Closed consultation

Environment Agency charge proposals for waste crime and hourly rates

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Environment Agency
Published
11 November 2024

Applies to England

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Summary

We want your views on proposed new regulatory charges for certain waste activities and hourly rates.

This consultation was held on .

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This consultation is about the Environment Agency바카라 사이트檚 proposed new charges to fund regulatory work targeting waste crime. We also propose new charges for some activities billed on an hourly rate.聽

Proposals include:聽

  • waste exemption charges, to help us ensure they are not used for illegal waste activities聽
  • a fee for intervention to recover the costs of investigating waste operations and resolving breaches where we suspect a waste operator lacks required authorisation聽
  • a waste crime levy of 10% on annual subsistence charges for certain waste permits, to enhance our efforts against waste crime聽
  • updated hourly rates that reflect the current costs of managing environmental permits and applying them to new regulatory work聽

The consultation document explains:聽

  • why we are consulting and what we aim to achieve聽
  • the economic context聽
  • the new proposed charging structure聽
  • the questions we have for you聽
  • how you can respond聽

We would like to know if you agree with our proposals and your suggestions on whether we can make them fairer in any way.聽

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