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Publication - Consultation paper

Management and disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): consultation

Published
19 August 2020
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate, +1 more … Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Business, industry and innovation, Energy, Environment and climate change
ISBN
9781839607776

Consultation on proposals to amend our current regulations on PCBs to ensure that we comply with the new limits set out in EU legislation.

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Consultation Questions

Please note a draft Business Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) has been uploaded alongside this consultation as a supporting file.

Question 1: Do you support the proposal to implement the EU requirement for transformers or other relevant equipment containing PCBs to comply with a lower threshold, with 0.005% PCBs or less by weight and volumes of 0.05 dm3 or less being the new maximum acceptable level?

Yes
No

Please give reasons [free text box]

Question 2: If you are responding as a business, can you provide any evidence of any expected additional costs or practical implications of reducing the threshold for PCB contamination.

[free text box]

Question 3: Are you content for the Scottish Government to contact you for further clarification of the effects that you have estimated?

Yes
No

Contact

Email: chemicals@gov.scot

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