation questions relating to Isles of Scilly (questions 1 to 4).

Eight respondents provided yes or no answers for consultation questions relating to fusion (questions 5 and 6).

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Original consultation

Summary

We propose to apply EPR charges and abstraction charges to the Isles of Scilly and amend EPR charges to include fusion activities in nuclear regulation.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
10:30am on 16 July 2021 to 11:45pm on 10 September 2021

Consultation description

We invite comments on our charge proposals for implementation in October 2021. We propose to change our charges for the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) 2016 and the Water Resources Act 1991 to make sure we cover the cost of our activities.

We anticipate that you will have an interest in one of the proposals in this consultation.

Isles of Scilly (IoS)

We propose to apply existing charging schemes to customers on the IoS. The charging schemes are the Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme and the Scheme of Abstraction Charges. We propose to apply the whole schemes to provide consistency for IoS customers. IoS customers were previously exempt from these charges. However, the government made an order in 2020 that enables us to recover the costs of regulation in the IoS.

Specified radioactive substances activity – fusion

We propose to include fusion activities in the Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme by extending the definition of a ‘specified radioactive substances activity’. The proposed change will enable us to fully recover the costs of regulating the emerging fusion industry.

Documents

Consultation document for Environment Agency charge proposals from October 2021

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Published 16 July 2021
Last updated 16 December 2021 + show all updates

1. 16 December 2021

   We have published the consultation response document.

2. 16 July 2021

   First published.