Transposition of the industrial emissions directive in Scotland: consultation

APPENDIX E

We invite written responses to this consultation by 24 October.

This consultation, and all other Scottish Government consultation exercises, can be viewed online on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations.

How to respond

It is helpful to us if you can respond to individual questions, but you are also invited to respond more generally on the proposals as a whole. In your response, please clearly indicate which questions or parts of the consultation paper you are responding to.

How you wish us to handle your response

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public.

Please complete the Respondent Information Form provided. This form must be returned to us with your response to ensure that we handle your comments appropriately. It is available as a Word document under 'other downloadable documents'. You can download it from the website and save it on your PC (click 'File - Save as - and give it a new name).

If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential and treat it accordingly. Because the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA) are working closely together on this transposition process and subsequent implementation, confidential responses will be shared with SEPA. However SEPA will treat them as confidential in the same way as the Scottish Government does.

All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and so would have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

How to send your response

Please send your response by email to: EQCAT@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Or by post to:

Next steps in the process

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public, and after we have checked that they contain no potentially defamatory material, responses will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government Library. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the SG Library on 0131 244 4552. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

What happens next?

Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence to help us prepare a final set of draft Regulations and BRIA.

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to: EQCAT@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Or by post to: